Here’s a seriously strange commercial that’s part of Chicago’s Healthy Streets campaign, an effort that aims to “redesign streets around the needs of people rather than motor vehicles alone.” Last we checked, roads were for cars but, then again, in America, we tend to blur definitions to satisfy as many people as possible without offending anyone. PC tirade aside, this commercial, in a refreshingly un-PC like manner promotes Bob’s Fuller Roadside Memorials, a company that delivers memorials to accident scenes so the person who killed someone can honor their victim. It’s done so seriously that, at first, you think it’s real until you realize you were an idiot to think so in the first place.
We’re told some in Chicago are up in arms over the crass approach this commercial takes but we applaud it for it’s in-your-face originality and departure from the standard lecture approach most “drive safe” campaigns take.
