Torture Porn Used in Road Safety Ad

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Jesus! Don’t watch this rail safety commercial unless you are a fan of those Saw movies. While the ad doesn’t go so far as display the graphic torture porn gore the movie series did, you’ll still feel a bit…um…torn apart after viewing this ad from the Government of South Australia.

In the ad, we are informed a train’s engine has over 1,000 horsepower. The visuals remind us of that with a thousand horses running in four different directions building up speed to pull what’s at the end of their ropes. The result will not be pretty.

The message? Think about that before you cross the tracks.

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