Got a spare 5 mins - Need your help!

[AmandaW]

Hey everyone,

 

This is my very first post on Edugeek even though Ive been a member for quite a while now!

 

Anyways I know how good you all are at replying to questions, jokes, surveys ect so I wonder if you could do me a huge favour and complete my online questionnaire (it'll only take 5 mins) its at;

 

Fear Appeals.

 

BUT first you have to watch my amazing video at;

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kyp7djGgrI]YouTube - Fear Appeals - 'Wear a Seatbelt'[/ame]

 

It's solely for my Dissertation and its all anonymous.

 

So if you are willing, and can drive, it would be greatly appreciated!

 

Many Thanks,

 

Amanda

[mossj]

neva mind thoguht it was embedded...

[AmandaW]

Are you sure?

 

Its working fine here

[witch]

There have been other ads in the past that are a little more successful in putting across what happens if you don't wear a seatbelt.

Have you seen the 'hammer and peach' advert? This manages to put across the idea that something rather dreadful will happen if you don't wear a seatbelt, without actually being graphic and showing blood and guts, or using 'fear'. When it was first shown in the '70s it was quite startling and had a measurable effect on seatbelt wearing.

My father helped design that ad and he was very proud of it

[AmandaW]

I haven't seen that ad but I will certainly have a look Witch. I could put your case against the use of fear in psa's in my dissertation

 

Im really interested in Social Marketing, but from the people Ive spoken to and the literature Ive read it is mostly unheard of, Marketing to soley help society is everywhere - but I think the use of fear in Advertising could be wearing thin, people just don't feel the 'fear' like they used to they are 'shock fatigued'.

 

Thanks for info.

[RabbieBurns]

Ive got Irish sky in the house, and some of the adverts the Irish gov put on are really graphic. Ill see if I can find any of them.

[RabbieBurns]

not one of the ones i was thinking of but:

 

Road Safety Irish awareness campaign at 10 Advertising and Marketing Journal

[AmandaW]

Thanks RabbieBurns - that is pretty shocking I doubt ITV or Channel 4 would show it... maybe we need an advert as horrific as this one to put the point across.

[SYNACK]

They have been throwing that high impact stuff at us for a while now. Truth is that they remain effective for a very short time before you become desensitised to them and they just become annoying:

 

Here is a selection spanning several years:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7d4l6FuvGQ]YouTube - LTSA - Spot The Difference (New Zealand)[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_AMEYsBxZA]YouTube - The Bigger the Mess[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni67ebhYNnU]YouTube - LTSA - Same Day (New Zealand)[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J58i_qbQxY]YouTube - The faster you go the bigger the mess[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhV5O-it9kY]YouTube - Accident - The faster you go, the bigger the mess[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moXmOLRQ_-A]YouTube - LTSA - Unknown (New Zealand)[/ame]

 

This one is still on TV now and has got irritating:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMMbVlN-BoY]YouTube - LTNZ - Mate (New Zealand)[/ame]

 

The gore has been toned down now as it was very ineffective long term as people just zoned out. The newer ads all try to play on a theme or 'unexpected' turn of events in order to make them more engaging.

[Hightower]

not one of the ones i was thinking of but:

 

Road Safety Irish awareness campaign at 10 Advertising and Marketing Journal

 

That is very hard hitting. Very shocked by that.

[apoth0r]

Facts grab my attention more than gore, if i see an advert i don't like i tend not to think about the message but about avoiding it when it comes on.

My two penneth

[AmandaW]

Thanks for all the feedback and the videos guys! I will probably qoute a few of you in my analysis.

 

I still need some recipients for my online survey if people have some spare time - or simply have nothing else to do - please take part

 

And thanks for all those who have already taken part

 

Amanda

[originofsymmetry]

That is very hard hitting. Very shocked by that.

 

I find it far too farfetch'd to be believeable. The whole scene seems so unrealistic right down to the pony in the background. Some of those Australian ones that SYNACK posted are alot better at getting to point across.

[elsiegee40]

Some of those Australian ones that SYNACK posted are alot better at getting to point across.

 

Australian?

 

Have you got a death wish! There'll be a Kiwi hit squad out to get you

[Michael]

I think the Irish and New Zealand ads were more hard hitting than the British adverts.

 

It's a shame we've got to the stage where there are drivers that still do not wear seat belts despite the years of campaigning. Surely someone could event a technology which wouldn't allow you to drive without wearing it? I'm sure it's possible.

 

As for speeding, I've always raised the argument of why car manufacturers make cars which are capable of 100MPH+ (160KPH) when in the UK the max speed limit is 70MPH. If someone can explain that one to me I'd be grateful

[originofsymmetry]

Australian?

 

Have you got a death wish! There'll be a Kiwi hit squad out to get you

 

LOL totally forgot, just heard the accent, please forgive me SYNACK

[teddybear]

I live in the countryside and there are so many fatal accidents (one just last week) where young kids who've just passed their test go out and kill themselves and their friends.

 

Adverts like these need to be played in schools in the hope that it scares them into not speeding. All other advanced driving tests, discussions etc have been done but they are not haveing any effect.

[alan-d]

As for speeding, I've always raised the argument of why car manufacturers make cars which are capable of 100MPH+ (160KPH) when in the UK the max speed limit is 70MPH. If someone can explain that one to me I'd be grateful

 

As I understand it - and I could be wrong - it's down to revolutions per minute compared to the size and weight of the car. If the engine cannot accelerate safely when say, overtaking then it is deemed dangerous, but to give that safety the engine must be able to propel the vehicle forward at a reasonable speed. However, and this is where it gets complicated, the gearbox has to be built to take all the pressures placed upon it by the engine which basically means higher gear ratios.

 

Most manufacturers do take advantage of this and promote there cars as being quicker than their rivals. A change is starting to occur though as all cars in the UK are limited to 155mph and the need to reduce fuel emissions is having an effect.

 

[Michael]

Interesting theory Alan. I'm not sure whether cars today are lighter than cars manufacturerd 50 years ago (I would of thought they would be). I stumbled across this and this which is interesting. Definitely looks like something could be in the pipeline after all.

[SYNACK]

LOL totally forgot, just heard the accent, please forgive me SYNACK

 

 

I'll forgive you, but just this once :D

 

 

It's a shame we've got to the stage where there are drivers that still do not wear seat belts despite the years of campaigning. Surely someone could event a technology which wouldn't allow you to drive without wearing it? I'm sure it's possible.

 

 

I find it strange that the seatbelt problem still exists in the UK, that war was largely won over ten years ago here. You are right that it would be simple to implement, infact most modern cars have all of the appropriate sensors and would just need a tiny rewire to make this happen, I could personally rewire my car to do this with about NZD$20 worth of gear (automotive relay and 1m of wire). I guess that they leave it there so as not to alienate the non-seatbelt crowd and for times like when you are moving the car 20m in a drive way or something where having to put on a seatbelt would be annoying.

 

Unfourtunatly I can't find any of the seatbelt ads on youtube but they were plenty gory, children going through windscreens and landing on other peoples windscreens type of thing.

 

As for speeding, I've always raised the argument of why car manufacturers make cars which are capable of 100MPH+ (160KPH) when in the UK the max speed limit is 70MPH. If someone can explain that one to me I'd be grateful

 

This is obviously possible, not so much from a mechanical point of view as it would make the car infuriating to drive but electronicly. Almost all cars comming out of Japan are electronicly limited to 180km/h even stuff like the Skylines and Evos. It would just require this to be dropped to a lower speed to implement this.

 

I think that some of the reason that this has not been implemented - additional to the perception - is partially safety. Sometimes you do need a quick boost of speed to get you out of a dangerous situation, possibly not 180 but sometimes the only way out of danger is to get past it before it rains car parts down on you.

[jamesb]

I guess that they leave it there so as not to alienate the non-seatbelt crowd and for times like when you are moving the car 20m in a drive way or something where having to put on a seatbelt would be annoying.

 

Its probably also that they don't want to risk the chance that cars won't start because one sensor's malfunctioned.