UK Ad Regulator Says Don't BlackBerry And Drive

from the i-can't-drive-t9 dept

Wed, Jan 18th 2006 1:33pm — Carlo Longino

T-Mobile UK has been slapped down by the country's ad regulator after a number of people complained that one of its recent print ads encouraged dangerous driving. The ad, which showed a woman driving a car with a glove compartment full of gadgets and office equipment with the tagline "Work where you work best. Business data solutions from T-Mobile puts your business wherever you are.", apparently could be construed by some people to mean you're actually supposed to use office equipment while you drive. Censuring the ad doesn't really attack the root of the problem -- people stupid enough to email or text while they drive. The ad didn't run here in the US, but an idiot driver still managed to kill a bicyclist because they were texting behind the wheel. Who can we blame that on?

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Rickler, 18 Jan 2006 @ 2:46pm

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Who can we blame that on?

The SUV did it.
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Mr Obvious, 18 Jan 2006 @ 3:23pm

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The only appropriate non-driving activity while driving a vehicle is receiving oral sex.
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CharlesGriswold, 18 Jan 2006 @ 7:02pm

Who to blame?
The lawyers will probably end up blaming whoever has the deepest pockets.
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Mark, 19 Jan 2006 @ 3:24am

Blackberry Schmackberry
If it wasn't a blackberry, it'd be a cellphone, or a lipstick applier, or a hairbrusher. Hell, I saw one driver with a hardback book propped against the wheel. Doing 60! Unfortunately, there will always be morons, idiots, lawyers looking for billable hours. And the hand-wringers beseeching the lawmakers to write laws to make it all go away so they won't have to fret when they venture outside. It would all be so much simpler if the self-destructive types would leave the rest of us alone...
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