2. That Northern Ireland Road Safety Advert
Officials defended a new road safety advert in 2014 that was judged so shocking it couldn't be shown before the watershed. The minute-long film shows a speeding driver losing control on a rural road and flipping his car into a group of children taking a picnic. The campaign in Northern Ireland was intended to reflect how 28 children - about the equivalent of a primary school class - have lost their lives in accidents caused by speeding cars since 2000. The advert, with an acoustic version of Sweet Child of Mine playing sweetly in the background, definitely has the shock factor, with audiences unable to anticipate the mass killing of the group of kids. Broadcast watchdogs deemed it unsuitable to be shown before 9pm, when children might be watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMG-eN1iibY
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