PC hypocriticizszssm

[nouze]

Can anyone confirm that I understand it correctly - it's not ok for car manufacturers to show cars driven about at anything over 10 mph but it's fine for mobile manufacturer to produce an ad which shows muscle car racing around town/driving into the wall/flying over other cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQG3JixnZsc

[wolfy1988]

very briefly at the end, just under where it says SONY ERICCSON, it says MAKE.BELIEVE

April fools?

[paranoid airbag]

perhaps because a mobile phone doesn't actually have the ability to do that? You can buy a car on the understanding it's the ultimate drift tool, attempt on the high street and kill someone, but playing a racing game will not actually summon the car in real life (unfortunately...)

[glazbagun]

Is the advert for the UKDM?

[nouze]

paranoid airbag said:

perhaps because a mobile phone doesn't actually have the ability to do that? You can buy a car on the understanding it's the ultimate drift tool, attempt on the high street and kill someone, but playing a racing game will not actually summon the car in real life (unfortunately...)

Sorry, racing cars are racing cars don't matter if they are racing on behalf of big supermarket, fast food chain, mobile phone or car manufacturer.

[davepoth]

now if he'd been driving the car while using the phone, that would be another matter.

[hondafanatic]

nouze said:

Can anyone confirm that I understand it correctly - it's not ok for car manufacturers to show cars driven about at anything over 10 mph but it's fine for mobile manufacturer to produce an ad which shows muscle car racing around town/driving into the wall/flying over other cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQG3JixnZsc

If it helps, I had exactly the same thought when I saw that ad.

I've moved on since then, but my first reaction was the same.