My mother is extremely sensitive to grafic material. She won't watch any movie more than PG. I am certain that when I show her this ad that she won't think poorly of it. I believe she would appreciate the boldness of the message. I agree - it's not necessarily for kids. I believe it was said that it was originally in a magazine. Probably in a magazine a child wouldn't be reading it until they are old enough to handle it anyway. For the adults reading it I think it's appropriate. I was only a kid and it is burned into my memory a scene I saw when we stopped beside a highway. There happened to be a wreck just about even with us and we watched as it occured. As far I could tell then it was only because the car went off the side of the road. As they tried to pull it back on the tires caught on the lip and started the car in a sideways slide. As the wreck continued I watched the hatchback roll and then flip end for end. I have the picture in my head of someones upper body being flung out the windows (it was sumemrtime) and then the car coming down on that side. I watched as the person was folded in half and the crushed underneath the car. Since then I have always worn my belt. I read in the paper afterwards that one of the 4 people in the car was belted - He was the ONLY one to survive. I don't remember that scene as a scar on my psyche. It's a reminder of the value of belts.
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