LTSA. DRINK DRIVING. SINKING IN THE RAIN

Rights Information
Year
1996
Reference
C7365
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1996
Reference
C7365
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Advertisement
Duration
0:01:00
Production company
Flying Fish

A man drives on on a rural road at night. The clunk of bottles can be heard on the audio as the car weaves. He looks down too long while lighting a cigarette with the car’s cigarette lighter. He drives off the road and rolls the car down a bank. He is trapped, it starts to rain and the car fills with water. Empty beer bottles are seen floating in the interior of the car. He gasps in desperation and screams for help. The car on a fine next morning, with birdsong on the audio, still upside down. Onscreen text, “If you drink then drive, you’re a bloody idiot”, followed by the logo of the Land Transport Safety Authority.