Most Inflammatory Ad? Taxi!

seajays
seajays Posts: 331
edited February 2015 in Commuting chat
"A taxi insurance advert showing a cyclist lying on the floor, apparently having been hit a black cab, has been branded ‘inflammatory’ and ‘in bad taste’."

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... yet-155582
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Rather poor taste for sure!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • airbag
    airbag Posts: 201
    It's an advert. Poor taste, lazy stereotypes, and using fear to sell a product that might not help anyone anyway are pretty much a given.

    Hey, sounds familiar.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Is probably a common gut reaction from most cabbies I suspect.
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Cyclists and taxi drivers have never gotten on but it appears like all out war at the moment.
  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Swap the wording and it's why cyclists wear cameras.

    But this is something that should be managed by the licensing authority so that neither the driver nor the fleet operator can delete the footage. I doubt cabbies would be keen on having cameras, data loggers, tachographs and GPS trackers imposed on them as a condition of their continued operation.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.

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