The Lucky Ones Get Caught 60' MA

A new hard-hitting road safety campaign provides a stark reminder that people are lucky to be caught by police doing the wrong thing, rather than being killed or seriously injured.

Victoria Police will be everywhere these holidays – to keep us all safe.

Transport Accident Commission Victoria

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[charng]

i feel speeding is not the main issue here, getting distracted and taking your eyes off the road are. cars can still roll when driving at 60 km/h in an 80 km/h zone if you take your eyes off and lose control of the car.

[glickoschlerjinho]

Why is this comments section so daft? Speeding and not paying attention were both factors!

[seaweediscup]

God, I had remembered seeing this PSA 2 years ago when I was 14. it traumatized me, hearing the children crying and blood trickling down from the drivers head, and the car rolling over. I live in Victoria, and this PSA is scary as it is true.

[sliat]

He got off way luckier than most people in these ads

[haydenpetersen]

lmfao, is distracted, veers out of lane and then choose to swerve with his entire family in the car. darwin award candidate right there.

[KindAdaptableKayak]

I only hear one of the kids crying at the end, so that means one of them probably died or got knocked unconscious... 😨😢

[KetchaWill]

Fun Fact: The girl crying sound was also used in South Park.

[druscanam]

Given the BF Falcon spedo is out by about 5% an indicated 85k/h means about 81k/h in reality. So yes he lost control and crashed because he was doing 81k/h in a 80 zone mind you in perfect dry and sunny conditions where both grip and visibility are at their highest. So if this is a true reflection then in poor conditions such as wet cold roads in dark this would of happened at 60, 50k/h or even less in an 80 zone.

At first I thought this was just another piece of promotional propaganda that's being pushed, pressed and peddled to the public but then I remembered how trustworthy the Victorian government are and that the only conclusion must be that they are trying to warn us that Ford Falcons are bad, really really bad and unsafe and you shouldn't trust you and your family's life in one.

[TheBillzilla]

He crashed because he was distracted, it had exactly nothing to do with being a few k's over the speed limit.

[MorganPhillipsPage]

'The lucky ones get caught... speeding'? Im pretty sure that literally driving off the road, whether you're going the speed limit or over, is probably the main reason for the crash.

[markowen]

This ad totally misses the point. He was doing roughly 5 km/h over the speed limit could have safely been 90. He crashed because he swerved aggressively and lost control. His speed had nothing to do with it!

[katestephenson]

The part when they crash made my heart drop😦❤

[johnsmith-qgqp]

He KILLED his wife and son. Traumatized his daughter for life who will blame him for the accident when she grows older.
"My mum and brother are dead because of you! Idiot!!"
His in laws will blame him.
He may be even criminally charged for Vehicular Manslaughter.
There is no escaping the consequences.

[gaijininja]

TAC, you should have shown him slow down when he was distracted, which is what most drivers do. Speed wasn’t the issue here, as driving in that over corrective fashion will cause an out of control slide and/or roll at any speed fast enough to lose traction. Honestly, having been a rural commercial driver for 16 years, I can tell you EVERY learner driver should have to spend time in the cabin of a commercial vehicle, or some other professional driving field, so they learn how to deal with the most common accident initiators like this. For those who have never had this happen, if your wheels hit the gravel, don’t yank the wheel back the other way, ease your foot off the accelerator, gently turn the wheel to run parallel to the road, and as your speed decreases, turn slightly towards the sealed area to get back on the road. Brakes, sudden turns, taking the foot off the accelerator suddenly, will all make this scary but relatively harmless mistake into a near death experience.

[AmiraliInCali]

They didn’t crash because of speed but because of distraction as long as you’re not distracted speeding can’t really cause such a horrible accident but going very fast is dangerous too

[FreemanicParacusia]

The worst part is you only hear *one* of the kids crying at the end.

[DoubleDeckerDave]

So there's two versions? That's cool, TAC.

[christienmcintosh]

i like this idea but why ratings? even young children should know what the effects of driving recklessly

[vanessahill]

I hate this add, brings me to tears every time i see it but thats only because it gets the message across as intended :(

[robbie]

I dont think speeding 10 over is what caused the accident...