Should SUV Ads Be Banned?
The War on Cars
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4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Did you ever see a car advertisement that you thought was so ridiculously irresponsible it should be banned? Well, the people at Adfree Cities, an advocacy group based in the United Kingdom, did, and they decided to do something about it. They went up against Toyota over an ad for the Toyota Hilux SUV that shows drivers ripping through sensitive natural areas and cities—and they won, getting the ad taken off the airwaves and the streets. We talked with two members of the organization, Veronica Wignall and James Ward, about how they’re tackling the auto industry’s most egregious marketing campaigns, as well as their larger mission to create “happier, healthier cities free from the pressures of corporate outdoor advertising.”
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Check out Adfree Cities and their partner organization, Badvertising.
See the Toyota Hilux ad that UK regulators deemed “had not been prepared with a sense of responsibility to society.”
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| 1:08.0 | Any adverts using nature to sell people large diesel trucks, given the state of the climate crisis and our cities, |
| 1:11.0 | is socially irresponsible. |
| 1:13.0 | Welcome to the war on cars. |
| 1:20.0 | Welcome to the War on Cars. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm Sarah Goodyear. Today I'm going to be talking with |
| 1:26.0 | Veronica Wignall and James Ward, both of whom work with a UK grassroots advocacy |
| 1:31.2 | group called Ad-free cities. |
| 1:34.3 | Ad-free cities works to eliminate corporate advertising from public spaces, |
| 1:39.1 | aiming to create happier, healthier cities free from the pressures of corporate outdoor advertising. |
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