French add to ghastly road-safety hit parade

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Lowe Strateus has delivered another gory instant classic in the world of road-safety advertising: the five-minute spot below, titled "Unbearable," for France's Sécurité Routière. Last we checked in with this agency and client, they were using fancy reverse chronology to save a guy—and his amputated leg—from a drunk-driving accident. This new spot also plays around with time, juxtaposing a gruesome car accident on a Saturday night with a police officer's visit to a mother's home the next morning.

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