Terrify the children into respecting the road

There’s something really creepy and awesome about these “Tales of the Road” animated rhyming PSAs from Leo Burnett London, encouraging kids in the U.K. to be safe near roadways. They have a great Edward Gorey/Gashlycrumb Tinies feel to them. The top one tells the sad tale of “The Boy Who Didn’t Stop, Look and Listen.” The bottom one bemoans the fate of “The Girl Who Didn’t Dress Bright in the Dark.” The actual inspiration for the campaign was evidently the Edwardian poet Hilaire