What's the Worst That Can Happen? New Mexico Shows You in Brutal Road Safety Ads

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"What's the worst that can happen?"

That's a loaded question, especially for a road-safety campaign. And it's posed in a series of graphic spots from Albuquerque agency RK Venture for the New Mexico Department of Transportation.

Director Sean Broughton, a Hollywood visual effects expert, delivers three 30-second PSAs about drunk driving, seat belts and texting while driving. (There's also a 45-second mashup of the first two ads.) Tires shriek, glass shatters and crimson spurts in all directions.

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