History Advertising / DrinkingAndDrivingWrecksLives

* BlueIsHeroic: The firefighter in "Fireman's Story" wears a blue shirt.

* AnAesop: As a whole, the series shows that it's not just the victims and perpetrators affected by drunk driving crashes; their families, their friends, and the first responders are all affected as well.

-->-- '''Kathy's mom''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIYTPYHCI7E Kathy Can't Sleep]]

* AnAesop: As a whole, the series shows that it's not just the victims and perpetrators affected by drunk driving crashes; their families, their friends, and the first responders are all affected as well. Just one example showing this is in "Kathy Can't Sleep" when Kathy's mother mentions that her daughter's classmates shun her and call her father a murderer for having driven while intoxicated, which resulted in the death of a young boy.

The series can be watched for free on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBAL8-97dk here]]. Be warned. These ads are gut-wrenching.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The victims of wrecked lives.]]

'''Drinking and Driving Wrecks Lives''' was a series of British [[PublicServiceAnnouncement public information films]] produced by Safety on the Move to inform the public that...well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin drinking and driving wrecks lives]].

The series can be watched for free on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBAL8-97dk here]].

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* AnAesop: As a whole, the series shows that it's not just the victims and perpetrators effected by drunk driving crashes; their families, their friends, and the first responders are all effected as well. Just one example showing this is in "Kathy Can't Sleep" when Kathy's mother mentions that her daughter's classmates shun her and call her father a murderer for having driven while intoxicated, which resulted in the death of a young boy.

** One early ad had a middle-aged woman discuss how her teenaged daughter was critically and permanently injured by a DrunkDriver. It ends with the woman sitting in her bedroom, hopeful that one day she will come home.
** Another ad featured the family of a young man killed in an alcohol-related crash; when the family returns home from his funeral, the man's kid brother is shown sitting in his bedroom.

** "Christmas Pudding" has the girlfriend waiting for her boyfriend and then gets a call saying that he was killed in a crash. Disturbingly, the Christmas pudding at her family's dinner table fades into an image of his crashed and engulfed car.

* AnAesop: As a whole, the series shows that it's not just the victims and perpetrators effected by drunk driving crashes; their families, their friends, and the first responders are all effected as well. Just one example showing this is in "Kathy Can't Sleep" when Kathy's mother mentions that her daughter's classmates shun her and call her father a murderer for having driven while intoxicated, killing a young boy.

** Another ad featured the family of a young man killed in an alcohol-related crash had the family returning home from his funeral and his kid brother sitting in his bedroom.

** "Kathy"[[note]] Also known as "Kathy Can't Sleep"[[/note]] has the eponymous girl hear her mother yelling at her father due to the fact that he hit and killed a young boy while driving drunk.

* AnAesop: As a whole, the series shows that it's not just the victims or perpetrators effected by drunk driving crashes; their families, their friends, and the first responders are all effected as well. Just one example showing this is in "Kathy Can't Sleep" when Kathy's mother mentions that her daughter's classmates shun her and call her father a murderer for having driven while intoxicated, killing a young boy.

** "Kathy"[[note]] Also known as "Kathy Can't Sleep[[/note]] has the eponymous girl hear her mother yelling at her father due to the fact that he hit and killed a young boy while driving drunk.

** "Kathy Can't Sleep" has the eponymous girl hear her mother yelling at her father due to the fact that he hit and killed a young boy while driving drunk.

The series can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBAL8-97dk here]].

* {{Rotoscoping}}: Used in "Mark" for the visuals.

* {{Rotoscoping}}: Used in "Mark" for the visuals.

** In "Chldren's Story", a primary school-aged boy named Matthew was killed by a drunk driver.

** "Kathy Can't Sleep" has the eponymous girl hear her mother yelling at her father as he hit and killed a young boy while driving drunk.

* IronicEcho: "One More, Dave" has Dave's friend urge him to have just one more[[note]]As in, one more drink[[/note]]. At the end, Dave's caretaker urges him to have just one more[[note]]As in, one more bite of food[[/note]].

* ChristmasEpisode: "One More, Dave" and "Christmas Pudding" both take place around Christmastime; specifically, both involve Christmas dinner in some way.