How To Drive: Yes And No is a three minute animated short by Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto and released in 2001.
In this satire of instructional driving videos, two drivers, Red No and Green Yes, show the wrong way and the right way to react in different driving situations. Unfortunately, the proper action ends badly for Green Yes each time.
This Short Contains The Following Examples:
- Big Honking Traffic Jam: Green Yes ends up in several of these when he makes proper turns.
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Broken Aesop: The whole point of the short: following the rules of the road will get you into more trouble than not obeying them. - Color-Coded Characters: Red No and Green Yes.
- Cosmic Plaything: Poor Green Yes, who can never catch a break despite the fact that he's following the rules of the road.
- Drives Like Crazy: Red No. Ironically, despite being rude, he never actually hurts anyone, unlike with Green Yes, who's attempts to drive safely result in people getting run over and damages to cars.
- Jerkass: Red No chiefly, but also several others that torment Green Yes.
- Littering Is No Big Deal: Red No shows this sentiment when he stops in the middle of the road and tosses litter out on the street. Sadly, when Green Yes does the right thing and throws his into the trash can, he ends up getting a ticket for leaving his car in the middle of the road.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Every time Green Yes does the right thing, karma rewards him with misfortune. He even gets a ticket while he was throwing away litter.
- Right Way/Wrong Way Pair: Respectively, Green and Red are supposed to be this, but Green always gets punished for doing the right thing.
