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Xbox360 Advert Banned for 'glamorising street car racing'
>> From Reuters via Yahoo:
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A television advertisement for the Xbox 360 games console must be pulled after the industry watchdog criticised it for "glamorising street car racing".
The Advertising Standards Agency said the advertisement, which featured a driver weaving in and out of traffic, being chased through a busy city centre, "could be seen to condone dangerous driving".
It showed the car overturning and the driver getting out and being handed a police badge by his pursuers.
They had deliberately placed prominent onscreen text in the film, such as "Dramatisation. Professional stunt. Do not attempt", to explain that all stunts were performed in controlled environments by professionals and that viewers should not attempt the stunts themselves.
The ASA said it had noted the on-screen text, but it considered that the text "reinforced the sense that the events were real, rather than fantasy, and were therefore capable of being copied".
It ruled the advertisement breached health and safety and driving standards rules, and should not be broadcast again.
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Looking at the description, they are probably talking about this "Cops and Robbers" EU Xbox360 commercial (thx to sr_sparky) ... weird thing is this tv-spot dates back from October 2006 ... afaik they didn't air it anymore for months:
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