Ads We Wish We Wrote

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Embrace Life of Sussex Safer Roads

We're starting a series of tributes; these are advertisements, be they on legacy or social media, that are high on our list of Ads We Wish We Wrote.

This is a personal favorite which I tend to recirculate every time I see it roll down my Facebook screen. It needs no words, no reliance on reason, no major utilization of computer graphics, and – did I say it already? – no words.

It banks on 'Heartsell'.

The spot has "scooped a wide range of awards, including YouTube Ad of the Year, a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award, Gold World Medal, New York International Advertising Awards; a Bronze Lion at the Cannes International Advertising Awards", among others, so says the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership.

So for our first amongst firsts: The Embrace Life campaign of Sussex Safer Roads./VRP