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real story is that our OLI HQ office met with GM officials and tried to get the
commercial pulled back in June. GM said now get this, they (GM) had no power
over the having the comm. pulled, read the very fine print. I asked the question
can we go after the RR. As it turns out according to our media people the RR is
fake, the scene is basically made up, the trains are superimposed
digitally, and probably the only thing real is the caddy. Gary Cousin, OL,
Presenter
This doesn't have to do with speeders directly, but I know we all want to
encourage the public to behave safely around trains and railroad
tracks.
I saw a commercial on TV last night that I thought was disgusting. It
showed two engineers in their trains heading toward a crossing, then a car off
in the distance, back to the engineers, and then a close-up of the Cadillac
Escalade heading for the crossing. The next scene shows the car off in the
distance and the two trains going through the crossing. There were no gates, I
don’t remember seeing any signals, and this is a lonely road out in the middle
of nowhere, but I don’t think any of that matters. Am I wrong here, or is this
a commercial that should be pulled immediately? It encourages trying to beat
the train at a crossing and I was shocked when I saw it. If enough of us
contact Cadillac/GM, maybe they’ll pull the commercial.
Patrice Warren
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