VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Driving Safety

CHALLENGE

Despite thinking they’re invincible, young men are way more likely to get in car wrecks than women or older men. But because men don’t pay attention to typical PSAs, the Virginia DMV was at a loss when it came to getting these guys to take car safety seriously. 

THE MOVE

If you can make young guys laugh, you can make them think. So, after we dove into consumer research to find which messages resonated with our audience, we took those messages and made them funny. What we ended up with was a campaign that hit on drunk driving, distracted driving, speeding and buckling up, and we were able to get a serious message across without taking ourselves too seriously.

THE FINALE

11.5% decrease in overall fatalities from crashes related to safety areas

17.7% decrease in alcoholrelated fatalities

4.9% decrease in speeding-related fatalities 

20.3% decrease in distracted driving 

12.3% decrease in unbuckled driving