If you still need to be convinced that texting while driving is a bad idea, this might be the thing to put you over the edge.
Volkswagen recently unveiled a ground-breaking advert which clearly -- and shockingly -- demonstrated how easy it is to kill yourself for the sake of a 140-character message.
The advert, shown in what seems to be a one-off at a Hong Kong theatre, involved texting everyone in the audience at the same time during an apparently dull commercial of someone driving on a long straight road.
But when everyone looked down to check their phones… Well, in the time honoured tradition of HuffPost, You Won't Believe What Happened Next.
100 Controversial Adverts
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Beauty In The Morning Facial Cleanser And Beautifier(10 of114)
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Levis.
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Saatchi and Saatchi's campaign for The Conservative Party ahead of the 1979 general election.
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Durex.
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Sisley fashion brand.
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Sean John's Unforgivable Woman fragrance.
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Linford Christie stars in Kleenex's tissue advert.
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Wonderbra's infamous advert.
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Lynx.
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BMW.
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BaF's anti-domestic violence ad.
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Red Tape menswear fashion brand.
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Controversial French anti-smoking advert,
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MacDonald's.
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QSOL service provider.
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NSPCC
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A German MacDonald's advert.
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Heinz.
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Cadbury's.
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Miquita Oliver in Women's Aid advert.
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Advert for Chicolate chocolate substitute.
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Skin Burn, anti-smoking ad
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Barnardo's.
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Tipalet cigarette advert.
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Benetton
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TG4 television program entitled 'Paisean Faisean'.
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Courage beer.
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Budweiser.
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Barcardi rum.
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Amnesty International
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Skyy alcoholic drink.
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Amnesty International
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Amnesty International
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Anti binge-drinking advert
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Van Heusen
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BMW
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Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter
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Government anti-drug driving advert
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Anti-abortion advert
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Advert against verbal abuse
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Fabrica
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Benson & Hedges
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American Apparel
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Amnesty International
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Post-It
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An M&C Saatchi advert for St Matthew's in the City in Aukland, New Zealand.