Reckless Drivers Do ‘Time With Mum’ Via 303 MullenLowe Perth

Reckless Drivers Do ‘Time With Mum’ Via 303 MullenLowe Perth

How do you stop young, reckless, overconfident drivers from deliberately defying the road rules? You take away the only thing they care about – their freedom – and you hand them over to their Mothers.

‘Time with Mum’ is the new campaign by 303 MullenLowe Perth. It follows our license loser, Nate ‘Dawgg’, over 90 days of passenger seat hell with his Mum firmly in the driver’s seat. His independence, social life and even front seat status slowly evaporate after losing his license.

Directed by Tony Rogers (director of cult TV series Wilfred), 12 scenes will play out over 12 weeks to give young viewers the experience of a real-time license suspension period. Young drivers can also feel Nate’s pain through his passenger seat social posts, as well as TV, cinema, radio and an outdoor campaign to follow.

The messaging will be highly targeted to demonstrate what’s at stake: ‘Lose your license, lose your love life’, or ‘Lose your license, lose your gym sesh’.

Derry Simpson, managing director of strategy and innovation at 303 MullenLowe Perth, said, “Our brief was to target ‘risk takers’ head-on. This is a group of drivers who speed regularly and are also more inclined than others to drink drive, use their mobile phones while driving, and not wear their seatbelts.

“Research shows that they don’t see their risk-taking behavior as a road safety issue. They think they are bullet-proof and so are not motivated by crashing, personal injury or causing harm to others.

“But there is one consequence we unearthed that they do respond to – and that’s the fear of losing their license and, with it, their freedom.”

In launching the campaign, Deputy Premier and Minister for Road Safety Liza Harvey said the campaign is a bold new approach to targeting a hard-to-reach target audience. ‘Time With Mum’ is designed to give ‘risk takers’ an insight into how their life would be impacted should they end up in Nate’s position – and in a way they can relate to.

The Road Safety Commission recently released crash figures for the first half of 2016, showing 88 deaths in Western Australia to June 30th this year – nine more than for the same period last year. Of these, 46 deaths were men aged 20 to 50.

Research shows risk-taking drivers often have the least experience on the road and the most confidence. They might be lawyers, doctors or tradies, but they’re united by a reckless attitude and a disregard of road rules.

Richard Berney, Executive Creative Director at 303 MullenLowe Perth, says: “The horror of choreographed crash scenes has nothing on the emotional stopping power of your own mother’s taste in music. Nate is the perfect anti-hero for young drivers who crave control of their love lives, work weeks, and passenger side windows.”

Launched on Sunday 24 July, the campaign is off to a promising start with Week 1 already amassing around 140,000 views on Facebook alone.

Do some #TimewithMum here:

 

CREDITS

Client: Road Safety Commission (Western Australia)

Agency: 303 MullenLowe Perth

ECD: Richard Berney

Head of Strategy: Derry Simpson

Creative Team: Tommy Medalia, Joe Hawkins

Head of Digital: Pete Liddell

Digital Team: Amy Doherty, Claeton Metaxas

Business Director: Todd Baker

Business Manager: Emma Bajrovic

RSC A/Assistant Director Operations: David Slack-Smith

RSC Campaign Project Officer: Alisia Mumby

Production: Guilty

Director: Tony Rogers

Producer: Jason Byrne

Production Manager: Alex Sturman

Agency Producer: Kelly Dobbin

 




Please login with linkedin to comment

303 MullenLowe Perth Road Safety Commission

Latest News

Revium Snags Peter Bauld From Deloitte Digital
  • Advertising

Revium Snags Peter Bauld From Deloitte Digital

Revium, a leading full-service digital and AI consultancy, has announced the appointment of Peter Bauld (lead image) as Executive General Manager. Revium is a full-service digital and AI consultancy with over 20 years of experience creating engaging digital experiences for leading organisations and their customers. Bauld joins Revium after an illustrious career spanning over two […]

Veridooh Snatches Prashand Menon From ScentreGroup
  • Advertising

Veridooh Snatches Prashand Menon From ScentreGroup

Out-of-home OOH) and digital media leader Prashand Menon (lead image) has joined OOH ad tech company Veridooh as group business director within NSW and QLD. Menon joins Veridooh from his most recent role as ScentreGroup’s group business director and brings with him more than 10 years of experience in Australian media. Previously, he held positions […]

Kat & Co Transforms Into THE WORLD OF Experiential Agency
  • Advertising

Kat & Co Transforms Into THE WORLD OF Experiential Agency

After more than twelve years of producing experiences for some of the world’s most innovative brands, including Hermes, Van Cleef & Arpels, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany & Co, Kat & Co has quietly metamorphosed into THE WORLD OF. THE WORLD OF is an experiential agency at the juncture of culture, technology and the human condition. […]

SMG Studio Launches Risk: Global Domination X Dune Part Two
  • Campaigns

SMG Studio Launches Risk: Global Domination X Dune Part Two

Through a licensing agreement with Legendary Entertainment, SMG Studio inked the rights to adapt Dune: Part Two into a game based on Risk: Global Domination, Hasbro’s interactive board game. Inspired by Denis Villeneuve’s cinematic masterpiece, Dune: Part Two, this new digital adaptation, RISK: Global Domination X Dune: Part Two, is poised to captivate players from […]

QMS: Taylor Swift, Lunar New Year & Mardi Gras Were Boon For OOH Market
  • Marketing

QMS: Taylor Swift, Lunar New Year & Mardi Gras Were Boon For OOH Market

Taylor Swift, Lunar New Year and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival have had a dramatic impact on the number of people moving in and around Sydney over the past month, drawing big crowds into the heart of the city and its surrounding suburbs. New data from digital outdoor company QMS reveals a […]