It seems that the local police just swiped our gimmick, Carin.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service is taking a festive approach to spreading a message of safety this holiday season. Two holiday jingles – one about texting and driving and the other highlighting the decision to not drink and drive – have been set to the tune of popular Christmas carols with the hope of attracting the audience’s attention in an entertaining way.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service launched the annual Festive RIDE campaign earlier this month and checked more than 2100 vehicles, conducted six roadside tests and charged five drivers with impaired driving offences.
Texting and driving is fast becoming the number one collision-causing factor and it is very close to impaired driving for collisions causing death. Police also remind the community that the fine for distracted driving will put a dent in your holiday shopping budget at $490.
Residents are reminded to call police if they suspect an impaired driver and we would like to wish all our community a safe and happy holiday!
Songs written by: Alana Holtom, Kathy Riddell, and Alainna Schoenfeld
Performed by: The WRPS Executive Office – Staff Sergeant Mike Haffner and Alana Holtom
Music by: Johnny Marks
Here are those songs. ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Drinker’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUSz5TWYnM4
Jingle Bells distracted driving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKe06dWvanY
Neither one is as good as the Lock it or Lose it ad from a few years ago, but not bad. I’m biased and think ours were funnier, but we’re allowed to get away with more so it’s not an entirely fair comparison. I hope they keep doing it.
Friggin great. Yes! But I agree, lock it or lose it was better…although now, it sort of has a warm fuzzy spot in my heart since it was one of the first ads we laughed at when we got our TV back and could laugh at things again. Oh 2012, you unkind year you.
Ahh yes. Our new TV, no thanks to Metro Movers. We still have that TV today. Thanks, dude from Carin’s office.
By the way, of those two songs, I think I like Jingle Bells better. LOL OMG, TMI JK. That’s clever.
It reminds me of that autotuned “people on the road, can, turn an LOL, in, to a great, big, OMG”