New Zealand Ad Uses Awkward Human Contact to Deter Drivers from Using the Phone

New Zealand is a great country I one day hope to visit, but if this ad developed by the local Transport Agency is a sign of how things are over there, I might declare myself satisfied with just watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy for the fourth time. The idea is simple: most people say using the phone while driving is bad, but given half a chance, they’ll do it themselves, no questions asked. That’s partly because we trust ou…