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Driving In Hell

Driving In Hell

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Oct 27, 2023
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When you travel around America, one of the things you will find out is every city is sure they have the worst traffic in America. There used to be a white box ad campaign that relied on this assumption. White box ads are those that are generic ads that locals can customize with their particulars. In this ad, the video showed snarled traffic while a voice over announced in the local accent that the city had the worst traffic congestion in the world and then went into the sales pitch.

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