DIY safety campaign – tell us what you think!

[ACCC Product Safety]

Nearly 50 Aussie men have died over the past decade after getting under their car which had been raised for DIY repair or maintenance work using a jack, ramp or stands.

That’s nearly five deaths a year, not counting the many other serious and often irreversible injuries people have suffered.

Australian governments are developing a joint campaign to raise awareness of the very real risks of death and serious injury when working under your car, and would like your feedback on some possible campaign slogans.

Suggested slogans are:

1. Don’t be a jackass with jacks
2. Don’t be a tool with jacks!
3. Don’t be a jerk with jacks!
4. Look before you lift!
5. Think before you lift!

Which one do YOU like better? Which message would make you think twice before using a jack to get under your car? Do you have other ideas?

Let us know what you think: either vote in the poll, reply to this post or email us [email protected]

Thanks & stay safe!

 

[calais24/7]

Number 1,2,3 all sound a bit to cheesy for me

 

[Astranomical]

I like 1, it stands out and has a good ring to it.

 

[ari666]

That's nearly five deaths a year

small price to pay for 'survival or the fittest' IMO. if you cant work a jack, get the f..k out from under that car

i need another stupid/pointless workplace safety slogan grinning at me all day everyday, like i need a hole in the side of my head.


no thank you.

 

[yZoH]

Hmm..

The way I see it, It is a lot at fault to being lazy, User error, Or People attempting maintenance with a Jack that is Supplied with a vehicle.

Slogan Ideas from Myself,


Jack, Stand, Service (Raise your vehicle using a jack, Support it with a Stand, Service vehicle)



The slogan ideas you provided:
1. Don’t be a jackass with jacks (Jackass would get shot down)
2. Don’t be a tool with jacks! (Possibly, But corny)
3. Don’t be a jerk with jacks! (Doesn't make sense)
4. Look before you lift! (That just sounds like incorrect jack placement)
5. Think before you lift! (Like above)

 

[Tatiana]

What do I think? I think you should post in the correct sections. Clearly this is a poll, yet this is not the poll section..........

Moved!

 

[Rusty]

Save your sack, use a jack!:nutkick:

 

[Reaper]

Natural selection FTW!

Reaper

 

[Tatiana]

I am with Reaper, no slogans for the bogans, let the idiots get crushed.

Those of us who have more than basic intelligence don't need a kiddie rhyme to remember to use a jack.

The morons of this world who are too stupid to use them will hardly have the brains to remember a slogan.

Instead of wasting money on stupid campaigns, sink it into better areas like hospitals.

 

[Jesterarts]

Could do those motivational posters with a picture of someone crushed under a car and the tagline would be:

Jacking: You're doing it wrong.

Or, go the same route as cigarettes and put pictures of disfigured jacking accident victims on them.

Of the actual slogans, the last one seens the most appropriate...