You're in a car park. Kids are everywhere. Is this okay?

by Mamamia Team December 30, 2014

It’s Boxing Day. Mamamia’s publisher Mia Freedman is with her kids in a Woolies carpark in a busy coastal holiday town loading groceries into her car. This is what she sees.

In what civilised society is that OK? If it were a billboard – which is absolutely is – it would be illegal. If it were an advertisement – which is it – it would be banned.

In no way could this pass any public decency test.

And yet the gutter-dwelling company that is Wicked Camper Vans are still somehow able to legally rent out their offensive, appalling vehicles, plastered with these vile slogans.

But wait. This fleet of disgustingly-decorated, cheapo vans are not supposed to be polluting our eyeballs any more.

Remember this?

The vile van slogan that sparked a storm back in July.

In July this year, this picture was widely circulated on social media after a mother found herself driving behind it while her children were in the car. Her complaint and campaign sparked a media storm and a petition on change.org was created to put pressure on Wicked to get rid of their ridiculous slogans.The campaign attracted more than 127,000 supporters and was widely declared a victory.

The woman behind the petition, Sydney school teacher Paula Orbea, wrote on July 17, 2014:

So what’s the story, Wicked? There’s no excuse for these vans to still be on the road five-and-a-half months later. You pledged to respray them and you have not.

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Want to join us in hurrying along the demise of these offensive slogans?

Leave a message on Wicked Campervans’ Facebook page. And complain to the Advertising Standards Bureau.

These vans are often the first thing that visitors to our country see. Wicked’s target market is backpackers. But it’s not who this country is. It’s not who we are. And it’s not something we should have to look at when.