The Illinois Department of Transportation has some sexy new “Click It, Or Ticket” ads that are burning up the airways and getting people to talk.

They’re grabbing my attention.

Video: Sexy Illinois Click It, Or Ticket Ad

I always buckle up — I’ve been strapped into seat belts for as long as I can remember, so I don’t understand why people need to be reminded to strap in when driving or riding in a car.  But if we’re going to have to be reminded, the ads might as well feature some sexy women with sultry voices demanding that we do something. Maybe they’ll convince people who don’t understand basic physics to also strap on their seat belts.

Another Sexy Click It, Or Ticket Ad

Of course, someone might be upset that women are looking sexy, so let’s check in with Viva La Feminista to see what she has to say about the topic of sexy Click It, Or Ticket ads.

Why is the IL Dept of Transportion using sex to sell seat belts?

I ask because I recently caught their new PSAs for the “Click it or Ticket” campaign and they use two very attractive women to urge their men to use their seat belts. Two women…one white and one African-American with sultry voices and in cute outfits telling their men, “You know what I want…” Where is the Latina PSA?

En Espanol! Because us Latinas are never more sexy than when we’re seducing our hombres into wearing seat belts than when we’re speaking Spanish, eh? The problem is that not all of Latino men speak Spanish or at least would be watching Spanish language TV.

Feminista brings up the idea of Wonder Woman lassoing some guy so that he won’t forget the buckle up! Viva La Feminista — love the mental visuals.

Caliente Illinois Click It, Or Ticket Ad, En Espanol

Now, I’m just waiting for INDOT to come up with something creative and sexy to remind Hoosiers to buckle up.

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Reality TV goes bad

A Florida-based reality show producer of Pauper to Princess has been arrested for false imprisonment after the show’s contestants said a producer wouldn’t let them leave the house where they were being filmed. The women claim they had to escape after they weren’t paid, according to news reports.

The Orland Sentinel writes about the reality show gone bad: “Shattered dreams, not riches beyond their wildest dreams, are the all that Pauper to Princess contestants took from the aborted reality show.”

According to police and a neighbor’s account, Marc Brilleman, 33, held the women against their will and prevented them from calling their families.

But Jim Johnson, the executive producer of the show and owner of the house, denied the allegations and said the women who asked to leave were allowed to do so.

“Nobody was being held against their will at any time,” Johnson said. “This show was an honorable show. We took them to the opera, we took them to fashion shows, we took them to modeling training and we took them to etiquette training.”

Reports ABC News in “Reality TV Wannabe Arrested in Kidnap“:

The dream of four self-described “paupers” to learn how to become a princess on a reality TV show turned into a nightmare after the director was arrested for allegedly keeping the contestants in a Florida house against their will.

Marc Brilleman, the 33-year-old director of the reality TV pilot “Paupers to Princess” and executive… Expand
Marc Brilleman, the 33-year-old director of the reality TV pilot “Paupers to Princess” and executive with Dream House Productions, was arrested Saturday by police in Apopka, Fla., and charged with false imprisonment of an adult, a third-degree felony. Four women contestant in the pilot say Brilleman attempted to hold them in the house against their will.

Marc Brilleman, the 33-year-old director of the reality TV pilot “Pauper to Princess,” was arrested Saturday by police in Apopka, Fla., and charged with kidnap-false imprisonment of an adult, a third-degree felony. He was freed on $3,000 bond.

Video: Pauper To Princess Producer Wouldn’t Let Us Out

Video: Pauper To Princess Producer Arrested

Technorati Tags: arrest, crime, princess to pauper, producer, reality television

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