I love the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (previously). Not only is it an agency charged with making sure that manufacturers don't screw over consumers — a position that I think is pretty hard to disagree with! — but they also have the best social media and marketing apparatus out there.
Case in point: USCPSC just dropped a mixtape called We're Safety Now Haven't We, with six genre-spanning pop song bangers explaining helpful safety tips. Yes, really. It's a true work of art, and you can download the whole thing for free on their website, or listen via the YouTube embed above. And I encourage you to use your head, and listen to me, about listening. And also about protecting your noggin:
VERSE 1:
First things first
Let me tell you what the issue is
When you're in these streets
Gotta stay vigilant
Check the stats, there's been way too many injured heads
From riding round without nothing on protecting them
But we can do better
I'mma put my helmet on then go zoom, yea yea
Sitting flat up on my head real evenly
Low on my forehead, yall ain't seeing mePRE:
When I fly by
Cruisin'
I'mma wave hi then bye
Cruisin'
Don't forget to strap it on tight
Who's in
Let's skate, let's scooter, let's bike
Choosin'
Choosing to do this thing rightHOOK:
When you're in these streets, (in these s-s-streets)
Take caution (Caution!)
Protect your neck and your noggin
When you're in these streets, (in these s-s-streets)
Take caution (Caution!)
Protect your neck and your noggin
When you're in these streets, (in these s-s-streets)
Take caution (Caution!)
Protect your neck and your noggin
When you're in these streets, (in these s-s-streets)
Take caution (Caution!)
Protect your neck and your noggin
Yeah, this is exactly the kind of thing I want my federal tax dollars going for. Absolutely perfect, no notes.
We're Safety Now Haven't We [US Consumer Product Safety Commission]
A federal agency wants to give safety tips to young adults. So it's dropping an album [Rachel Treisman / NPR]
