The internet is freaking out over road-safety sculpture, Graham

Poor Graham

Road safety sculpture graham
Road safety sculpture graham
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Holly Rains
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Poor Graham

Meet Graham. He was created as part of a campaign about road safety. And yeah, as you may have noticed, Graham is not your average person. Whilst he does look vaguely familiar, it’s not likely you’ve seen Graham down the pub.

Graham is actually a sculpture created by a world-renowned artist in collaboration with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) in Australia, and was put on display at the State Library of Victoria, to help us ‘understand why we need to improve every aspect of our roads system to protect ourselves from our own mistakes’.

Put simply, the interactive figure depicts what the human body would need to look like if it was to survive a catastrophic car crash.

Which, we think you’ll agree, is a powerful, if not bizarre image. Twitter thought so too, and returned the profundity ten fold.

Kind of…

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Holly Rains
Holly Rains

Holly Rains is the digital editor of Marie Claire UK. She has over 10 years journalism experience, working as an editor and writer, specialising in digital media, content strategy and dog breeds. Prior to Marie Claire, she has held senior staff positions at ELLE UK, Grazia and Company magazine.

Holly is a frequent speaker, panelist and interviewer on a range of subjects including media trends, careers and entertainment. From working with Reuters to provide global red carpet coverage for events like the BAFTAs, to discussing fashion and beauty trends on network TV, she was also the host of the Marie Claire series ‘Holly’s First Dates’, where she regularly interviewed a mix of inspiring woman and A-list celebrities (including Jack Black, Dakota Fanning and Renée Zellweger)  - a series which garnered half a million views in its first two months. And was approved by The Rock.

Her love of office-based meetings means that the days of discovering the melting point of Cadbury's Flakes are long gone, but when she isn't dreaming of scheduling in meetings, she likes to think about social media, and how best to avoid it whilst still retaining the title of 'digital' editor. She also likes learning about emerging technology, Influencers and how to become a Financially Responsible Adult.

Contact Holly: holly.rains@futurenet.com

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