Russia: “safety selfie” campaign to protect citizens
Anyone who has watched videos of Russians online will surely admit that these Russians are crazy. The same opinion is certainly shared by the Russian Interior Ministry, which has issued a new public health program to reduce injuries and deaths caused by people taking dangerous selfies.
The campaign called “safety selfie” warns Russian citizens that “their health and life” are worth much more than a million likes on social media.
As shown in the image below, the “safety selfie” includes a series of cartoon images that depict some dangerous scenarios in which someone might attempt to take a selfie.
Some of these extremely dangerous scenarios include: posing in front of oncoming cars or trains, posing on the roof of a building, posing while standing on wild beasts that are not in their cages, posing while starting a boat's engine while holding a loaded gun in the other hand, posing while falling off a cliff, or just a few steps, and various other situations.
Unfortunately, some of these cartoon images reflect real events and accidents that happened to Russians while trying to take some original selfies.
An Associated Press report on the Russian “safety selfie” says that “at least 10 Russians have been killed and 100 injured” due to a dangerous craze that has become a fashion trend and challenges people to take the most dangerous selfies they can, but it does not cite what statistics these claims were based on.
