Um, really? As a Canadian, I find this really stupid. If you see a SUV jumping across say, the Grand Canyon, you'd have to think that is unrealistic. Sadly, the government doesn't thinks so and now ads that depict cars speeding, running red lights, car chases in residential areas, etc. are banned.
So... what? In ads for games like Forza, the cars will have to do 55? How will movies like The Transporter show off their trailers? After all, car chases are the only point of the movie.
Oh God, I can't image how Citroen's going to advertise their cars now...

Wasn't that only for the advertising of actual cars and only if the actions were interpreted as promoting the reckless driving? I seem to recall some clarification to that effect on the kotaku article
It DOES bring a thought to mind, how will they show those shock deterrent drunk driving ads if everyone has to drive both sober and saffely?

Adverts that depict reality? What on Earth are they thinking? We need to be sold the dream: that these meagre products are going to turn our lives into ballads of joy and happiness where the rules of physics and causality have no bearing, dammit!

Where deodorant gets you the immediate attention of attractive women, where breakfast cereal gives you the energy to get through the day and where nice guys actually get the girl (possibly though a combination of the deodorant and having the energy from the cereal)

No, it involves ALL ads with cars in them, seeing as people might want to emulate driving the way they advertise bad racing games on the telly.
I should also clarify that this actually isn't a government decision, rather it's an industry regulatory body that oversees advertising standards that has passed this rule. And yes, people do need to follow this or risk... something.
On a somewhat related note, I bought some AXE shampoo that claimed I would get girl approved hair, and lo and behold, I didn't. This is fucking false advertising.

And where McDonald's actually promote exercise and have nothing to do with food at all. Oh wait, they never have had anything to do with food, have they? But still, they clearly don't promote exercise.

I apologize for my country -- we suck sometimes.

They sell salads, you know.

I'm all for it: just because I hate those obnoxious car ads.

For a long time in the UK there's been a ban on showing cars at speed in car advertising.
I don't think it applies to anything else though, but the side effect has been that we get some very strange adverts for cars.
On the subject of advertising products that rely on car chases (the transporter, for example) the advertising would just then show various crashes, wheel spins, fighting and out-of-context clips of conversation for humorous effect.

It's not about the obnoxiousness rather than it is about the fact that someone bothered to ban speeding cars in ads instead of banning, say, Snuggie ads.

But Snuggie ads are awesome. Everybody is dancing, and the dog looks like it wants to commit suicide.

Greatest post ever.
I got a free Snuggie sent to me. It felt funny. Not old man trying to touch your penis funny, but awdward funny.

Yeah, and slices of apple so coated in preservatives it makes what normally passes for food in that place look appetizing.

They also sell corn in a plastic cup. Like, just corn. But it wouldn't be McDonald's unless they tried to make it unhealthy, so it comes with fattening butter.