Road-hog: never be called one!
Cartoon poster of a grinning pig in a dark car blocking a street, with bystanders pointing and shouting and other drivers hemmed in. The tell is the animal label: the driver is shown as a pig, and the headline and slogan make 'road-hog' the name no driver wants to be called.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Automobile Association, Traffic Engineering & Safety Department
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
American Automobile Association, Traffic Engineering & Safety Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1648 (NAID 515315).
Text on the object
ROAD-HOG Never be called one! © AAA D. E. P. No. 2 Copyright 1943 American Automobile Association Traffic Engineering & Safety Dept. "DRIVER EDUCATION" SERIES Accidents Are Avoidable Alertness Avoids Accidents
