1970s TEEN DRUNK DRIVING PREVENTION FILM " DRINKING DRIVER: WHAT COULD YOU DO? " 11554

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Presented by Centron Educational Films, "Drinking Driver: What Could You Do?" is a 1972, color, anti-drunk driving film. The film presents three scenarios where teenagers are forced to make decisions about drinking and driving, and looks at the consequences of these decisions. The film asks, “What could you do?” The film opens in a radio control room of a police station. A fatal car accident is reported and ambulances race to the scene. Drinking Driver: What could you do? Advisors: Robert E Burgess, Director of Highway Safety, Missouri Division of Highway Safety. Ronald E. Budig, PhD., Supervisor, Driver and Safety Education. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Frank L. Masten Missouri Safety Center. Central Missouri State University. An ambulance or paramedic races down a highway. :50 Cars and trucks drive on the sand down by a lake 1:47. This is a reenactment 2:05. The cooler is opened and beers are distributed 2:35. Two men throw a girl in the lake 3:10. The group gathers around guitarists and they sing by the lake 3:30. Girls sit by a tree and talk about having a designated driver 4:00. The group plays volleyball 4:25. Exercise does not get alcohol out of your system 4:40. Likewise, drinking coffee does not sober you up 5:00. Man suggests eating something while he’s drinking to keep him from getting drunk 5:14. A young man says he was too drunk to drive before but he’s feeling better now. This is a common misjudgment 5:25. The ability to judge one’s own condition is the first thing alcohol depresses 5:35. The gathering by the beach is coming to an end and the group packs up their cars 6:15. Situation 1: John. The cars leave the parking lot 6:45. Three of the group sit on the back of the car in a convertible, a dangerous place to sit especially when the driver has been drinking 7:52. John tries to stop them from leaving 8:05. Situation 2: Amy 8:18. A man stops to pick up Amy and there are two children in the back 9:00. Amy knows the man as “Mr. Johnson”. He seems tipsy and has a bottle of alcohol on the seat next to him as he drives the car 9:27. Mr. Johnson says after he’s had a few sips of the alcohol he’s extra careful on the road. Mr. Johnson runs a red light 10:10. He asks Amy if she would like to get out of the car. Amy is confused. Situation 3: Dan and Linda 10:37. Linda has to decide whether she wants to get in the car with a drunk driver 12:10. Dan can’t help her. The ambulance is seen approaching the accident.
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[@scratchdog2216]

Born in '65. Saw something similar in school before summer vacation. Class discussion and all.

[@cojones8518]

While they were drinking a little boy also drowned in the lake.

[@jamesslick4790]

LESSON LEARNED: Stay in the City!, at least you can get a bus!

[@ritadaniels3175]

Social Host Laws didn’t happen until around the Beginning of the 21st Century😢Now Law Enforcement partnership with Local School Districts try to EDUCATE KIDS, but remember how INFINITE you feel as a TEENAGER❣️

[@misters2837]

2021 and it is still the same....

[@MisterPersuasion]

I was always the "Designated Driver" because I didn't drink. However, in the situations here, I would have hitch-hiked home.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

If Amy had known that Mr. Johnson was under the influence of booze, she would have declined the ride.

[@jamesslick4790]

The red "antique" car is a 1952 Plymouth. The SCARY part (to me, as a was a teen in 1977..) is that it would be a late 1990s car if this film was made now. 😳😮😲🤯

[@bartonpercival2147]

Anyone remember the safety film Red Asphalt in high school?

[@jaminova_1969]

3:15 The song they are singing is "Norwegian Wood" :)

[@jamesslick4790]

An odd choice too, Yeah TODAY, many "Kids" have rediscovered The Beatles, But to the average teen in 1977, The Beatles would have not YET been "vintage" enough to be "hip", but yet JUST recent enough to have been merely "old" and "uncool". I was these kid's age then AND a Beatles fan, But NO ONE in my "peer group" dug it, then it was just "old crap" - Someone strumming an acoustic in '77 would more likely be doing an Eagles tune. I think it's an example of the grownups being slightly out of time when TRYING to appeal to youth. It comes off as out of step as a 1957 film with "kids" singing Sinatra tunes (instead of Elvis tunes) in the same context. I leave now, I have to tell my kids that they are spending to much time with their Pogs and Tamagotchi.

[@Sam_Eassa]

I may be wrong but @1:05 I believe the copyright is 1977 (MCMLXXVII) and not 1972 which would be MCMLXXII

[@tonyelliott7734]

Well, that was a 1974 red Camaro in the beginning so there's that...

[@tubi333]

You’re right, it says 1977.

[@dariowiter3078]

It definitely is. I just posted a comment about that.

[@publicmail2]

Nah I 'll be ok, then they're all shoulder rolling at 60 mph down the road...My Mom used to put her arm up to keep me from striking the steel dash, a few times I ended up in a ball under the dash on the floor, that's when sober.

[@OrionsAnvil]

Alright kids, who wants to be in charge of this flippy lever thing on projector whenever it goes haywire and wakes everyone up? You already know how it works Poindexter.

[@dariowiter3078]

To the guy who uploaded this video, the year of this film is 1977, not 1972! MCMLXXVII(1:05-1:10) translates to "1977."

[@SammyReed-cd4cu]

Well, sometimes people can't help it when they see folks strumming folk music instead of playing disco with an 8-track. What's the deal with that, anyway?

[@jamesslick4790]

8:33 That wagon is a 1977 (or newer) "B" body Chevy Caprice. It would stay in production until 1990. No way was this '72 - This car was not yet on the drawing board in '72. (The 1973 Oil Embargo caused "downsizing").

[@bobbyheffley4955]

In the seat was a bottle of Hiram Walker's Ten High Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

[@googleusergp]

Correct. Plus the beginning of the film has a 1977 date (in Roman numerals).

[@jamesslick4790]

@@googleusergp Oh Yeah, You're right. Roman numbers are NOT a strongpoint for me, LOL.

[@googleusergp]

@@jamesslick4790 That's OK, they aren't easy to know off the top of your head.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@googleusergp And I was right in the "wheelhouse" of this film. I got my driver's license in 1978! (MCMLXXVIII) for any ancient Romans out there!

[@pluto-9047]

Wooderson is carrying the cooler!

[@henrynenjamin3273]

Dam Jason just missed them

[@bobbyheffley4955]

If you drink, don't drive. If you drive, don't drink.

[@jamesslick4790]

I drink AND I drive. Just NEVER at the same time!

[@jonathangoodwin646]

Back in the 1970s when someone is drinking and driving drunk they called it A502

[@COIcultist]

But they are teenagers. Where did they buy the drink from? That is the case that laws only affect the people who don't break them.

[@bigloo609]

It was legal to buy alcohol at 18 years old in many states when this film was made.

[@jamesslick4790]

I have been saying THAT about "Gun control" for DECADES.

[@LilyKittyCatto]

@@jamesslick4790 it makes me laugh when americans say gun control doesnt work. then why since we introduced gun control here in scotland have we never had a single mass shooting incident? gun control works, my country is undeniable solid evidence for that fact. also people claim you can get guns illegally so gun control doesnt work, yea id love to see anyone try to buy a gun illegally here in scotland, you would have no chance, id give you 100 years to try obtain a gun illegally in this country and you would not succeed. americans dont want gun control because they value guns over the lives of their children. so many school shootings, we had a single school shooting which is why we introduced strict gun control, nothing like that has happened in my country since, and it never will again. i am blessed and privileged to live in a safe country

[@jamesslick4790]

@@LilyKittyCatto Comparing Scotland to the US is a STUPID comparison. FULL STOP. Scotland has a population that is LESS than just ONE city in the US. New York City ALONE is 8,800,000. Scotland has 5,400,000 for the whole COUNTRY. The UK does IN FACT have lower "firearm" murders, But Yinz like to stab each other more than we do as a result. Is that better? I don't know, and I don't CARE. Dead is dead. Stop with the moral superiority. BTW: Most of the guns I own are English and Belgian. LOL. Edit: My kid is a TEACHER...Also a hell of a "Marksman"

[@borntoclimb7116]

Drunken teens in cars, not a big differend between today. Okay there is one, the drunken car drivers recording themselve for social media

[@jonathangoodwin646]

The best thing if you're under the Same circumstance take away the keys from that person that drank too much if you can. If they won't give you the keys then get out and walk

[@SlapthePissouttayew]

Norwegian Wood, these birds have flown!

[@MrYAMAHA32177]

One of our friends was walking his bike across the street in the crosswalk and was hit and killed by an elderly driver and they labeled it an accident, if the driver would had been drinking it would have been manslaughter.

[@timpriddy349]

wagon wheels on a camaro.....yuk

[@saxongreen78]

It says 1972 in the description, but this is much later as is evidenced by the later model cars.

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

Are we sure this is from 1972, seems a little later?

[@almostfm]

It's actually from 1977.

[@johnallen7807]

That's a lot of safety "officials" to make a simple film!

[@ritadaniels3175]

Bureaucracy is what it IS😲Government Officials can say, “Well, we made that little PSA FILM to Warn them.You can take them TO the water, but ya know(nervous laughter)ya can’t make em ‘drink’ the water!”

[@jonathangoodwin646]

Back in the 1970s they did not call it DUI. They called it 502.

[@jimmartin7881]

My mom let us drink but she'd take everybody's keys and then she'd lock the gate, we had a small farm so when that was done you couldn't get your car out of the corral. We always had a good time and nobody ratted so it wasn't such a taboo thing that people wanted to do it all the time, But if and when we partied it was safe and in my backyard with nobody at risk of driving drunk. It's still standard practice where I live, kids can drink but no driving, now riding horses or hopping on a bull is a whole other story.

[@jaminova_1969]

That's called "Responsible Parenting". And those were the best parties!

[@RezervoirDog]

Song Name?

[@manhoot]

If it is not an "official" film then nothing "officially" is correct in this feature.

[@skenzyme81]

I got to be on a jury for a DUI a few years back. All 5 of the other jurors wanted to convict, but I talked them out of it because nobody was hurt and screw MADD. The prosecutor and judge were dumbfounded and pissed. The defendant had blown a 0.08 (the minimum for “impairment”) and she looked ill before the verdict was read, so I gave her just the tiniest nod and wink when she looked at me. It was awesome, but the poor woman had probably spent $10K she couldn’t afford on her attorney and everything else.

[@lindathrall5133]

YOU WOULDA HAD SOME VERY ANGRY HUNGRY PTSD2 COMPLEX RED BELLIED PIRANHAS LOOKIN FOR FRESH DRUNK DRIVER MEAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH MADD FOR 25 YEARS I TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MEANEST. NASTIEST DIRTIEST ROTTENEST PTSD2 RED BELLIED PIRANHA I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT

[@jonathangoodwin646]

But there's still consequences what a person does starts drinking and driving Is man or woman I'm gonna convict.

[@coleboonecustoms]

This is not a 1972 film. The brown camaro is a 74.

[@jamesslick4790]

It's 1977!

[@jamesslick4790]

Right! Hell, in the opening is a "square body" Chevrolet ambulance. That style of Chevy/GMC cab is 1973 or newer. Plus "box" ALS or MICU ambos weren't really a "thing" in 1972, A modified Cadillac "shove and scoot" wagons (same basic body as a hearse) was the norm until after the TV show "Emergency" (not kidding!) inspired upgrades to EMS rolling stock, Then, even BLS ambos were "boxes" (or at LEAST vans). This film is LATE 1970s, Not Early 1970s. I know, I "was there"... I started driving in 1978! and I have several relatives that were in EMS since the 1970s.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

The Ford truck has the 1967-72 body.

[@em1osmurf]

the sort of film that the teacher leaves the room for the period, because she knows her class. just everyone be back in the room before next period. you should see the ohio state police ones. snoozers.

[@jamesslick4790]

4:44 My ex's expression circa 1977,87..97 Well you get the idea. 😜

[@jasonfullerton7763]

Meanwhile, a turtle swallowed a pull tab from those Olympias.

[@uwantsun]

bullshite.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

1977

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

How did you leave this comment a month ago when it just dropped 1 hour ago? You some kinda time traveler?

[@jimmartin7881]

@@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu Patreon subs get to see it earlier.

[@rarebreed9208]

Hell, who needs a car. My high school prom date and I were severely injured in a slow dancing accident. I was drunk and we fell over, breaking her hip and leg, leaving her with a permanent limp, and I struck my head on the corner of a table, resulting in severe brain injury. I've never danced since then.

[@johnwelchs3576]

I got off easy!