"ANATOMY OF AN ACCIDENT" 1961 DRIVER'S EDUCATION FILM DEFENSIVE DRIVING TECHNIQUES XD66154

[@kathmandu1575]

Back when society had intelligence as an aspiration...

[@whatsamattayu3257]

They showed us a film about driver safety when I was in army basic training. I was stationed over 2,000 miles away from my home. One of the cars had a dealer name plate on the trunk, from a local dealer near my home. Basically, I only remember how homesick I felt just seeing it and that was over 50 years ago.

[@thaddeuswilson654]

Smooth sayings "I know what I've got at home......" Daddy likey.......

[@wayneyadams]

I saw this in my 10th grade 1964 Driver's Ed. class.

[@blockcl]

David Wayne had a long and distinguished career on stage and in films and television. Surprised to see him in a corporate snoozer. I guess a job was a job.

[@hsserry5289]

A side job to make some pocket change! 😊

[@tomservo56954]

No shame in doing anything for Ma Bell...

[@Sennmut]

Probably got a knock-off on his phone bill.

[@sambone8194]

Those phone bills don't pay themselves.

[@damxgopak457]

I'll never drive poorly again.

[@woodss82]

Overtaking on one lane each way roads are dangerous. It requires a lot of clearance to perform safely.

[@publicdomainvideos9917]

This gives me a twilight zone feeling

[@ypaulbrown]

lots of actors and actresses from Dragnet series

[@simonf8902]

Show this today.

[@davidharris2519]

if he worked for the phone company he must have had plenty of life ins

[@DMBall]

A safe driving film from Bell Telephone? I guess if you're killed in an accident you won't be needing phone service; a lost customer.

[@tomservo56954]

More for its employees

[@74Spirit1]

A cast member of "The Waltons" is seen in the first and last scene. If you haven't seen the film, notice who buys his chair. Irony of this film, dad was a safety advisor for the telephone company.

[@bradmad8346]

I think it was Mrs Elkins, aka Irene Tedrow, she even caused a wreck with the new Mr Wilson aka Gale Gordon.

[@bradmad8346]

In the credits Minerva Todd, Irene Tedrow, she was good at being mean.

[@jaredevildog6343]

Love the dramatic video.

[@scottmckenna9164]

Right on! Very good!

[@christopherbubb2890]

Mind blown... David Wayne was also the second "Big Daddy" (Blanche's dad) on Golden Girls.

[@simonf8902]

Dad forgot his own messages. 😢

[@DLTrekker]

21:43 prototype Chucky

[@Imintune...]

Actor was in the Andromeda strain.

[@jaminova_1969]

That girl was mean!

[@manhoot]

Classic case of do what I say not what I do. The hypocrisy is breathtaking here.

[@scudfarcus4343]

I find it difficult to believe that David Wayne was only 47 years old when this was filmed.

[@Xardueth]

0:59 = creepy

[@davidharris2519]

i saw this in 5th grade

[@wayneyadams]

Why would they show this in 5th grade?

[@jeffross5424]

that clunker is a volvo and will out last the ford :0)

[@tomservo56954]

Wasn't that old at the time...

[@optimisticneighsayer5823]

One in seven cars get in an accident every year?… seems high, even then.

[@tomservo56954]

Likely including ones where no one was killed...even simple fender benders

[@ardeladimwit]

Need interlude music: oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine... you are lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry Clementine. Whoever thought of such dreadful melodramatic claptrap.

[@tomservo56954]

They could have at least gone with the Bobby Darin version

[@simonf8902]

Seat belts ? No.

[@stevemiller9480]

He was following to close!! He should have waited.

[@tomservo56954]

Don't those spinsters in the Volvo (which, in fact, introduced the 3-point seat/shoulder belt in 1959) share any responsibility?

[@whatsamattayu3257]

@@tomservo56954 I know. The witch who caused the accident even ends up short changing the wife when buying the chair.

[@simonf8902]

Who’s the creepy man ?

[@simonf8902]

Actually all perfect advice for today. Tailgating is the worst thing we can do. Impatience and distraction kill.

[@pl5624]

The moral of the story...always wear safety belts.

[@20alphabet]

*moral

[@bubbajones6907]

It's bad luck to constantly brag about your defensive driving skills.

[@timhenslee1025]

Rule of thumb go to the right to avoid head on collisions. Then he could of at least took the old b*tch with him in an accident .

[@woodss82]

Safety belts wasn’t law in 1961 if this was made today the outcome would been different.

[@NipkowDisk]

David Wayne... remember him on "Ellery Queen", a very underrated show IMO that sadly only lasted one season.

[@majorbobbage3356]

Loved it. Did not know that his co-star Jim Hutton, was the father of Timothy Hutton.

[@wmalden]

Men in the front seat. Girls in the back.

[@20alphabet]

As it should be... just opposite of Hispanics.

[@kathmandu1575]

It was to protect the women, and it worked. You have a problem with the outcome?

[@tomservo56954]

@Kathmandu15 Some families do...others are like mine was--parents in front, kids in back.

[@Sennmut]

Another gem. Please...more like this!!!!!

[@Witchlord]

Defensive driver tip #1: Always keep at least a loaded shotgun in reach. If possible, a sub machine gun or other quick shooting gun would be better, however.

[@jaminova_1969]

Good thinking! Cause a Molotov Cocktail is just too dangerous in a car!

[@Mikey300]

The Molotov Cocktail scene from “A Bronx Tale” is proof of that.

[@simonf8902]

AK 47 is best for auto accident work. Buckle up.

[@20alphabet]

This film was made possible by a WOMAN DRIVER.

[@juliancrooks3031]

I remember that film from driver's Ed in school years ago. I guess that was before seat belts

[@tomservo56954]

Seat belts had been available in certain cars since 1950, and by 1962 all new cars had front anchorages for them required.

[@Sennmut]

@@tomservo56954 Sadly, seat belts don't stop some drivers from being just plain stupid.

[@leversforever9748]

@@tomservo56954 We had a 62 Mercury Comet Dad bought and installed the seatbelts himself I remember him drilling holes through the floor board for the bolts. From that point on we always had to "buckle up for safety"

[@janosnagyj.9540]

Well, some 70 years have passed since this movie, but this could have happened the same way even today...

[@bobbyheffley4955]

60 years

[@tomservo56954]

With seat belts, airbags, crumple zones and the like...he would have a better chance of surviving.

[@tonyelliott7734]

These are examples of when someone zigged when they should have zagged.

[@ardeladimwit]

He made that long lecture to his wife about Defesive driving and the three "C"s and here he is yapping away...

[@jaminova_1969]

And Father knows best doesn't bother to use his turn signals! Also, little Tommy is faking being in a coma!

[@ardeladimwit]

@@jaminova_1969 wonder if they handed out barf bags to the poor beggars who were forced to watch this. Truck even hits them on passenger side. All that's needed is violin music.

[@jackrussell4437]

David Wayne-The Mad Hatter on Batman.

[@TheC1kabar]

1961 version of entitlement and “get fukt” while driving. (Also, why would anyone turn into a vehicle?)

[@sage4nowty129]

What a devastating ending!! Very sad! Unexpected!

[@TheGlenn8]

I wasn't expecting this to have a story lol.

[@SkunkApeMeg]

That was horrible 😢

[@marstondavis]

Lights? Check! Turn signals? Check! Seatbelts? F*ck 'em! Two heads through windshield? Check. and double check!

[@pl5624]

David Wayne. ..the mad hatter.

[@cal30m1]

Yes! I was racking my brain trying to remember where I saw him.

[@Mikey300]

Also "Dr. Charles Dutton", in the Robert Wise film of Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain".

[@jaminova_1969]

@@Mikey300That's where I've seen him!

[@cal30m1]

I love that Willys MB

[@simonf8902]

Moving and true today as then. If only.

[@sage4nowty129]

The actor who plays the father in this film. was a very busy actor in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. He was in many movies and tv shows. I especially remember him in an episode fo the Twlight Zone as a man who didin't want to die and gets his wish granted by the devil.

[@bradmad8346]

I think I'll give the electric chair a whirl, Twilight Zone,

[@TerryHindsley-uw9bu]

He also played the mad hatter on batman in the sixtys

[@simonf8902]

Mom is on tranquilisers

[@simonf8902]

Misses his one advice.

[@alanrogers7090]

I saw this in my 1967 Driver's Ed class when I was in High School. We had a test after viewing it and I got 100%.

[@speakfreeley4473]

What angers me most in this is the lack of free health care in the US. The mother having to sell the possessions & eventually the house to cover the costs of her son's treatment. In the UK all that is free.

[@new2000car]

Yes it’s free in the uk, but we don’t want that lousy health care here. Just look at all the middle class people in the uk with rotten teeth. Not a mouth you’d want to kiss.

[@OldCanadianguy953]

It’s not free. You’re taxed to death to pay for it.

[@Ayaya-yg5nd]

Ain't nothing for free

[@rpk5568]

This is too creepy, but I saw this film in high school drivers ed in 1966, give or take a year. It left me with , and I still have it at 74 years old, that old people should get off the road if they can't drive. At any speed if you're an obstacle them you're a hazard to other drivers. And I drive among other things a 170 mph Suzuki 1250 Bandit. So if I'm coming up behind you, hold your driving position because I'm probably planning my way around you. So don't decide to change lanes suddenly or you/ll probably kill me.