Anatomy Of An Accident (1962)

[@MyStone88]

These guys would have a freaken heart attack if they only know what's coming... smart phones, texting, e-mails, DVDs, road heads,

[@101Volts]

Well at least the cars won't give people concussions as much now if someone bangs his/her head on the dash.

[@straightpipediesel]

They invented most of it... this is a Bell System film!

[@punawelewele]

Road head is not a new thing.

[@lilmike2710]

I drive a big truck for a living and you wouldn't believe the things I've seen people doing while driving.

[@lilmike2710]

Not sure how old you are but there was a time when not only was the legal drinking age 18, but there were virtually no DUI laws like there are today. And it wasn't taken nearly as seriously as it is today. Usually if a cop saw that a driver was impaired they'd arrest them, but wouldn't book them into the system. But rather have them "sleep it off". Then let them out and hand them their keys the next morning. Making jokes as they left. And even when they did start charging people for driving drunk it was called DWI and was treated like any other minor traffic violation. It was a group of angry mothers that organized and started a nationwide campaign against lax DWI laws, demanding harsh penalties and heavy fines for driving drunk. The most significant was revoked license and eventually prison time for habitual drunk drivers. As well as homicide charges against them if their actions resulted in the death of a person regardless if it was an accident or not. You may be aware of all this but just in case you weren't... Now you know. The American roads and highways were much more dangerous back then. Much more than today.

[@dangiven2686]

This film has actually influenced me more today than the other safety films with all the blood and guts.

[@Gfysimpletons]

On the floor for gore?

[@InfiniteFacts18]

God loves us all so much that he gave his perfect son to die for our sins and raised him from the grave to defeat death. Through faith in JESUS we can be saved and reconciled to GOD. please repent🙏♥️

[@angelapritula9516]

I remember seeing this film in drivers ed in 1975. It left an impression on me for a lifetime, especially in the fact that that old bat should’ve been arrested her license revoked forever and never be allowed to get behind the wheel for the rest of her miserable life.o

[@bsteven885]

In an ideal world! However, the ONE person who could prove the fault of that "old bat" was DEAD so she, as it showed throughout this story, got away with it (like too many IRL).

[@christofour217]

She not only killed him, she also bought his chair for $35-.

[@roadmaster720]

the old bitch is ruthless and ready to burn in hell soon. she'd bitch it's not hot enough and mr devil more coal on the fire.

[@P00katube]

What a pittance for a leather reclining chair. All for a Volvo causing that fatal automobile accident.

[@SaturdayMorno86]

the nerve of that woman driving like she's the queen of the road

[@peterm1826]

@@roadmaster720 you do know its not real Right besides the guys a tight arse cause he didn't order optional seatbelts and padded dash

[@caligulathespitefulmutantk2365]

Yes! Everything went according to plan! Bwahahahahaha ha haaaaa!

[@marcfield582]

Not only that. Look who bought the chair. That was the one that caused the whole mess in the first place.

[@caligulathespitefulmutantk2365]

It was all part of her scheme to get the chair dirt- cheap!

[@spotsill]

Caligula the spiteful mutant king 😂😂😉😉😉🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@Edward-bd8iy]

But she got hers. He and the boy haunted her for the rest of her life. She went insane and had to be heavily sedated, eventually packed off to the funny farm in the rubber room. Legend has it that if you walk by that now-abandoned house, you can still hear faint laughter...

[@mikeadrover5173]

Wow! Born 1958 and I remember these type of films. With a film projector; Maybe this is what is needed once again in US schools today. ~M~

[@AllenMacCannell]

Mike A Drover -- a lot of kids in various school districts weren't allowed to see this stuff

[@johnnyhawkins43]

I grew up in a little hick town in south central Kentucky and they showed us all kinds of films back in the sixties and seventies!!!!!!!!!!!! Would probably have an adverse effect of them today!!!!!!!!!

[@klaasj7808]

uhmm film projectors were used until 2010 before it went all digital in the theaters.

[@scottsantiago5047]

David Wayne, excellent underrated actor

[@ericwent4931]

Hard to imagine that one car's length per 10mph was ever reckoned to be a safe following distance, especially with skinny bias-ply tires and 4-wheel drum brakes. Apart from that, there's a ton of good advice here. The best idea (still not widely implemented) is continuing education along with periodic re-testing.

[@GlamRockCowboy]

The problem with the "1 car length per 10 MPH" rule, in my humble opinion, is that it fails to account for human reaction time, which remains constant at all speeds. This is why the old rule is no longer recommended. Instead, the "2-second rule" is now universally recommended, and has been since the 1970's.

[@randymalm6003]

Nice Ford

[@MrAudienceMember2662015]

Cars were longer back then. ;)

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Anybody else remember the Harold Smith film with his system for freeway driving?

[@jasonb.6623]

@@GlamRockCowboy I teach the kids "3-4 seconds" in my driver's ed class. :)

[@marcfield582]

Well. That was weird. All I can say is wow. What sad ending. Even when you know it is comming it is still a kick to the gut.

[@QuasiTraction]

1968 actually when Seatbelts became federally mandated for all passenger cars and trucks sold in the United States. Incidentally the same year the following changes were made as well: Side marker lights required on all four corners of the vehicle, and when the headlights were on, front and side marker lights as well as the front parking lights were illuminated. I also believe a "clear" backup or reverse light that illuminates on the rear of the vehicle when in reverse was required too.

[@ordinaryk]

Other requirements for '68: dual-circuit brakes, energy-absorbing steering column, padded dashboard, padded armrests, breakaway rear-view mirror, recessed inside door handles, labeled controls, a driver's-side mirror (yeah, it wasn't required before '68!), and dual-speed windshield wipers that must cover a certain percentage of the windshield (couldn't find the exact number). Also, the car had to allow front-seat occupants to survive a 30mph head-on collision. Several cars were discontinued for '68 as a result, including importation of the Austin Mini, Fiat 500 and 600, Renault Caravelle, Simca 1000, Alfa Romeo 2600, and Lancia and NSU in their entirety.

[@InfiniteFacts18]

God loves us all so much that he gave his perfect son to die for our sins and raised him from the grave to defeat death. Through faith in JESUS we can be saved and reconciled to GOD. please repent🙏♥️

[@TheOzthewiz]

Just because the seat belts were MANDATED doesn't mean they were used, at least not until it became a Federal law to "buckle up"!!

[@TheOzthewiz]

Back up lights are considered an "option" and not "obligatory". Cars built after 1968 must be MANUFACTURED with back up lights!

[@toreshammerecelt861]

Everybody’s old lady was nice looking back then.

[@ArtfromBerwyn-cw5op]

Not like the tattoo infested, neon haired, metal pierced vermin we see nowadays.

[@InfiniteFacts18]

God loves us all so much that he gave his perfect son to die for our sins and raised him from the grave to defeat death. Through faith in JESUS we can be saved and reconciled to GOD. please repent🙏♥️

[@WizardOfChicamunga]

03:45 The young boy Tommy (Ricky Kelman) was born on the exact same day as me. July 6,1950.

[@tomservo56954]

It turns out the Bell System made this available to movie theaters, to show as an added attraction. I came across an ad from the Boston area in 1963, promoting this as a companion to IRMA LA DOUCE in several drive-ins.

[@wanorman2007]

This film (and it was a FILM) was shown to my driver ed class in high school over 50 years ago. It was a real tear-jerker.

[@jimervin387]

If it was me getting held up in a long line with no passing lane, I think I would have just pulled over for a while and waited. But the father was in a hurry, feeling pressured. Even so, he was such a good preacher of safe driving, I don't think he would have taken a gamble and lost like that in real life, especially not with the wife and kids along.

[@101Volts]

Yes, a fine preacher but dead wrong in practice for just that *one* instance; once is all it took.

[@AllenMacCannell]

Jim Ervin - i used to do precisely that - I would stop to get a sandwich

[@bsteven885]

He tried to do a favor for the people behind him -- and suffered the ultimate consequence.

[@gojoe2833]

Seatbelts were a Ford factory option as far back as 1956. The man who was so concerned about safety should have put them in their '60 Galaxie, they probably would have saved their lives. Interesting how a Galaxie 4 door hardtop can become a Fairlane sedan after the crash...

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Early TransFormers!

[@TheOzthewiz]

That's HOLLYWOOD "magic"!

[@robertkeefer7791]

I want that Corvette that's tailgating them in the city!

[@karlplaysdrums]

I seen it on cregslist it gots some pretty bad front end damage...

[@TheOzthewiz]

The last year before the "Stingray" arrival, especially the GORGEOUS "split window"!

[@ManInTheBigHat]

In the last year I've noticed people run red lights like it's optional to stop. Here in Denver people are getting way worse at driving safely.

[@zeppelinmom62]

😂😂😂

[@johndoe-tx4vw]

If this was filmed nowadays, the father instead of suit and tie would be wearing a cheap t shirt with writing on it, cargo pants, tennis shoes or sandals without socks. He'd also be sporting a bald head, and beard.

[@johnazhderian5734]

It's amazing how people were dressed in 1962 vs. 2019. It's depressing.

[@Sashazur]

This is a dramatization, not real life. If this was remade today, dad would be wearing a polo shirt and khakis, not a T-shirt and shorts.

[@seventiesmemories5116]

@@johnazhderian5734 They only dressed like that for this movie. People went casual, I remember.

[@ctmale1956]

yes -- mom would be texting her lover and the kids would be in the back seat board out of their minds.....LOLOL

[@whattheheck1000]

@@johnazhderian5734 I don't give a dead rat's last crap about fashion. It just doesn't interest me in the least. December 1, 2021 1:41 am

[@njot33]

Even though we already had a lot of safety equipment in cars from 1966 to the mid 80s, people still did not usually wear seat belts, until the mid 80s when most states enacted laws saying you had to wear them. This video was made in 1961. Your only option then was to be as careful as you could be. Even now, you would not want to be in a head on collision with a truck and not be wearing a seat belt. Car accident deaths were much more common then.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Those two old biddies just gave some body shop the business.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

Drive as if your life depended on it. It does!

[@unconventionalideas5683]

This is 1962. Most cars did not have seatbelts.

[@Edward-bd8iy]

"In all my years of law enforcement, I've never once unbuckled a dead man."--from an old PSA, mid 70s

[@TheOzthewiz]

Correction: Auto DEATHS and SERIOUS injuries were more common, reason ? Very few wearing seat belts AND "crush zones" in vehicles were non-existent....actually there WERE crush zones...........YOUR LEGS!!

[@MerleOberon]

If he was so concerned about safety, he should have ordered optional safety belts and padded dash....

[@roadmaster720]

suzie and junior, wear the seat belt or you WILL get my belt on your ass. get it on, NOW!!!!!!!

[@SaturdayMorno86]

It would have been nice, except this was 1962, they didn't start having seatbelts until late 1965, I think.

[@rapman5363]

Padded dash was not a safety feature at all.put 1/2 inch of pad on a dash and hit it at 40 mph there is no protection. That was the biggest waste of money on the planet. If you think 50-50mph of kinetic energy will be impacted by a small piece of foam your just as dumb as he is.

[@dickjohnson4268]

A padded dash back then went over a metal dash on most cars back then. Just go to a collector car show, and see the 'javelin' anchored at the steering gearbox on the front of the frame. A head-on collision sent the steering column into the driver.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

And put the kids in the back seat

[@njot33]

@nzoomed Seatbelts were not standard equipment in cars until 1966. Prior to 1966, you could order front lap belts as an option probably starting around the late 50s. Still, most people didn't. The late 60s was a period where the majority of now standard safety equipment went into the cars. Things like dual reservoir master cylinders (so you couldn't totally lose the brakes) and collapsible steering columns (so the steering wheel wouldn't hit you in the face if you were hit head-on).

[@TheOzthewiz]

More correctly, so the STEERING COLUMN wouldn't penetrate your chest! If you were SO "vertically challenged " that the steering wheel hit you in the face, then maybe you should not be driving in the first place?

[@KridkornTangthanasirikul]

13:48 Deceleration in that day still without Anti Lock Brakes!

[@101Volts]

And most likely with ALL DRUM BRAKES! Probably with a single master cylinder too but that's beside the point.

[@spotsill]

Still an improvement over prewar mechanical brakes 👍🏻👍🏻

[@fiddlerpin]

The women that caused the accident came back to buy the house cheap

[@02chevyguy]

Why isn't she in jail over this? It was HER negligence that caused the entire accident.

[@papadop]

Dad is played by actor David Wayne aka “Big Daddy” in an episode of Golden Girls.

[@tomservo56954]

Big Daddy 2.0-- the actor who played him first, Murray Hamilton, had died. And that only scratches the surface of Wayne's work on stage, screen, and television.

[@Kimberlyexpects]

I don't know who she is, yet. But the man is David Wayne, who ended up as the "Mad Hatter" in the original Batman series.

[@EM-pw9tr]

Phyllis Avery

[@fiddlerpin]

How do you go from hitting the front of the car and then hitting the side of the car?

[@TheOzthewiz]

When you find out, please post! Curious minds NEED to know!!

[@joefairchild6271]

I can remember seeing this at a drive-in in San Diego when I was a kid.

[@ijsmale]

2 different cars were used in this! The car in the driveway at home was a Galaxy four door hardtop, the one in the accident and the one they drove most of the way was a Fairlane sedan.

[@bartikusskaguy]

No it wasn't it was a starliner completely different

[@lesdabney2144]

A Starliner was a 2 door with a fastback styled roof line. Starliners were built in '60 and '61 only. There were also Sunliners and skyliners.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

@@lesdabney2144 the Sunliner was a convertible

[@brianandrews7099]

The old lady driving the Volvo later died when she was ejected from her ill bought $35.00 recliner chair!

[@keithm1138]

Anyone notice no seatbelts?? Seatbelts were available on very few cars back then.

[@tubeblack35]

I remember cars without seatbelts. And when they first came out they were just lapbelts, like what is used on a plane, no webbing support for the shoulder.

[@101Volts]

+tubeblack35 And some people mocked them. Hindsight makes it sound like "LOL I wanna smash my face against the dashboard" but the thing is people just plain didn't know.

[@Ndiver81]

keithm Seat belts didn't become required until 1966.

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

It was legal to drive without it

[@AllenMacCannell]

keithm -- back then more than half the population believed "It's better to be thrown clear" in an accident. That doesn't make sense in hindsight. But this was around the time when DDT was sprinkled on children's sandwiches to keep the flies off. This was when doctors smoked and you wrapped asbestos around your heated pipes to save on heating bills and lead paint would "stay on longer." Back then 140,000 ppl died every day around the world and, today, it's still 140,000 ppl per day but from a much higher population.

[@PintoPopProductions]

Note that the Galaxie goes from a 4-door hardtop to a more common pillared sedan when it crashes. I can't remember the last time I saw a 1960 Ford hardtop sedan.

[@TheOzthewiz]

I can't remember ANY 1960 Ford in recent memory! I DO remember the 1960 RED "Sunliner" I ordered in 1960 with the ONLY "option".......the 360HP, 352ci in the "power barn". No radio, NO SEATBELTS (didn't need them back then), NO ac, no back up lights, NO pwr windows, NO pwr locks, NO power brakes, etc. One option that I WOULD have chosen.....4-speed manual (not available, yet) had to settle for "three on the tree", gotta remember this was the DARK AGES!!

[@PintoPopProductions]

@@TheOzthewiz My first experience driving a manual was a three on the tree, my dad's old '71 GMC truck. Very stiff clutch and nothing labeled. Didn't like to start cold. Dad installed a Sun tach on the column. My lesson soured a young beginning driver on manuals for many years! These modern cars like my friend's Ford Fiesta with a feather light clutch and hill start assist make it so much easier. My cousin's BMW even has auto rev matching. I should have given the truck another chance back in the day before Dad put a TH350 automatic in it. It was the only column stick I've ever driven out of the 9 or so manual vehicles I've sampled.

[@mschnur]

I remember seeing this in grade school in the '70s as required driver's education training. Never knew what it was until now. David Wayne reminds me of Jack Webb. I also noticed that the family's '60 Ford was a full-boat Galaxie Town Victoria 4dr hardtop, while the wrecked car at the end was a plain-jane Fairlane pillared sedan.

[@mikeadrover5173]

Maindrian Pace Wow! Born 1958 and I remember these type of films. With a film projector; Maybe this is what is needed once again in US schools today. ~M~

[@mental_modeler2952]

Maindrian Pace do you still work for Chase Research? You should make another movie with Eleanor.

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Our family car was a 1957 Fairlane with a Thunderbird motor in it. Later, we had a 1965 Star Chief and Mom had seat belts installed in the back seat.

[@ЭкобиотехнологияиЭвтрофикация]

Very educative. They made it so back those old days. Scenario, acting, camera, idea. Strangely enough how it has degraded today.

[@TheOzthewiz]

Yeah! I remember THOSE days when electric lights were first installed. For us "old timers", seems like only yesterday. lol

[@gnkyiri]

Selling the family furniture in today's time would generate an report as taxable income, in 1962 this would have been considered unconstitutional

[@matrox]

Its what happens when Dems take over and control your sh!t.

[@gnkyiri]

At a time when the middle class income wage earners had power in government.

[@stevehoffman3569]

I saw this clip 50 years ago in driver's ed class when I was 15. Gripping stuff man.

[@Saffron-sugar]

Well that was sad. It was also weird, that that man took such a risk after going on about what bad drivers everyone else was. It was really really really annoying hearing how helpless Helen would be on her own. He made her sound like a 10 year old. Amazing to see life before EMS and Intensive Care units in hospitals

[@bobbyheffley4955]

Not to mention her sadness when Tommy succumbed to his head injury

[@bsteven885]

Ironically, the husband took the risk BECAUSE he was thinking of others -- talk about good deeds not going unpunished. Plus, the propaganda in those days showed how men should protect and provide for their families. No wonder why life insurance was so profitable back then!

[@arrow1414]

It was also the old bat's fault that turned right to seemingly take the dirt road, but then swung back left as the Dad was passing.

[@josephjohnson448]

​@@arrow1414 That woman caused all them accidents and didn't get hurt

[@Edward-bd8iy]

​@@josephjohnson448She must have been the cammer...they never get hurt

[@tammanyfields3583]

This was done pretty well and I noticed familiar faces.

[@boris1932]

The guy who plays the father starred in a episode of the "Twilight Zone" the one where the man who can't be killed because he signed a deal with the devil to live forever.

[@tnelson4593]

Back in then very few Fire Departments had an Ambulance. Ambulances were usually run by local funeral home. In rural areas the injured were thrown into the back of pick up trucks or driven in by other motorists to the hospital. Waiting for an Ambulance took to long. If a Ambulance did arrive normally there was one person with very little training. No EMT back then to treat the injured. Sheriff deputy or State Patrol eventually would arrive. Fire Departments had very little extrication tools. Crowbar,K-12 saw, chains hooked to Wrecker and yank the doors off or pull metal apart. Sometimes Very crude practices or procedures. Acetylene torches were used in some cases. Using K-12 saws with carbide blades or Acetylene torch was dangerous because of fuel spills or fuel lines. It wasn’t until around 1968 when hydraulic rescue tools like Spreaders ( Jaws of life) or Cutters and Rams were available to Fire/rescue units. Although at that time very expensive. Firefighters relied on towing service to help with extrication of a crash victim. If you were lucky enough to live in a community with a hospital based Ambulance you might get a Doctor or Nurse onboard the ambulance with a Orderly driving. Around 1970 most states started mandating more training for pre-hospital care for trauma/medical victims. The local Funerals Homes in most rural areas of the United States could not afford or did not have the personnel to send to the new EMT programs which was a new national curriculum. The Funeral Homes donated their Ambulances and Equipment to the local Fire Departments , Hospitals and sometimes Police/Sheriff agencies to run the Ambulances. In larger Metro areas the need for Ambulances became Urgent because of call volume. Some larger cities provided a transport Ambulance through the Fire Department while some ran just a squad (Rescue Units.)Johnny & Roy for some of you that remember the 1970s show “Emergency “.Larger cities would contract a private company to transport patients within their Fire Departments jurisdiction. Firefighter/Emt-p would treat the patient until the private Ambulance company would arrive to transport. In the Mid to late 70s the air Ambulance started to evolve and really most areas were not served by air Ambulances (Helicopters) until the mid 80s. Many of the pilots first hired to fly the Medi -Vac choppers were Vietnam Veterans.

[@matrox]

The hospitals ran them in our major city.

[@karideyber2750]

Thanks for sharing that...very interesting

[@bus2600]

I remember seeing this in mid 70s for drivers ed

[@gregdzialo9998]

The service station shown then @ South Fair Oaks Blvd was probably either in Pasadena or South Pasadena, CA.

[@lizevans4010]

I remember this film. We watched it in our driving class. So many times when driving @ 60 and someone passes on a hill with traffic coming, jeopardizing everyone and then turn off 1/2 mi down the ride. Crazy.😊

[@mikeymystery1713]

The defensive driving lessons are useful reminders. Under his desire not to hold up the others, the father took a chance. He was distracted by something that had no bearing on safe driving. He allowed his cushion to be collapsed. He also failed to do something that must be second nature to every driver: not only do you have the ideal escape, where you do not wreck, but you have the poor escape, where you collide, but probably not fatally. Had he expected the unexpected, he would have released the gas, steered back into his lane, and hit the target moving away from him, or possibly passed astern of her and ended up on the dirt road. She was doing 22, possibly up to 25 when she darted out. The Ford may have gotten to 30 or so, so if they hit, they would have felt it, but nobody would have died. The truck driver likely would have jinked right, as they are prepared to do on account of just such occasions. I once had a similar situation, where I waited behind a white haired woman doing 43 on a two-lane blacktop. The passing zone was straight, slightly upgrade, but clear for maybe a quarter mile. I flashed my lights, signaled, tapped the horn and started around. The biddy hit the gas. I downshifted for torque. She matched me. I saw headlights maybe a fifth of a mile ahead. I slowed down, to pull back in. The crazy woman slowed down, too. I hit the horn and accelerated, and she did, as the approaching Peterbilt laid on his horn. I slowed again, and the bride of satan slowed down too. I signalled a left turn, hit two blasts on the horn, and veered onto the gravel left shoulder. I was grateful the truck driver trusted me, and didn't take the shoulder. After he passed, I thanked the Lord Jesus, asked his forgiveness for the my evil thoughts about that woman, and signalled, looked both ways, and resumed my proper lane on the road. I thought I would end up behind that woman, and if I got a tag, I was calling her in. Lo and behold, a barlight began flashing in my mirror. I pulled over, pressed my license and certification against the window and asked what was the matter. Know what he said? "Somebody called in a vehicle driving on the shoulder." I said, "Least he could have told you about the woman who tried to kill me." When I explained, he aoologized. But it goes to show, sometimes people do mean things, just for spite. Can't fix stupid. All you can do is arrive alive.

[@ohger1]

+Mikey mystery In retrospect you should have given her the PIT maneuver and rolled the old bat over... LOL Glad you were OK.

[@101Volts]

I wonder if she assumed you were being a jerk so she decided to "teach you a lesson" instead of, you know, be Christian about it and let you live...

[@101Volts]

Oh, I'm not being a dick; I went out and guessed "What's going on here?" when it came to the original poster's comment about the woman nearly getting him in a head-on collision. That doesn't make her actions right, I'm just playing detective to understand why. Thanks for saying that though, it's a valuable asset to life.

[@sonoranrain2330]

Pop

[@johnreitz4320]

Ironically the Volvo was one of the (relatively) safest cars on the road at the time.

[@tomservo56954]

Possibly it had the 3-point harness, which they pioneered in 1959 (and offered free to all automakers)

[@TheOzthewiz]

Along with Mercedes Benz automobiles when "Made in Germany" (West) meant the FINEST automobiles! Actually the SAFEST car (deaths per mile) honors belong to a French car......the DS 19, ID 19 models! Btw, don't forget "SAAB", close cousin to the Volvo!

[@pavelb1]

This needs to be Rifftraxed. The last line can be, "Join us next week when we do something uplifting like 'Schindler's List'"

[@flankerroad7414]

And the last car to pass the Volvo was....a Corvair. Little irony there someplace.

[@carlhohnholt3392]

Saw this in driver's Ed ,when learning to drive in school in the early 70's. Yea most of us didn't were seatbelts back then.

[@jackpontiac52]

Volvo Driver is 100% at fault.

[@branimirhorvatic9204]

Bluebaker.

[@fwheels7776]

The first appearance of Karen!

[@panhead55]

How crappy, to worry about various things the entire time you're alive, then have to worry when you're dead too. Screw that, just give me peace and quiet already!

[@kurtburgess1519]

There are a lot of drivers today who should should study that Bell Telephone seminar. The right of way...wazthat?! That's Irene Tedrow irresponsibly driving that fun Volvo. David Wayne piloting the '60 Ford with Buzz and Todd following in the red Vette downtown.

[@monicahyland8641]

I would love to have one of those cars today ❤, I’m actually learning a lot from watching these videos

[@jamesculbertson1746]

15:16…..I googled the address of the service station. It’s now Pasadena Surgery Center.

[@matrox]

2:14 Its Ms. Elkins from Dennis the Menace.

[@szqsk8]

An actual English speaking guy actually servicing a car at the gas station!

[@caligulathespitefulmutantk2365]

Yeah, its like another planet!

@Jim Stark well, it's not only merit, sadly. Both the "white guy" and the minority/immigrant guy are very good in the job, but as the minority guy is more "vulnerable", an employer know it can push that guy over, pay them less, make them work more hours,...while they couldn't complain. So employers exploit those minority/immigrant workforce.

[@spotsill]

He probably was the owner most small gas stations of the area were family owned. People chose to buy gas from national chains and convenience stores in the 1970’s and here we are today with only expensive over priced national places to get our cars serviced .

[@1N73RC3P7OR]

@ Those "minority/immigrants" are free to go back to their country where they will not be exploited.

@@1N73RC3P7OR simplistbadtakes.exe

[@johnazhderian5734]

No padded dashboards, seat belts, air bags or crumple zones. Cars with bad brakes, poor handling and in the wintertime rust away into rubbish. Ahh the good old days!! No child seats either! But some thing don't change very slow incompetent drivers driving Volvos!

[@craigcricket7932]

Even polite during road rage. Those were the days.

[@nzoomed]

and the lady driving the slow car also starred in the brady bunch.

[@ben480]

So, if we follow all the rules and drive like dad, we will end up dead? So drive however we want fast or slow, go right instead of left does'nt matter and we'll live? Is that the take away message here? WTF?

[@davebaker9128]

I remember seeing this film in drivers ed almost 50 years ago, it was exactly as I remembered,

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

How was the speed limit only 35 and how were they doing under that?!? 35 means 40-45 everyone knows you add 5-10 mph to the speed limit and that's what traffic typically does. And if it's a freeway you can add as much as 15-20 over. Why would anyone drive so slowly anyway?? Some people do 22 in parking lots with speed bumps I mean seriously come on

[@random_thoughts5343]

And those who do 40-45 in a posted 35 get speeding tickets. I remember my cousin telling me right after getting my license that there was an unspoken 5-10 mile leeway cops would slide on. When I got pulled over doing about 6 miles over I told him what my cousin said. His exact words were "tell your cousin that B.S. and don't listen to her anymore. Here's your ticket that I'm willing to believe good ol'cuz won't pay the ticket for you. Drive the posted speed". I listened to him and it was my first and only speeding ticket 😂

[@aydenlokey3641]

the number on the sign is actually the limit its just reckless drivers know that speed guns that cops use are not very accurate at telling the speeds of cars

[@EarlyB-52sGuitars]

It's called a "Speed *_Limit,"_* and I'm not going to ignore the fact.

[@eajosephedward]

it's even worse today!!!! ppl txtn while driving high off alcohol or blunts (Marijuana cigars) heck you can even drive 20-30 miles over the speed limit on the E way and ppl still ride your bumper or run past you like yer sitting still and many like cutting you off you must have esp to drive today..

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

eajosephedward but we have air bags and seat belts now so the amount of crash deaths is lower

[@Frenite]

I watched this when I was 9 years old and I think this should be played in all schools

[@gatehanger1385]

Yes , and he would also have pointed to the cigarettes on the table being the biggest killers of all....

[@roadmaster720]

bullshit, cigarettes are GOOD FOR YOU, ENJOY

[@spotsill]

Everyone smoked and lived in denial rite up until being told they had lung cancer

[@bobbyheffley4955]

@@spotsill or COPD

[@dementedweasel1]

That old battle ax was also in Good Neighbor Sam. Being a battle ax.She should be fricking ashamed of herself to have existed.

[@TheOzthewiz]

I was hoping Sheriff Andy Taylor would have locked her up (lock her up, lock her up )when she lived in Mayberry!

[@benjaminperez1149]

I remember we used to live like this. Tomorrow I will be 68.

[@marcfield1234]

Ok, so not only did she cause the accident and kill him, she stole his chair for $35.00. Great.

[@TheOzthewiz]

Sheriff Taylor should have locked her up when she moved to "Mayberry"! LOL

[@EarlyB-52sGuitars]

Inflation *is* a thing.

[@michelefritchie6198]

I remember seeing the part of this movie up to the safe driving class, but until now, didn't see the rest of it. I think class time ran out and we never saw the remainder of it. Tommy gets told by his dad to stay with his mom and sister, but he chooses to go with his dad instead.

[@ohger1]

Oh ..... My .... God... I saw this film in 5th grade back in the 60s and it haunted the shit out of me. I never forgot it and still thought about it now and again. I remember talking to the teacher about it after class because I was a bit traumatized by it. I don't know if these films did any good though as I used to street race back in the 70s despite having seen this. I was very fortunate not to have hurt myself, other drivers, or the girl who is now my wife.

[@buckfan1969]

+ohger1 They showed it to us in school back then too, along with a movie called Signal 30; a movie by the Ohio Highway Patrol showing actual accident scenes with the bodies still in (or around) the car. Saw both about 50 years ago and remember them both, so I guess they made an impression.

[@tomservo56954]

SIGNAL 30 is also on KZbin...

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Don't sweat it, dude. Maybe you weren't thinking about it during those days, but your subconscious was... you kept your visual aim high behind the wheel and kept your awareness laser-sharp and knew your equipment. I know you did all that because you're still alive and in one piece.

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

That's the saddest thing I've ever seen.,. 😞

[@bobbyheffley4955]

When Tommy's mother finds him dead in his bed

[@jimervin387]

I doubt if that story was based on an actual incident. The old man would be just too responsible to his family to risk their necks on such a pass.

[@operator91210]

Probably not based on a true story but I can understand the dads natural reaction was to avoid a collision with the Volvo. What I don't understand is if the father was so keen on safety why didn't he order lapbelts on his galaxie. It would've reduced the chances of dying in the collision.

[@njot33]

@peeweecee No, that is NOT Ann B Davis, who played Alice on the Brady Bunch. She looks similar though.

[@loriloristuff]

I remember seeing this in elementary school! Why, I have no idea, except the sisters ran it, and we watched it in the library.

[@TheOzthewiz]

For "shock value" ?

[@moviewatcher1024]

Did they used to show this at high school driver's Ed classes

[@Tampa0123456789]

Everyone is blaming the prune but he broke every rule in the book. Following too closely passing in a no passing zone, Passing on a hill. LOL What kind of truck was that?

[@101Volts]

They both made errors.

[@ASPCOT]

Tampa0123456789 White

[@bobbyheffley4955]

John Avery played Russian roulette with the family's safety. Result: two people dead.

[@damondrill2416]

...anybody know what the doll is at 21:10?...striped shirt , curly orange hair, and what looks like a little felt crown on its head.

[@damondrill2416]

...and a white pull ring on his back. Did he talk?

[@maco5551]

Matty The Talking Boy by Mattel @@damondrill2416

[@77PacerStudios]

R.I.P. Tommy :'(

[@Herlongian]

There’s no way in a car like that in an accident like this that would result in minor injury. The mother and daughter would have been launched into and over the front seat. It makes me angry to think of all the people killed and maimed because the U.S. auto industry resisted installing a simple thing-seat belts.

[@billsmith5985]

"Used David Wayne for sale. Reasonable."

[@redradiodog]

My dad bought a new Ford just like that one in 1960!

[@donnajones1603]

My dad did also except ours was a white 2 door Galaxy 6 cylinder "3 on the tree" manual trans...... what an ugly pos.....lol

[@gojoe2833]

Galaxie Town Victoria, 4 door hardtop.

[@70Kenny]

Always swerve to the RIGHT in an emergency! If the father had swerved right, he would have avoided the fatal head-on with the semi and would have spun the Volvo out. No fatalities and the old bat in the Volvo would have been held accountable for her unsafe and discourteous driving by the SURVIVING family and all the drivers behind them.

[@101Volts]

Thanks, you may have just saved my life. Of course it's reversed if I'm driving in Britain.

[@marklittler784]

70Kenny Swerving to the right into stationary objects like trees would probably be even worse.

[@DanielOlaiDanielsen]

Hitting a stationary object is FAR better than hitting an oncoming object. First of all, modern cars are designed to hit stationary objects head on up to 80kph or 50mph and have the occupants walk away with minor injuries. Secondly, doubling the speed will quadruple the kinetic energy invovled. Hitting an oncoming, heavy vehicle traveling at the same speed as you is not just twice as damaging as hitting a stationary object, it's four times worse.

[@70Kenny]

@@marklittler784 No, hitting a tree would be much better than hitting an oncoming vehicle, especially a semi. A tree isn’t coming at you at 50 mph carrying a 40,000 pound load.

[@wewillsurviveone]

Why is the yellow wagon going the wrong way down the road. Is he trying them and they don't notice it or a slip

[@eee11112]

I wish I could have been a driver in those days rather than today. Today, I was nearly run off of the road by some lady in a big black Mercedes. Just I had merged onto a two-lane highway (speed limit: 45) she had quickly driven up behind me doing at least 65mph.

[@Baldwin587]

14:41, Is it coincidental that the same red 1961 Corvette is following them.. again?

[@Baldwin587]

***** Thats a Corvette. Look at it, it actually has a grille:)

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

no seat belts no airbags It's a wonder we lived back then.

[@TheOzthewiz]

Yes! And I am STILL "kickin' " at 81! Truly a MIRACLE! And, we actually lived BETTER in the "good old days"!!

[@rambojambone4586]

2 lane highways have killed a lot of people.

[@DalV]

Shouldn’t this be geared toward teens and not middle age men?

[@ZXM23NYC32LA2ZEE]

It’s geared toward drivers in general.

[@StarwaterCWS]

My dad never wore a seat belt and I once heard him say you are safer being ejected from a car in a accident than you are strapped into a crumpled steel frame. 😮

[@CrazyBear65]

That's depressing. But... You're not supposed to pass in an intersection. People do it all the time, me included. But you're not supposed to. Mr Safety should've known that. Wait for a straightaway with good visibility. The other option would've been to pass her on the shoulder, but not advisable with family in the car. Me, alone in a pickup, I would've passed her on the shoulder. But then I'm nuts, so... Not advisable to follow my lead. (I also have some experience driving like a madman on dirt. If you don't, then don't opt for the shoulder.)

[@douglassquasoni7501]

Two things wrong. No seatbelts, and he let the young boy sit in front.

[@remora71]

At about 11:00-12:00 after this guy shows his kids that all signals and lights are working, he pulls right out of his driveway and doesn't use his turn signal

[@101Volts]

I've seen people not doing that when exiting parking spaces, I'm one of few I've seen who makes a habit of it.

[@Lar308]

That driver looks old enough to be those children's grandfather.

[@CycolacFan]

Ironic to have the dangerous old lady in probably the safest car on the road at the time - a Volvo.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Those two old bitches !!!

[@ZXM23NYC32LA2ZEE]

@@johnbockelie3899 The other lady was trying to get her to stop holding up traffic how is she a bitch?? You sound like you should be ragging it with the other old driver.

[@fiddlerpin]

They would have lived if they had seat belts on.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

If Tommy had been in the back seat, he would have survived.

[@fiddlerpin]

Oh yea and don't think about texting and doing your face and combing your hair and talking on your cell phone. For the ones that do keep your eyes on the road.

[@novaseline4u]

Ford began a safety program back in 1955, for the 56 model year. They began using dished steering wheels. They improved their door latch designs so that it was much more difficult for the door to be sprung open during an accident sequence. They also began offering as options, a padded dash, padded sun visors, and most importantly, seat belts. GM and the others did not talk about these things, although they were offered, because they feared that their vehicles would be perceived as 'unsafe'. With our main character being so safety preachy, I would think he would have had that Galaxie hardtop fitted with padded dash and visors, and seat belts! But then, the film would not have hit its mark quite as hard. Belts became standard in 1965. Even my 64 Cadillac did not have them standard that year. I have since put them in, during some other rehab work I was doing on it.

[@rlane63]

No seat belt for the driver or the boy. Doubt they were fitted!

[@frackstonwilson685]

Interesting how the family's car changed during the accident from a 1960 Ford Galaxy to a 1960 Ford Custom which had a different roof line and less options.

[@janiesippel225]

I thought at first this was going to be a life insurance film. What a sad story filled with a lot of good information about careful driving. 😢

[@Edward-bd8iy]

See your Mutual of Omaha agent today!

[@TheCarCrazyGuy]

Wow. I worked for the Bell system a few years before the divestiture. Sad film.