“CARRIER OR KILLER” 1966 SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER & TRUCK DRIVER SAFETY TRAINING FILM XD78004

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This film shows the dangers of driving commercial trucks professionally as part of driver’s education. It displays various truck drivers; some cautious and others fatally dangerous. The film opens as cargo is loaded into the back of a truck for delivery (1:32). A newborn baby lays peacefully in a Fairbanks-Morse scale (2:13). A massive truck is then weighed at 72,000 pounds (2:26). A child drives a pedal car (2:42). Truck drivers meet at a rest station (2:47). A Pershing tank rolls on screen (3:05). This film is presented by Highway Safety Films Inc. (3:11). The title screen follows (3:44) as one Ford truck driver brakes within enough distance from a recreational vehicle stopped in the middle of the road. This is compared to a truck without proper brakes that turns into a killer crushing the small vehicle. Two men sip coffee while reading the newspaper with a headline about a truck driver whom caused the loss of three lives (3:59). As the drivers leave the diner, the camera follows the pair to demonstrate careless and dangerous driving versus professional truck driving (4:51). One driver loads into the Dearman Transportation, Co. truck, made by International Harvester now Navistar (4:55). The truck driver who is considered to be a ‘drive for pay guy’ (5:13) appears moving down the highway. This driver is noted to have a bad driving history (5:30). The tire on the reckless driver’s truck explodes due to poor maintenance (5:46). He chooses to keep driving the truck regardless of the busted wheel (6:00). The cautious driver reflects upon a Safety Banquet from the past (6:18) during which he; Jack, was awarded the Truck Driving Safety Award (6:40). Jack navigates between red and white barrels during the truck driver’s rodeo (7:14). A truck driver is pulled over on the highway (8:08). One truck driver on a rainy evening is distracted by a vehicle in front of him as it’s flap appears to be lose (9:23) resulting in a crash. Jack moves by the scene of the accident (10:00). The truck driver perished on impact (10:13) as the tarp had come loose, causing the driver to lose vision. A young couple sits in a baby blue Oldsmobile 88 convertible (11:31). The man, upon entering the dispatch room gets the news he is to head to Detroit (12:15). Jim loads into his All States Freight Inc. truck from Lincoln, Rhode Island (12:43). The driver conducts a safety check at the terminal (12:58). It is imperative to know the road conditions prior to heading out on route (13:27). Another driver on the road appears to be weaving in and out of the lines (14:34). Within the truck, the camera shows the driver nodding off at the wheel (14:58). A family of three heads home from church (15:19). The fatigued driver approaches the rear of the family vehicle (15:44). The driver slams into the car as the ruins lay waste in a nearby field (16:08). The professional and cautious driver prepares for a safe pass on the highway (16:40). The film explains how a small motorist on the road might feel passing a truck (18:11). A truck is cut off by a convertible (18:58) though it is able to brake in time. A car full of young adults drives through the night (19:14). As they blow past a stop sign (19:29), a speeding truck collides with them (19:31). The truck driver is shown to have only received surface wounds (19:37). Trauma from the accident haunts the driver (19:59). The pro driver periodically tests the brakes (20:12). They brake at a safe distance from a school bus loading up students (20:17). They must be aware of road conditions (20:26). An empty trailer takes a spill while zooming around a corner (20:47). A “checker;” employed by the trucking company, pulls a truck driver over on the road (21:21) ad checks the log book. An Ohio State Trooper pulls to the side of the road (21:53) to investigate a collision between a truck and a civilian vehicle (22:16). Right hand turns are notably difficult (23:14) as the truck pulls up next to a VW Bug or Beetle. Two drivers pull off at a rest stop for a cup of coffee (23:51). Two other truck drivers head back onto the road after drinking a few beers (25:15). One of the drivers takes a stimulant prior to loading into his vehicle (25:32) mixing substances and further impairing his ability to drive safely. He immediately lands himself in a collision. The mutilated driver is loaded into a stretcher (26:32). Produced by Edcom Productions (27:18).
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[@countdown2xstacy]

Ask Dennis Weaver if he was being followed by a “carrier” or a “killer”

[@trevorwilliams861]

That's such a great movie!

[@jamesmassey-cc4ml]

With the road rage epidemic today you don’t want to antagonize the other driver,especially one that drives a big truck.

[@robinlanier6886]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@theonionman]

I was just telling a coworker about that movie yesterday!!! I showed him the google page. He had no idea but loves movies!!! I saw this rig at a big rig show in Mt. Airy NC. As well as the Snowman and the rig from Maximum Overdrive!

[@countdown2xstacy]

@@theonionman Cool truck, great movie.

[@RomeKG471]

All these new rookie drivers need to watch films like this instead of just handing them a cdl.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

They can't handle the truth

[@adamhoffman3687]

And be proficient with a standard transmission as part of the cdl requirements. That would help weed out the dumbasses

[@safetydepartment]

they cant handle the english language either@@kelvintorrence5994

[@ToddMiller-nl2wn]

Or watch Ike Stephens and Bonehead Truckers!

[@bostarbird5282]

But their attitude is they went to school and have all the answers and experience needed. Seen it to many times.

[@morg52]

Driving teams in an old 60's model, International Harvester cabover is lunacy! the guy in the sleeper has to be near comatose to actually lose consciousness. Definitely no REM sleep to be sure. I did a team job from Minneapolis to the east coast peddle route between Boston and Baltimore for about a year. The mid- seventies corn binder cabover we had was too small in the sleeper, my head would touch one end and my feet the other. The ride was horribly uncomfortable. If you had any urine in your bladder, it would get pounded in your guts, until the team driver stopped to let you out to piss. The way to do it was as a single driver with a stationary truck at a rest stop. Later on in the 80's I drove single in Freightliner cabovers with a sleeper you could hold a dance in. It still wasn't my thing so I moved on to hauling ready mix concrete for the past 38 years, retired with a good pension and my health a couple years ago.

[@donovanjones4175]

You forgot to mention how we put our pants on, laying down hahaha

[@motorhomeman1949]

Shoot I still don't know how team drivers do it today. I tried it for about 4 months and even in the nice air ride cabs we have now you'll still hit bumps that launch you out of the bed. I could hardly get any sleep, and of course it didn't help that I didn't trust my co driver one bit.

[@johnsadler6534]

Watch out, they wear flip flops! You stay away from them, they haunt truck stops. They avoid trash cans, and wash their trucks with the windshield squeege!

[@Edward-bd8iy]

And watch your diet, Jim. Just a couple Cheezburgahs and Sodie Waters and next thing you know, your stomach swells, your IQ drops fifty points and you start voting Democrat 😮😮😮😮

[@ULTRA_2112]

@@Edward-bd8iy Still Trump is the biggest idiot in the states... Only a moron can vote for this stupidity! Do you really want to elect one of the biggest idiots you have in the United States as president for a second time? The last time was a total disaster!

[@glenbjack]

Old school truck videos YES PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE!!!!!!

[@pl5624]

One of dick wayans 60s scare/educational films.this film was shown to teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa to get his order for films to show union drivers.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

This was made in 1966 after I was born in 1965 so I know all these trucks,and I'm a trucker ,owner operator since 1995 it 2024 and it's worst now

[@jaminova_1969]

My grandpa was a Teamster who drove for Nabisco during this era! Having recently acquired my CDL, I think this is a very good film! The difficult thing about the 6 trailers lengths is 4 wheelers seem to think they can squeeze in anywhere and that semi's can stop on a dime!

[@the.porter.productions]

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 Some things haven’t changed my friend. Some people still don’t like being around trucks or seem to think they’re the only good drivers on the road. No matter what, it still pays to be safe & courteous out there on the road. We can’t worry too much about the other people, we just need to focus on being the best & safest driver we can. My dad started driving back in the 1930s & I’ve heard many stories from him & both of my brothers. A good family tradition. Thanks for what you do. Blessings my friend.🤩😎✌️

[@tonyorsini5255]

Too bad the trucking industry is no good anymore.

[@jaminova_1969]

@@tonyorsini5255 Maybe some truth to that but I'm going to do ok with a steady drivving job.

[@tonyorsini5255]

@@jaminova_1969 I really hope you do. Just be very careful out there. Take care and stay safe.

[@FourthWayRanch]

Get some good cameras and learn how to stop just enough to leave som skid marks but still turn the car that cut you off into a pancake

[@mikem.8487]

I've been driving Truck for 40 years, This is the first time i've seen a film like this, I have to say this is educational. Goes to show you, you learn something everyday.

[@PedersonPantry]

😂 at the guy ashing his ciggy on the floor of the diner

[@patrickmcgoldrick8234]

I remember working at A. J Bayless Food Market when I was a junior in Highschool in 74 and I would have to sweep and mop the floor before closing,and it was nothing to find scores of smashed cigarettes butts as smoking was allowed in about every public place,my how things have changed.

[@MervinGriff]

Yah and the Playboy magazine that he has too!

[@CEOkiller]

You notice everyone is smoking in this…

[@lukestrawwalker]

LOL:) One of my first jobs out of high school was doing package pickup and dock work at JCPenney's in Houston. Every morning it was my job to clean all the windows and the glass doors at both ends of the package pickup area, which was a sort of hallway between the parking lot entrance and the store entrance. About 15 feet of walkway windows, and two double all-glass doors at each end. Took me about 30 minutes to do them all, at least. One day I JUST finished about the time they unlocked the doors, and this woman came in with her brat in tow... Kid must've been a moron because he licked the glass from one entrance all the way down to the other and pressed his face onto and licked both sets of doors... I could've killed the little moron. Oh well, some people's children. I was like "I didn't see nuthin!" and went on to the back to go on to the next job...

[@Mdeaccosta]

​@lukestrawwalker random, but I once observed a small child crouched on all fours lapping water out of a hideous waterfall feature in a hospital lobby.

[@brianbanks7685]

Every twenty something steering wheel holder of today should be made to watch this

[@jayhockley8841]

I think before anybody gets a license they should drive a Tractor Trailer simulator that shows what its like to Operate a Big Truck . When they realize what it takes to Operate and stop 80,000 lbs of freight and equipment they might think twice before cutting off or " brake checking " a truck . I drove over 35 years and over 2,000,000 miles and Im glad to be done .

[@BradFalck-mn3pc]

I still remember when you could purchase bennies at the cashier of any truck stop up until about 1992

[@DK-sw6xx]

The first cabover I ever drove was that Emmilyville International harvester. No A/C, 10 speed always had to double clutch her.

[@mt3311]

That is a mid '60's model Emeryville.

[@servicetrucker5564]

Trucks were safer without electronics. Roads were better without tons of bright lights.

[@lukestrawwalker]

And safer at accident scenes without all the stupid strobing twinkle lights blinding the sh!t out of you! I was in my personal car coming through a wreck scene at night on time a few years back, and there were SO many d@mn twinkle lights strobing everywhere I couldn't see a d@mn thing once the cop waved me on at the entry to the wreck scene. I drove through about 5 mph and slammed on the brakes, there was a fireman in the reflective coat that came out of nowhere and he was only about 2 feet from my fender, couldn't see him to save my life even with the reflective stripes on his suit. H3ll of it is, every time you turn around, they're adding MORE twinkle lights to all these cop cars, ambulances, and fire trucks, and its just getting to the point its MORE of a danger than less of one... I can see having the twinkle lights on the cop cars at each end of the accident scene, but five or six cop cars, an ambulance, 2 fire trucks, and a wrecker all going at once, h3ll you don't have to be able to see it from MARS! Turn steady lights on like the takedown lights on the cop cars and loading lights on the ambulance and spotlights on the fire trucks, stuff like that which ENHANCES being able to see, not only for the guys working the accident, but the folks having to drive through there, so they don't hit anybody... It's crazy but that just seems like the only thing these agencies want to do is load up on the twinkle lights and blind everybody... Oh and these new LED street lights SUCK! They don't throw light around enough, just a spot on the ground right under it and a little fuzzy light around it out a little ways... sodium lights were much better at lighting up a wider area.

[@Edward-bd8iy]

​@@lukestrawwalker"You are interfering with the FORCES OF NATURE, MISTER BEALE!!" Meaning, it's intended to help you have an accident so you can join the stats and create a narrative for... wait for it... MORE FUNDING! Great money racket if you can get in it...

[@donovanjones4175]

The new halogen lights are blinding

[@Doodlesthegreat]

I have a good deal of respect for the people who drive those things, and do what I can to give them all the room they need, but some of my fellow drivers are utterly suicidal when it comes to their habits around vehicles an order of magnitude bigger & heavier than they are.

[@tkx86]

And we thank you and wish more folks like you were on the roads.

[@MelodyMLucianoNorris-qe8lc]

That last skit with the drinking truck drivers sent chills down my spine. A milk tanker driver was pulling this little stunt on my mom's 3rd birthday, March 22, 1950. He went out onto the highway and proceeded to run over my Uncle Lee's brand-new car. My Uncle Lee had survived WWII had bought himself a brand new car and was coming home from popping the question to his girlfriend. She said yes so he was so happy. His life was truly just beginning but, thanks to this POS milk tanker driver, his life ended before it truly started. Before Uncle Lee knew what hit him the POS came around the corner on the wrong side of the road and drove straight over the top of his car. Uncle Lee had placed a children's book in the mail to my mom just before her birthday and it arrived just after the adults tried to explain that her brother was never coming home. The book arriving made her think he was indeed coming home. To this day she has that book. I think somehow it is a little glimmer of hope for her. Regardless, this tragedy tore apart our family and tore apart a family that wasn't even allowed to form. It left us with so many, "What Ifs?". So many questions. I often think of that POS driver and wish I could somehow meet him face-to-face and tell him how his evil uncaring ways destroyed my family. How I wish I could just slap him silly on behalf of my uncle. I think a lot about the pain he caused my mom, my grandparents, and Uncle Lee's fiance. So much pain and suffering!! I named my own son Lee in honor of him. My Lee wants to be a trucker and I'm sharing this video with him. My hope is that he will honor the memory of our uncle and do what that milk tanker driver didn't do, be a responsible, kind, and compassionate human being and trucker.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Tough sorry. Sorry for your family's loss.

[@ketotrucker6262]

Very sad for your loss.

[@aspirecan4829]

I'm so sorry for your loss. That must have been so horrifically awful for your family. I can't even imagine.

[@marcscraigslist_account8297]

What a heartbreaking story and what a waste. One of two things likely happened to the drunk tanker driver. Either he finally sobered up, which means he finally realized the error of his ways and felt the appropriate guilt for the pain he caused. Or he continued to drive drunk, in which case I can almost guarantee you he either ended up killing someone else or himself. A drinking problem is almost always progressive. You either stop drinking or it kills you. So take comfort in the fact that the truck driver may well have had a truly miserable life, filled with shame, guilt, poverty, loneliness and suffering.

[@seanspring8991]

Anyone else spot the Plain Dealer newspaper @ 3:59? Must've been filmed in the Cleveland, Ohio area.

[@genefogarty5395]

Yeah, the Ohio state highway patrol cars too.

[@jimhewettjr3730]

The credits at the end say the company that made this film was in Mansfield, Ohio. Probably why they slipped "Mansfield" into the dialog when the team drivers left the terminal.

[@brucemoriarty9964]

It's also up to other drivers on the road. Trucks deliver to our hospitals , nursing homes , grocery stores and pharmacies. Congrats to Railroad Workers as well. But you can't back up a train or a ship or plane. Next time ya see a trucker thank him/her for the job they do. Report the bad truck drivers immediately.

[@Brian-yt8fu]

This reminds of the films they showed us in H.S. in our driver's education classes back in the 60's real accidents & dead bodies.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

You can't watch these safe films 2day,you would be in trouble, too many crybabies

[@terranceaddison4599]

Half those guys probably served WWII/Korea. So I guess this was manageable

[@pacificparts]

This is my favorite film in your archive. The jazz soundtrack and epic rhyming narration are outstanding. Trucking is a hard life and the film captures all of it and more.

[@jaminova_1969]

The narrator is reading way too much into it! lol

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@farmerdave7965]

Trucking companies get the type of drivers that they pay for. You want better drivers ? Start paying them.

[@mt3311]

Things are different now from then. It is called Deregulation.

[@keithjones8889]

The two guys drinking bottled beer at the end checking out the hot babe ❗🍑👀😂 The one in the white T-shirt and hat looked like Darrell Waltrip❗🤣

[@tommytutone2584]

He does! 😂 hilarious!

[@392nightrunner]

"Your size and business makes you guilty in the eyes of the public "

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Still true if you're an American Man and not Soy Boy.

[@the.porter.productions]

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸It’s always good to see these old trucks in motion! I love the old trucks & so appreciate growing up around them. I got to drive a few of them as well. I’ve known good & bad drivers both. Knights Of The Road is what they used to be called. Can we say that abound them now? Hmm! The speeds are a bit higher today & plenty more power under the hoods. My brother always told me that getting there safely is the TOP priority & any company who wanted anything different wasn’t worth driving for. He found a few bad ones over the years. Do they still make videos like this for new drivers? They should! My dad started driving trucks in the 1930s. All of us boys have become truckers & good ones if I say so myself! I’ve heard many stories growing up from my dad & brothers. God bless all of our truckers! 💥🥰✌️

[@eriktout5084]

Looked like the safety award winner went way above his pay grade in the wife department IMO.

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Class and dignity were more prevalent when I was in first grade (1966). Even the big time twuck Dwivaw wore ties and dress clothes. The women of the time were beautiful, especially the church-goer types. And yes, God blessed them both in many ways...

[@donovanjones4175]

Damm his trophy was 3 feet higher than my million miler glass paper weight lol

[@pbcanal1]

Interesting that this shows the accident victims. This guy had white shorts!

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Anybody else ever see "Wheels of Tragedy" or "Mechanized Death"? We did in the Scout troop I attended.

[@Ifyernotawakeyet]

Just echoing a sentiment here; i see many passenger vehicles who forget or don't care that trucks have a slower brake response time. I pass trucks when there are 3-4 car lengths or even longer, when the vehicle behind me reaches next to the truck cab. So glad many trucking companies now use dashcams. Lawyers can no longer rake the companies over the coals for millions.

[@davidcarroll8735]

21:30 Hello Fred, let’s not stand on the inside of the road, come up along the passenger side so you are protected by the truck.

[@Keith-w5d]

You don't find professional driver's nowadays

[@davidchapman1519]

What do you think those men would say if they say today's useless clueless truck driving school grads???

[@maplemanz]

Notice the lack of plastic packaging in the warehouse scene.

[@eriktout5084]

Should have given at least 1/2 minutes to caution drivers about the LOT Lizards roaming the countryside.

[@rivamarsh]

Lol

[@lukestrawwalker]

Hey buddy that lot lizard who drifted through the liquor store there will give you something that pills won't dry up... better leave that sh!t alone and get back to work. Oh and don't drink and drive LOL:) At least they didn't show them having a beer with the cops LOL:) Man I remember the 70's when I was a kid... my great Uncle Bill was a journeyman electrician, and a d@mn good one too... but he kept a cooler of ice cold Schlitz beer in the back of his truck at ALL times... first thing he did when he got off the job was pop a top. Even when he'd come visit my Ma-Ma, about every hour he'd get up and say, "I have to stretch my legs" and would walk outside to the back of his pickup and pop a top on a cold Schlitz beer or two... or three. who's counting. That used to be a thing back in the day. Now even having it on the jobsite in the parking lot will get you canned.

[@savagenomore]

57 years later and nothing has changed, probably just gotten worse with these school book drivers being pumped outta these "truck driving" schools....

[@skyh]

The ELD's changed alot out here

[@maplemanz]

I was born that year and watching this makes me feel old.

[@392nightrunner]

I was born in '80 and feel ancient

[@Edward-bd8iy]

I was born in '60. We need that time travel device... along with NFL and other sports winners lists, horse winners, you know, Biff's magazine. Then some timely stock trades. We may die before Y2K, but our lovely younger wives and well-educated children/grandchildren will be well prepared for today's madness.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

“The state puts men on the road to help you too” help you get a ticket

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Hey, could be worse. Like Barney Fife at the bottom of Twilley's Grade worse.

[@robertpfuhl2679]

I learned how to drive and correctly operate a tractor trailer in the early 70s,people respected trucks and drivers then but along comes tv shows that show a few idiots,then more shows that make it seem that every trucker in the country was a drug addicted danger to society. Then come the lawyers that guaranteed big payoffs even if you are at fault with truck accidents. Now what’s coming out of drivingschools are no care steering wheel holders nothing more. No wonder people don’t like trucks and truckers

[@lukestrawwalker]

People are just generally stupider IMHO... Idiocracy is a thing. We live just outside a small town with a brewery. They have signs, BIG signs, with BIG lettering, telling truckers where to enter off the main highway to get back to the loading docks. Yet we've had two of these new CDL steering wheel holders working for these el guapo companies (See What I Fvcked up Today, among others) that managed to miss the entrance, and instead of going on into town and making the block or something to get turned around, cross the creek bridge in front of the brewery and turn onto the first little road they come to, which isn't even a thru street, but a little one-lane street in front of the city water works that ends up at the city maintenance barn at the other end of the block, at a one-lane T intersection... I guess they see the little old one-lane steel truss bridge that has been closed to traffic for 40 years because it can't support the weight of a car anymore, which is now painted up and decked out as a foot bridge between the brewery and the spillover parking lot on the other side, but which is too low for a truck to cross and the road is blocked by huge pipes full of cement at both ends of the bridge anyway to keep all vehicles off it because it's so old and flimsy. SO these idiots turn a long wheelbase extra-large sleeper tractor pulling a 53 foot van full of beer bottles, or try to, across this 10 foot wide culvert on a hillside with a steep drop off on the downhill side going down to the creek, somehow manage to keep the tractor on the culvert but the trailer tires totally miss the culvert and the RH trailer wheels go down the slope and the whole trailer flips over on its side, first one took the tractor with it when the the load shifted, the pallets of beer bottles broke through the side and piled up broken glass about 4 feet deep with the wrecked box trailer laying on top of it on its side, and flipped the tractor too. Second one, the load shifted and knocked the side out of the box as it went over, and the trailer disintegrated before it took the tractor over, though all it had left on the fifth wheel was a forward bulkhead and about 4-5 feet of trailer walls and roof, the trailer wheels and the rest of the totally collapsed box were laying on top of another pile of broken glass bottles about 4-5 feet deep. Stupidest thing I ever saw. For one thing, even driving a school bus I'd be hard pressed to turn onto that dinky road across that narrow culvert, it's that small... with a 53 foot van behind a long wheelbase semi, a guy would have to pull to the far guardrail of the creek bridge to have any hope of making the turn and keeping the tractor axles and trailer axles on the culvert. Secondly, you can see the other end of the road-- NOTHING there but a storm fence and a city water tank on both sides, at a "T" intersection, can't turn right to the brewery because of the one-lane bridge that's for foot traffic only and turning left from a one-lane city street with no shoulder to another one-lane city street with no shoulder and the storm fence of the city maintenance barn comes up to about 3 feet from either road at the corner... you'd have to pull out in the grass halfway up to the railroad tracks on the other side not to take out the storm fence to turn left. Then ANOTHER hard left onto a two lane city street with a funeral home with a car parked in front nearly all the time once you did. Just STUPID! I swear the harder they make these CDL's to get with all the hoops to jump through, the stupider the driver's they're getting... See this kind of ingnorance ALL THE TIME! I have guys hauling fracking sand and salt water tankers blow past my bus loading lights in the pre-dawn darkness who barely slow down, and that's AFTER I turn my yellow warning lights on a good quarter to a third of a mile before the stop!!! (30 seconds at least) I made a stop in front of a house to let some kids off and looked in my mirror to see a cement truck about to slam into us, I threw my arm across the aisle to stop the kids before they could get off and yelled "WAIT!!" because it's all I had time to do. I looked back in the mirror and saw him swerve into the oncoming lane missing my rear bumper by about a foot and he passed my driver's side window literally on two wheels-- I was looking at the underside of his cement truck because he was up on his LH wheels... I think he COULD have saved it if he'd have held it a second or two longer, it was starting to roll back down onto all the wheels but he tried cutting back to the right, not knowing if there was traffic coming towards him, and when he did it rolled right on over onto the LH side and slid right out into the ditch to a stop... He was fine... time I checked all my mirrors for more idgits that might have been behind him, ordered the kids to go STRAIGHT UP their drive and into the house, and then closed up the doors to turn the red lights off and pulled up and off the road onto the shoulder, he was standing up in the busted driver's window, looking for his phone, and stepping out through the windshield. Couple local farmers had already got out of their pickups and were helping him out. Turns out he had the cruise control on and was almost certainly playing with his phone, not watching the road. He was driving at least 65 anyway, hauling cement to a well site where they were concreting a well casing. Was a string of concrete trucks all day. People are nuts...

[@SnepperStepTV]

Everyone who drives one of those stupid new trucks should get blacklisted from being a truck driver, they can't even handle their Stupid Utility Vehicle, they can't be trusted in a big rig

[@eurekasevenwave2297]

You got that right.

[@scottied67]

Early propaganda to make the future case for electronic logbooks

[@mt3311]

Nothing of the sort. Quit with that crap. You don't know what you are talking about.

[@SOMeDoOD1992]

Truckers are one of many unsung heroes of our "modern" society. Bless them and their kin.

[@JillC2]

Nice! Do you guys have The Third Killer or The Unteachables by the same company?

[@normcameron2316]

Just as true today as then. Love it.

[@bravodelta3083]

Interesting to see the response of vehicles to impacts back in the day (what am I saying; I was alive and can remember 1966!!). No hard body cells, no crumple zones, no airbags or collapsing steering column. Any impact over a few miles an hour and you were dead. This (and before) is the era my grandfather drove a truck in. No power assist steering, save for massive steering wheels. No slosh baffles in petrol tankers so when you slammed your brakes on the weight of the fluid hit the front of the tank wall and pushed you forward. Not even synchromesh gears in some of the lorries he drove. Very interesting to see; thank you for uploading!

[@albear972]

Ahhhh, they don't make cars like in the old days. 😂

[@juliogonzo2718]

Synchromesh still not a thing, mind you majority are automatic now

[@servicetrucker5564]

@@juliogonzo2718Came here to say this

[@peanut_trucker]

They perdition on the pay driver still rings through today

[@lukestrawwalker]

Wow didn't know they had spread axle trailers back then... never saw them until the 90's when they became a thing again. Interesting!

[@TheYeti308]

Drop that load right over there mac .

[@mishima70]

At 4:12, you can tell this guy is a bad'un by the PLAYBOY he is reading at the table. PROFESSIONALS AVOID N00DZ.

[@ranasneed451]

Forced dispatch was 10 times worse back then..

[@Richard_K1630]

How 'bout the carrier/serial killer from Washington State?

[@eriktout5084]

Absolutely think pretty much the same thing....gotta be the most popular occupation for serial killers 😮

[@asciimation]

This almost, but not quite, sounds like it's narrated by William Shatner.

[@Edward-bd8iy]

What...do... you mean, Yeoman?

[@motorhomeman1949]

Crazy, this film from the 60s was more impactful to me than anything I've had to sit through in any class or saftey meeting. I've been driving trucks for about 4 years now, still accident free, and always felt I was a pretty safe and courteous driver, but this film puts a whole new light on things. They really ought show stuff like this in trucking schools, because it really seems like a lot of drivers today found their CDLs in ceral boxes.

[@howieduin915]

I liked the B model Mack showing the speedometer at 75 just before the crash. I owned one for 20 years. Top end was 58mph in 5th high split. No way would it do 75. Enlightening video though.

[@manhoot]

East bound and down.....

[@garybuth801]

THE NEW DRIVERS IN THE INDUSTRY COULD TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM THIS VIDEO

[@Oelwannski]

At the time this film was released, the three-point(shoulder)-belt was invented ten years ago, so why didn't they install it? The reckless truckdriver could still be alive even if he doesn' deserve it.

[@jimmyohara2601]

Bloody backing music ruined/s the film 🤐

[@mt3311]

The jazz music was just right.

[@WilliamLeonard-f9o]

Navajo another defunked teamster company. Thsnks to deregulation now everyone can work for free. And afford a pair of flip flops

[@ryanhull1381]

Why should the trucker feel guilty about the carload of teens not paying attention to what they were doing. The car driver should have been doing his job, looking at the road in front of him. They ran the stop sign, not the trucker. It's a shame about the scenario, but I would not guilt myself for someone else's negligence.

[@jamesdowney2077]

4:25, the guy at the restaurant table reading the playboy lmao.

[@ryandively8225]

Interesting to see the older cab atop the engine types of trucks (sorry that is poor terminology). When this film was made I believe a good number of truck stops had motels. Now it seems to be all mobile lodging.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Well as a 30 year trucker who has a couple small accidents ,you just have too qstch everything around u constantly in 2023 to 2024 its worst now with technology

[@Insert.anger50]

Ya dont blast the horn before overtaking them, you might freak them out and then lose control of the car and you t bone them, and dont over take anyone , trucks are only allowed to travel certain speeds wich is much slower than cars

[@Retired88M]

The part of almost being comatose to get any sleep held true in the middle 90’s on the couple team runs I did to Texas until I got a real careful co driver then I got my full eight sound asleep The air ride cab and frigid bunk a/c also helped

[@YouTubeOdyssey]

Stay off the Bennie's truckers!

[@kelvintorrence5994]

That's the new generation of socalled drivers today,too hell with it,crash and burn or run away after smashing up something or things

[@davidaustin7697]

Back when trucking was a great paying job, now it sucks

[@terranceaddison4599]

Did they convert a hearse into an ambulance? Kinda fitting isn't it?

[@John-ze3vo]

Back when toes were calibrated !!

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Instead of toe fungus celebrated lol.

[@johnnycash578]

those guys dont look drunk enough to be whistling at that waitress whoa hell no!?!?!?

[@mt3311]

Did anyone notice that the Checkers car had red lights in the back window?

[@elebeu]

I love cabovers.

[@bobmccormack9353]

Narrator sounded like regis Philbin

[@spaghetti9845]

well.. at least they didn't call the truck a missile..

[@Oelwannski]

That' what happens when you go to church!

[@grimtea1715]

10:57 was unexpected

[@dontaviouschandler3961]

Were those actual deceased victims at the accident scenes here in this film?

[@henrycarlson7514]

So Wise , Thank You . We must Remember and Execute , SAFELY

[@marksitts2290]

He's Dead, Jim.

[@mikekahl4745]

80% of truck accidents are caused by the 4 wheelers but the trucks get the blame even if the he was not at fault. The Texas case for example, unlicensed p/u driver crossed the medium, head on into a truck. Company and driver sued for 25 million and the judge gave it to them.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Everday it's the truckers fault

[@valdez57700]

# Jimmy Hoffa ! 🤙🤙🤙

[@thebrucester88]

What's interesting is the relatively minor collisions for today's vehicles that resulted in lethal injuries back then.

[@raylamp4505]

American iron.

[@cummins12vrr]

I have seen a lot of safety driving videos this one makes more sense than all the newer Smith System driving bullcrap videos I had to sit through

[@mt3311]

You realize that some of the drivers in this video were trained on the Smith System. The Smith System has been around since 1952. You would be well to adhere to the Smith System, because it is a good system. It has trained better drivers than you. You don't know what you are talking about.

[@daveweed2765]

Ya know? Corporations and unions have capitalized on trucking since the ICE was invented. Independants lost. Been a truck driver for abot 45 years. I think these safety videoes are total BS. In 45 years I have been involved in 2 accidents niether my fault. Rear ended in Ft. Worth and a crotch rocket tried to pass me when i was making a left hand turn in Batesville Arkansas. Never rolled one or slid off the road. Double logged and a couple of times tripled logged. Never caught. No tickets but have sped and pulled over for it. A few times. Trucking used to be fun and always serious. So companies and corporations today and back then want you to have a job. With Independants it was a lifestyle. Well for me it was and is. The government wants you in a certain box and corporations all you are is a number in thier bottom line. Safety Departments are filled with idiots 99.9 percent of the time.

[@joecummings1260]

@@mt3311 Started driving in 1977 with a White WC22. No training whatsoever. Mostly worked in heavy and oversized. Never even heard of the "Smith System" until some CDL school driver wouldn't shut up about it one day about 10 years ago. Still don't know what it is. I guess I didn't need it.

[@mt3311]

@@joecummings1260 I will be willing to bet that you do at least one of its elements every day, and don't know it. It has been out since the 1950's, and is a good system to remember. The Smith System is built around five driving habits: Aim high in steering - stay alert to traffic and dangers Get the big picture - be aware of your surroundings Keep your eyes moving - constant eye movement helps keep you alert Leave yourself an out - do not allow other drivers to box you in Make sure they see you - remove assumptions about other drivers. When my father started to teach me to drive at an early age, he taught me this. He also taught my mother, sister, and nephew. I taught my son the system. I drove a commercial truck for 25 years, and have been driving for 44 years, and I have had three accidents, and all were on the job accidents that were not my fault, because they hit me. The Smith System Works.

[@lawrencecarberry1399]

you play you pay

[@crippleguy415]

Back when drivers were all Teamsters . Now since deregulation it sucks as a career .

[@daves2552]

Why do folks think unions are always a good thing? They’re not. Ask yellow freight drivers today.

[@crippleguy415]

@@daves2552Well deregulation started the downfall of every Union job, just to be replaced by todays underpaying unprofessional scab trucking companies .... I'm loving my Union retirement checks now .😊

[@mt3311]

@@daves2552 Yellow Freight didn't go out of business because of the union, they went out of business because of piss poor and greedy management. Do some research before you look ignorant.

[@mt3311]

@@crippleguy415 That is the truth. It ruined trucking.

[@J_Calvin_Hobbes]

👍

[@gearjammer4779]

This is some corny 💩 right here!

[@RobertWarner-p2f]

The guy flipping his cigarette ashes on the floor of the restaurant is how i grew up. Smoking at the grocery store and K Mart and Walmart. I still smoked in Walmart years after they outlawed it.

[@cartersharp92]

Man that escalated fast. Damn!

[@shaggydogg630]

That waitress is a beauty!

[@Edward-bd8iy]

That's just how many of them were then. Real women who cared about themselves and their appearance, and many of whom (not all but certainly more than now) were church members and you knew it.