Accident Behavior (1950)

Teaches procedures to follow when involved in an accident. Discusses the care of the injured, hazards of fire, keeping the accident from getting worse and legal responsibilities.

[@roguedalek900]

Before I was born (1962) we had a family friend who was an ambulance driver (basic first aid knowledge and a resuscitator ) and he said the thing he saw most in his era was people impaled on steering column. He died in 61 cutting someone out of a car on its side when the door closed and crushed his head .

[@tiger2338]

And It's not the speedometer you check. It's the odometer. Speedometers only measure speed. The odometer measures distance.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Wonder if they realized this error.

[@argosaristos]

Yes! I was going to say the same.

[@MrGoogelaar]

@@argosaristos I think they deliberately said speedometer as quite a lot of ignorant people don't know what an odometer is, they just call the whole meter a speedometer, especially in those early days when this video was made.

[@weskirkland5850]

most people consider them the same thing. if they had said odometer most people wouldn't know what the hell they were talking about. car guys know yes you're correct but the general population don't know the odometer isn't the speedometer.

[@clydemorgan1439]

Extinguish all ignition sources immediately after an auto accident, then about a minute later they are light flares right next to the damaged cars. A serious error in a safety film.

[@hebneh]

The narrator strictly prohibits the moving of injured victims while on the screen, 3 men lift the young man and place him on pieces of cardboard on the side of the road. Then when the two ambulance attendants pick up the guy, they lift and carry him less carefully and smoothly than the supposedly untrained men who did it first.

[@dougn2350]

Wow...25% of the population would be in an wreck every 5 yrs. 1950 was a dangerous time on the highways

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Glad you somehow know despite never being there.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Perhaps he is commenting on the video's narration at 01:02 ?

[@borntoclimb7116]

Funfact in China 2022 more than 220.000 peoples fied by car accidents

[@musicom67]

7:35 - Wow.. The passenger is not conscious, but yet the nice guy with the hat 'tucks' the injured in...

[@profzvezdochkin5739]

7:35

[@Aranimda]

03:00 So, burning cigarettes should be put out immediately, but burning signal torches are perfectly safe here? Good to know.

[@argosaristos]

Yes! I was going to say the same.

[@95blahblahhaha]

No shoulder belts, no airbags, no self stoping, no SOS button, no tempered glass, no crumple zones, no nothing!! And WORST OF ALL!?!?!?!!!! They only had an AUX jack and NO Bluetooth!!!!! Smh, What a terrible time to be alive...

[@saxongreen78]

The ambulance was basically a bread van...or _meat wagon,_ as it were.

[@dmsadigitalmediaservicesar2586]

Damn I swear these UK Auditors are so bloody polite and courteous.

[@welchshahan714]

I SAW THIS IN 1967 IN DRIVERS EDUCATION. EMS WOULD BE THERE IN 10 TO 15 MINS, BACK THEN IT COULD 2 TO THREE HOURS OR LONGER.

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

In the 50s the state tells you to throw your cigarettes on the ground

[@JoshBrinson]

Injured persons trapped in a burning vehicle have been cremated due to the carelessness of others. Yikes!

[@seanmeisner3190]

And that doesn't include the ones who were injured, trapped and cremated on purpose! It's even worse! Every time I tell myself -- "I'm NEVER doing this again" But I keep going back...

[@weskirkland5850]

he's not wrong...

[@-oiiio-3993]

07:42 - Those 1950 Levi's are worth some money these days.

[@Matt2chee]

Great video. Thank You.

[@georgemartin1436]

Also be sure to carefully video the accident scene in such a way that you can edit the recording to make the other driver appear to be at fault..

[@rapman5363]

You call.....we haul......that’s all.....no patient care. Just a bouncy unrestrained drive to the local band aid station. 😉

[@somersetdc]

A little dated... especially since we all carry Mobile phones today...but very good advice.

[@SuperJacob2006]

Accident Behavior (1950)

[@Richard_K1630]

First things first: Check the guy's wallet. His spare change will come in handy.

[@snowinblood5243]

Don't smoke next to the wreck, instead light your flare and go put it down the road. mmmm ok....

[@SoDa76]

@senorkaboom In 1950 you are expecting seatbelts?

[@hebneh]

Eeewww...the driver in the wrecked car is shown twice with ketchup smeared all over his neck. No wonder the other man pulls out a hanky to clean up that mess.

[@weskirkland5850]

16:55 why the fuck would you pull up within inches of the wrecked cars? That makes no sense even back then...

[@garyschiffli1043]

Put out lit cigarettes an cigars in case of spilled gasoline. Then stand next to the cars an light a road flair!

[@milrato]

One message for the dislikes :if you don’t like dis video Don’t WATCH This

[@johntapp1411]

1:15 AARRGGHH!!! The Cadillac got messed up!!!

[@nickjervis8123]

Two main wrecked cars are 1946 Dodge and 1941 Hudson

[@-oiiio-3993]

Ouch.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@nickjervis8123 A postwar Cadillac dominates the frame at 01:16 .

[@hudentdw2]

I guess strapping the patient wasn't necessary in those days 9:26

[@bsteven885]

7:41 EEEK!! The way BOTH the bystanders and ambulance personnel handle the injured can cause permanent damage. I wonder when the back board and other stabilization procedures were instituted.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Oh really, it's almost like that's showing an example of what not to do.

[@garystar1592]

The bystanders did a better job than the Ambulance drivers. Training such as c spine protection and all medical and trauma protocols did not start for the most part until the 1970's after a few area's like Jacksonville, Miami, Baltimore, Seattle L.A. County and a few other locations. Up till then Ambulances were mostly run by funeral homes who often took the dead before the injured for profits,

[@-oiiio-3993]

00:47 - Those darned California Progressives.

[@senorkaboom]

I am surprised that there were no seatbelts or air bags in these cars.

[@teresaclineshumate9589]

senorkaboom Not many cars had seat belts back then. Airbags were not installed in passenger vehicles until the mid 1970s.

[@101Volts]

Be more astounded not just at the lack of seat belts but also at the lack of disc brakes (at least in the front) and the steering wheel columns that impaled people, the air bag was over 2 decades away as an option but the aforementioned items were already invented.

[@tom8340]

@@teresaclineshumate9589 my car is from 1991 and has no airbags

[@johnbockelie3899]

Seat belts didn't appear in cars until the end of the 50's. I'll bet no one wore them.

[@505isiot]

94 silverado dont have a airbag either

[@fairfaxcat1312]

Accident Behavior.

[@timpriddy349]

Back when everyday was gray.........no color allowed

[@-oiiio-3993]

Color Television was not common until the mid 1960s. Full color motion pictures have existed since the 1920s.