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

@Gfysimpletons

7 ай бұрын

On the floor for gore?

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

@101Volts

7 жыл бұрын

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

@straightpipediesel

3 жыл бұрын

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

@punawelewele

Жыл бұрын

Road head is not a new thing.

@lilmike2710

Жыл бұрын

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

@lilmike2710

Жыл бұрын

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 The most significant was revoked license and eventually prison time for habitual drunk drivers.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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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).

@pennwoman

2 жыл бұрын

The elderly are especially dangerous on the road but they’ll never admit it because that would mean enduring another loss & admitting their awaiting mortality.

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

@roadmaster720

6 жыл бұрын

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

6 жыл бұрын

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

@SaturdayMorno86

5 жыл бұрын

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

@peterm1826

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

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

David Wayne, excellent underrated actor

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

6 жыл бұрын

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

@johnnyhawkins43

5 жыл бұрын

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

10 ай бұрын

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

Everybody’s old lady was nice looking back then.

@ArtfromBerwyn-cw5op

Ай бұрын

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

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

@caligulathespitefulmutantk2365

4 жыл бұрын

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

@spotsill

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Edward-bd8iy

8 ай бұрын

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...

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!

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.

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

8 ай бұрын

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.

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.

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

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

Nice Ford

@MrAudienceMember2662015

9 ай бұрын

Cars were longer back then. ;)

@Edward-bd8iy

8 ай бұрын

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

@jasonb.6623

6 ай бұрын

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

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

@karlplaysdrums

3 жыл бұрын

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

The video was thought provoking. That said, I was loving seeing the old cars. I'm a car enthusiast. Lots, not all of his advice is relevant here and now in 2023. How many other KZread addicts agree? Slow driver looked like wicked witch of Oz.

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

@02chevyguy

9 жыл бұрын

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

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

8 ай бұрын

Early TransFormers!

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

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

@roadmaster720

5 жыл бұрын

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

@SaturdayMorno86

5 жыл бұрын

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

@rapman5363

4 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

And put the kids in the back seat

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.

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@bobbyheffley4955

3 жыл бұрын

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

@unconventionalideas5683

Жыл бұрын

This is 1962. Most cars did not have seatbelts.

@Edward-bd8iy

8 ай бұрын

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

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

8 жыл бұрын

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

@AllenMacCannell

6 жыл бұрын

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

@bsteven885

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Sashazur

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ctmale1956

3 жыл бұрын

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

@whattheheck1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@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).

Volvo Driver is 100% at fault.

@branimirhorvatic9204

7 жыл бұрын

Bluebaker.

@fwheels7776

4 жыл бұрын

The first appearance of Karen!

I remember seeing this in mid 70s for drivers ed

R.I.P. Tommy :'(

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

6 жыл бұрын

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

Ah yes the beginning of Karen. It all started with her mother

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.

@pennwoman

2 жыл бұрын

Too much cannabis

@zeppelinmom62

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

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

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

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.

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.

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

8 жыл бұрын

+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

7 жыл бұрын

SIGNAL 30 is also on KZread...

@Edward-bd8iy

8 ай бұрын

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.

One thing I noticed is that the pavement markings weren't standardized in 1962. Instead of yellow markings for opposing traffic, you see white paint. You also see a solid white line instead of 2 solid white lines for a no passing zone.

Twilight Zonesque

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

That chair sold for $35 would be $320 today. That ending was a punch in the gut, damn.

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

@101Volts

7 жыл бұрын

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

@spotsill

3 жыл бұрын

Still an improvement over prewar mechanical brakes 👍🏻👍🏻

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

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!

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

@bobbyheffley4955

3 жыл бұрын

When Tommy's mother finds him dead in his bed

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

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

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.

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

9 жыл бұрын

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

6 жыл бұрын

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

@Edward-bd8iy

8 ай бұрын

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.

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

This is incredibly infuriating to watch how the Crazy Karen killed 2 people, Bought the fathers 200 dollar chair, and got away with it!

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

5 жыл бұрын

No it wasn't it was a starliner completely different

@lesdabney2144

5 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@lesdabney2144 the Sunliner was a convertible

"Used David Wayne for sale. Reasonable."

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@bsteven885

2 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@Edward-bd8iy

8 ай бұрын

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

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

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

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

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

8 жыл бұрын

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

@101Volts

8 жыл бұрын

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

7 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

Pop

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

@caligulathespitefulmutantk2365

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, its like another planet!

4 жыл бұрын

@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

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@1N73RC3P7OR simplistbadtakes.exe

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.

i love how sexist this is at the end. "what's she going to do without me to look after her! She's never been in this situation before in the middle of nowhere! She's a woman! She can't possibly take care of herself! Helpless she is without a man to look after her!"

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

I see one thing hasn't changed, drivers blasting their horns.

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

35 $ for a 200dollar chair, and by the lady that killed them! Damn!

This was done pretty well and I noticed familiar faces.

Ironically, they were driving the safest car of the bunch-a volvo!

They would have lived if they had seat belts on.

@bobbyheffley4955

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@roadmaster720

5 жыл бұрын

bullshit, cigarettes are GOOD FOR YOU, ENJOY

@spotsill

3 жыл бұрын

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

@bobbyheffley4955

3 жыл бұрын

@@spotsill or COPD

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.

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

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

@donnajones1603

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

Galaxie Town Victoria, 4 door hardtop.

Opening scene I'm like, oh he's dead and don't even know it

A lot of good all of his safe driving knowledge did him.

great video very touching and current too.

This film was a bummer. :(

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

@matrox

5 ай бұрын

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

@gnkyiri

5 ай бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

Those two old bitches !!!

@ZXM23NYC32LA2ZEE

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

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.

I hate that woman driving at 22

@Sp4wn82

3 жыл бұрын

not just you. The problem with such rolling snails is, they allure those behind them to stupid actions and to pull foolish stunts to get past such snails on wheels.

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

Phyllis Avery

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. 😮

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

I drive a 1966 Ford Falcon. They don't build em like that anymore "Thank God" No rear seat belts No collapsing steering column Sharp objects all over the interior Steel dash board with a 1/4 inch pad only on the top Only lap belts One brake system instead of 2 Non power drum brakes I have learned how to be very defensive, driving it the 45 miles I drive to work!.

That would make a fella not want to drive!

Kids should always sit in the back seat

@Sp4wn82

3 жыл бұрын

yeah and in that case (no matter if dramatized) kids wouldn't have parents anymore in that situation. Grandma would have to raise them then. But yeah, adults belong to the front and kids back.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

The 1962 version of Final Destination.

Boy I am so glad that Ma Bell "cared" so much about us regular low life out there. I think they "Write this kind of stuff off". And they get to hit on the actress etc. Big Corporations giving a damn, really warms my heart. BB

@Edward-bd8iy

8 ай бұрын

That Helen was a B-A-B-E. MILF Prime!

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

9 жыл бұрын

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

@marklittler784

7 жыл бұрын

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

@DanielOlaiDanielsen

6 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

8 ай бұрын

See your Mutual of Omaha agent today!

The old bag would not have been hurt, she was driving a Volvo PV

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

@tubeblack35

8 жыл бұрын

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

8 жыл бұрын

+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

7 жыл бұрын

keithm Seat belts didn't become required until 1966.

@vitothepizzaguy7475

6 жыл бұрын

It was legal to drive without it

@AllenMacCannell

6 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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

They need to show this video today on tv !!!!

@bobbyheffley4955

3 жыл бұрын

And in driver's ed