Nothing wrong with lady drivers my gf drives and is a very safe and sensible driver The Blunders drive a lot they always say the car needs driving. Needs driven badly.
The Morris lived for another PFI, only to be killed in the Radial & Cross-Ply don't mix PFI. Basil Fawlty whipped the same model and colour Morris 1100 on Fawlty Towers...
The guy in the cortina looks like our old deputy head (now no longer with us) from primary school in the 70's and early 80's (80-81). He was a fascist too.
How come seatbelts weren't made compulsory earlier than 1983 as all the PIFs were telling us to clunck click in the seventies. My school teacher in 1977 was nearly killed by not wearing a seatbelt and urged everyone to wear one after then.
My thought exactly. Seatbelts were legally required to be fitted to the front seats as far back as 1967, so no idea how it took so long for them to actually be used by law. (13 years later...)
or, maybe, as hoped, there would be no need to legislate once folk understood why it was a good idea. Also had to wait a while for most pre-seatbelt cars to no longer be the majority, or it is unenforceable.
Never heard of her, Googled her, she's actually kinda famous, and she died in 2013 aged 81 or 82. The Blunders was from 1978 so she would have been 46-47 at the time. If that is Christopher Benjamin then he's still alive, 88 years old now. Wonder who played the son.
It was in 1967 that seatbelts were mandatory to be fitted as standard to the front seat of cars. But it wasn't until 31st January 1983 that it was mandatory to actually USE them. You'd think with all the clunk-click propaganda and all those hideous accidents that the law would have changed much sooner, no?
you may think that if folk took the message of the films to heart, there would be no need to legislate ever. Making something illegal does not change behaviour, making folk think about it does.
I remember us kids getting a bollockin' for laughing at this. It's far too comical in the outset, what did they expect?. On the down side, seen the result of a no seat belt accident first hand. Not pretty.
I'm around the same age as this PFI; never seen a mini roundabout with illuminated studs before. Very fancy.
The ADO 16 was everywhere when this advert was made, as was the Ford Cortina that became Britain's best selling car.
yes, very common and readily available, same as the 1100.
how did anybody survive the 70s
She's out of her mind if she thinks her family won't notice the difference between meat and fish!
Women! Know your limits!
Remember.Morris 1100's are Dangerous!
Pity they had to wreck a Cortina GXL with vinyl roof along with a P6 Rover 3500 V8.
Nothing wrong with lady drivers my gf drives and is a very safe and sensible driver
The Blunders drive a lot they always say the car needs driving.
Needs driven badly.
Is it just me, or does she look like Thatcher?
The Morris lived for another PFI, only to be killed in the Radial & Cross-Ply don't mix PFI.
Basil Fawlty whipped the same model and colour Morris 1100 on Fawlty Towers...
My Nan used to make fish with white sauce. Fuckin hated it. Luke warm and rank. I'll take sausage and chips any day.
@danglebearing I wish there were more people like you on the internet.
The guy in the cortina looks like our old deputy head (now no longer with us) from primary school in the 70's and early 80's (80-81). He was a fascist too.
How come seatbelts weren't made compulsory earlier than 1983 as all the PIFs were telling us to clunck click in the seventies. My school teacher in 1977 was nearly killed by not wearing a seatbelt and urged everyone to wear one after then.
My thought exactly. Seatbelts were legally required to be fitted to the front seats as far back as 1967, so no idea how it took so long for them to actually be used by law.
(13 years later...)
@@halfbakedproductions7887 They were made compulsory in January 1983 and reduced casualties in car crashes by half.
or, maybe, as hoped, there would be no need to legislate once folk understood why it was a good idea. Also had to wait a while for most pre-seatbelt cars to no longer be the majority, or it is unenforceable.
@0:28, “Oh, bother, they’re closed!”. Who is she, Winnie the Pooh?
What have all of these pif's got against mk 3 Cortinas ? I suppose they were lots around at that time !
Actress is Hilary Sesta, the actor I think playing the husband is a heavily made up Christopher Benjamin
Never heard of her, Googled her, she's actually kinda famous, and she died in 2013 aged 81 or 82. The Blunders was from 1978 so she would have been 46-47 at the time.
If that is Christopher Benjamin then he's still alive, 88 years old now.
Wonder who played the son.
@dragonfitter We didn't that's why there was no overcrowding
lol.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
women drivers, eh? they'll be giving them the vote next!
curse of the ado16 strikes again (austin 1100)
didnt see any marinas
Alan partridge
It was in 1967 that seatbelts were mandatory to be fitted as standard to the front seat of cars. But it wasn't until 31st January 1983 that it was mandatory to actually USE them.
You'd think with all the clunk-click propaganda and all those hideous accidents that the law would have changed much sooner, no?
you may think that if folk took the message of the films to heart, there would be no need to legislate ever. Making something illegal does not change behaviour, making folk think about it does.
hahaha
0:55 he desreved it, the fascist!! XD
0:25
I remember us kids getting a bollockin' for laughing at this.
It's far too comical in the outset, what did they expect?.
On the down side, seen the result of a no seat belt accident first hand.
Not pretty.
Haha, what an over bite!!
another cortina destroyed by 2 pieces of british leyland crap. an 1100 and rover. such a wicked waste.
they must have repaired the cortina after this film as it last taxed in january 1990