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 The most significant was revoked license and eventually prison time for habitual drunk drivers.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.
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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
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).
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.
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!!!!!!!!!
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!
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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.
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.
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.
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 RUclips addicts agree? Slow driver looked like wicked witch of Oz.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
+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.
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.
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..
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.
@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).
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?
You should take a drive through "Thorp, WI" in Mid-Central Wisconsin. I have been here for 5yrs. I haven't heard ONE car horn (train horns EVERYDAY) in all that time. Maybe it was a "delete" on the options sheet? LOL
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.
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!!
@@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.
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.
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~
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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
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!
@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.
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 .
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.)
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
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 😂
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
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.
+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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
The "PV 544" was built like a TANK using SWEDISH STEEL! I didn't like the driver's "A pillar" blocking the driver's view when the seat was all the way back. You had to lean forward for a good view when making left turns. That was the ONLY flaw in that vehicle. The "122S" was much better!
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
These guys would have a freaken heart attack if they only know what's coming...
smart phones, texting, e-mails, DVDs, road heads,
Well at least the cars won't give people concussions as much now if someone bangs his/her head on the dash.
They invented most of it... this is a Bell System film!
Road head is not a new thing.
I drive a big truck for a living and you wouldn't believe the things I've seen people doing while driving.
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.
This film has actually influenced me more today than the other safety films with all the blood and guts.
On the floor for gore?
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David Wayne, excellent underrated actor
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
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).
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-.
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.
What a pittance for a leather reclining chair. All for a Volvo causing that fatal automobile accident.
the nerve of that woman driving like she's the queen of the road
@@roadmaster720 you do know its not real Right
besides the guys a tight arse cause he didn't order optional seatbelts
and padded dash
Yes! Everything went according to plan!
Bwahahahahaha ha haaaaa!
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~
Mike A Drover -- a lot of kids in various school districts weren't allowed to see this stuff
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!!!!!!!!!
uhmm film projectors were used until 2010 before it went all digital in the theaters.
Not only that. Look who bought the chair. That was the one that caused the whole mess in the first place.
It was all part of her scheme to get the chair dirt- cheap!
Caligula the spiteful mutant king 😂😂😉😉😉🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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!
Everybody’s old lady was nice looking back then.
Not like the tattoo infested, neon haired, metal pierced vermin we see nowadays.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nice Ford
Cars were longer back then. ;)
Anybody else remember the Harold Smith film with his system for freeway driving?
@@GlamRockCowboy I teach the kids "3-4 seconds" in my driver's ed class. :)
The women that caused the accident came back to buy the house cheap
Why isn't she in jail over this? It was HER negligence that caused the entire accident.
I can remember seeing this at a drive-in in San Diego when I was a kid.
I want that Corvette that's tailgating them in the city!
I seen it on cregslist it gots some pretty bad front end damage...
The last year before the "Stingray" arrival, especially the GORGEOUS "split window"!
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 RUclips addicts agree? Slow driver looked like wicked witch of Oz.
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...
Early TransFormers!
That's HOLLYWOOD "magic"!
If he was so concerned about safety, he should have ordered optional safety belts and padded dash....
suzie and junior, wear the seat belt or you WILL get my belt on your ass. get it on, NOW!!!!!!!
It would have been nice, except this was 1962, they didn't start having seatbelts until late 1965, I think.
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.
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.
And put the kids in the back seat
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.
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.
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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"!!
Back up lights are considered an "option" and not "obligatory". Cars built after 1968 must be MANUFACTURED with back up lights!
Dad is played by actor David Wayne aka “Big Daddy” in an episode of Golden Girls.
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.
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.
It's amazing how people were dressed in 1962 vs. 2019. It's depressing.
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.
@@johnazhderian5734 They only dressed like that for this movie. People went casual, I remember.
yes -- mom would be texting her lover and the kids would be in the back seat board out of their minds.....LOLOL
@@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
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.
Those two old biddies just gave some body shop the business.
Drive as if your life depended on it. It does!
This is 1962. Most cars did not have seatbelts.
"In all my years of law enforcement, I've never once unbuckled a dead man."--from an old PSA, mid 70s
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!!
I saw this clip 50 years ago in driver's ed class when I was 15. Gripping stuff man.
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.
Yes, a fine preacher but dead wrong in practice for just that *one* instance; once is all it took.
Jim Ervin - i used to do precisely that - I would stop to get a sandwich
He tried to do a favor for the people behind him -- and suffered the ultimate consequence.
I remember seeing this film in drivers ed almost 50 years ago, it was exactly as I remembered,
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.
+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.
SIGNAL 30 is also on RUclips...
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.
That chair sold for $35 would be $320 today.
That ending was a punch in the gut, damn.
Yes! Truly a VERY sad ending!!
I would love to have one of those cars today ❤, I’m actually learning a lot from watching these videos
I remember seeing this in mid 70s for drivers ed
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.
Too much cannabis
😂😂😂
I watched this when I was 9 years old and I think this should be played in all schools
Ah yes the beginning of Karen. It all started with her mother
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..
eajosephedward but we have air bags and seat belts now so the amount of crash deaths is lower
Volvo Driver is 100% at fault.
Bluebaker.
The first appearance of Karen!
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.
Very educative. They made it so back those old days. Scenario, acting, camera, idea. Strangely enough how it has degraded today.
Yeah! I remember THOSE days when electric lights were first installed. For us "old timers", seems like only yesterday. lol
R.I.P. Tommy :'(
This is incredibly infuriating to watch how the Crazy Karen killed 2 people, Bought the fathers 200 dollar chair, and got away with it!
Shit happens!
@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).
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?
I see one thing hasn't changed, drivers blasting their horns.
You should take a drive through "Thorp, WI" in Mid-Central Wisconsin. I have been here for 5yrs. I haven't heard ONE car horn (train horns EVERYDAY) in all that time. Maybe it was a "delete" on the options sheet? LOL
That's the saddest thing I've ever seen.,. 😞
When Tommy's mother finds him dead in his bed
13:48
Deceleration in that day still without Anti Lock Brakes!
And most likely with ALL DRUM BRAKES! Probably with a single master cylinder too but that's beside the point.
Still an improvement over prewar mechanical brakes 👍🏻👍🏻
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.
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!!
@@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.
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.
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~
Maindrian Pace do you still work for Chase Research? You should make another movie with Eleanor.
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.
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 elementary school! Why, I have no idea, except the sisters ran it, and we watched it in the library.
For "shock value" ?
And the last car to pass the Volvo was....a Corvair. Little irony there someplace.
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.
No it wasn't it was a starliner completely different
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.
@@lesdabney2144 the Sunliner was a convertible
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.
Ironically the Volvo was one of the (relatively) safest cars on the road at the time.
Possibly it had the 3-point harness, which they pioneered in 1959 (and offered free to all automakers)
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!
This needs to be Rifftraxed. The last line can be, "Join us next week when we do something uplifting like 'Schindler's List'"
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. 😢
See your Mutual of Omaha agent today!
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!
This was done pretty well and I noticed familiar faces.
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.
+Mikey mystery In retrospect you should have given her the PIT maneuver and rolled the old bat over... LOL Glad you were OK.
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...
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.
Pop
The service station shown then @ South Fair Oaks Blvd was probably either in Pasadena or South Pasadena, CA.
"Used David Wayne for sale. Reasonable."
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
Not to mention her sadness when Tommy succumbed to his head injury
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!
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.
@@arrow1414 That woman caused all them accidents and didn't get hurt
@@josephjohnson448She must have been the cammer...they never get hurt
An actual English speaking guy actually servicing a car at the gas station!
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.
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 .
@ Those "minority/immigrants" are free to go back to their country where they will not be exploited.
@@1N73RC3P7OR simplistbadtakes.exe
and the lady driving the slow car also starred in the brady bunch.
great video very touching and current too.
Ok, so not only did she cause the accident and kill him, she stole his chair for $35.00. Great.
Sheriff Taylor should have locked her up when she moved to "Mayberry"! LOL
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.)
Two things wrong. No seatbelts, and he let the young boy sit in front.
They need to show this video today on tv !!!!
And in driver's ed
I saw it Today (11-7-2024) on TV (YT). Great motion picture!
Yes , and he would also have pointed to the cigarettes on the table being the biggest killers of all....
bullshit, cigarettes are GOOD FOR YOU, ENJOY
Everyone smoked and lived in denial rite up until being told they had lung cancer
@@spotsill or COPD
Twilight Zonesque
David Wayne appeared in a few of the them along with the "Outer Limits" episodes!
This film was a bummer.
:(
Entertaining?
They would have lived if they had seat belts on.
If Tommy had been in the back seat, he would have survived.
My dad bought a new Ford just like that one in 1960!
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
Galaxie Town Victoria, 4 door hardtop.
no seat belts no airbags It's a wonder we lived back then.
Yes! And I am STILL "kickin' " at 81! Truly a MIRACLE! And, we actually lived BETTER in the "good old days"!!
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 was hoping Sheriff Andy Taylor would have locked her up (lock her up, lock her up )when she lived in Mayberry!
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
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 😂
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
Anyone notice no seatbelts?? Seatbelts were available on very few cars back then.
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.
+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.
keithm Seat belts didn't become required until 1966.
It was legal to drive without it
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 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.
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.
Sad but is true😔
Opening scene I'm like, oh he's dead and don't even know it
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?
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.
35 $ for a 200dollar chair, and by the lady that killed them! Damn!
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.
Phyllis Avery
That driver looks old enough to be those children's grandfather.
How do you go from hitting the front of the car and then hitting the side of the car?
When you find out, please post! Curious minds NEED to know!!
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
That Helen was a B-A-B-E. MILF Prime!
Wow. I worked for the Bell system a few years before the divestiture. Sad film.
Ironically, they were driving the safest car of the bunch-a volvo!
The "PV 544" was built like a TANK using SWEDISH STEEL! I didn't like the driver's "A pillar" blocking the driver's view when the seat was all the way back. You had to lean forward for a good view when making left turns. That was the ONLY flaw in that vehicle. The "122S" was much better!
You should try driving in North East Tennessee and south west Virginia people here just don't care if they hurt or kill you while driving
San Antonio TX
A lot of good all of his safe driving knowledge did him.
A lot of these "Driving Shock" films have only a TEMPORARY effect! The shock wears off quickly and back to "business as usual"!
That would make a fella not want to drive!
I recognize the crash. Transfusion by Nervous Norvus.
"Barn yard drivers are found in two classes, LINE CROWDING HOGS and speeding jackasses" 🎶🎶🎵🎵
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.
Never a Volvo...yet the 1960 FORD Galaxy in the end proved Tommy safe!
This is ironic since Tommy ends up dead too.
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.
I hate that woman driving at 22
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.
Watching all the safety talk and no seat belts in the cars.
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.
Selling the family furniture in today's time would generate an report as taxable income, in 1962 this would have been considered unconstitutional
Its what happens when Dems take over and control your sh!t.
At a time when the middle class income wage earners had power in government.
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.