" FAST-SAFE FREEWAY DRIVING " 1960s DRIVER'S EDUCATION FILM CALIFORNIA, USA 16324
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2023
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This 1960s driver's education film explains how to drive safely on freeways. Produced by Charles Cahill & Associates, Hollywood, California, the movie follows several different drivers, each with their own concerns, and offers some helpful advice on how to enjoy fast, safe driving. It was filmed in both Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area.
Film opens with a montage of cars rushing over the Golden Gate Bridge, and on California freeways (0:12). From 0:24, a variety of people speak about both the joys and troubles of driving on the freeway. (:31) a man drives a Ford Thunderbird convertible. An older lady (0:49) drives slowly with white gloves; the fast traffic makes her nervous. Other drivers also feel that driving safely is a difficult task. A professional driver in a dark green Kenworth semi-trailer truck squints and shakes his head (1:04).
Title card: “FAST SAFE FREEWAY DRIVING” (1:19)
At 2:23, Mr. Willoughby in his Studebaker Lark slows down, nervous and hesitant as he tries to merge with oncoming traffic. At 2:48 a Desoto Fireflite is seen in traffic. Approaching the traffic too slowly is a common problem, and it is dangerous.
However, the aggressive driver in a red MG Midget convertible is too hasty (3:14). He honks at Mr. Willoughby and yells, “Why don’t you drive it or park it?” Instead of getting to his destination faster, this jackrabbit lane-changer gets pulled over by police (3:46). Mr. Willoughby passes by, laughing (4:09).
A woman in a headscarf drives a Plymouth Valiant convertible. She carefully pulls over by the side of the road at 4:20, cautiously waiting for help. Close-up of her problematic tire at 4:32. Two other cars skid to a sudden halt (5:30). Following too closely behind another car can cause a major tragedy.
At 5:19, a driver peers into his side mirror, while his passenger looks into a compact mirror (5:22). Close-ups of a side-view mirror (5:26), and rear-view mirror (5:30). However, there is no substitute for a real look at what’s behind (5:32). Men in a Ford Zephyr convertible drive by (5:37).
(5:41) Police comes to help the lady in the headscarf. From 6:39, footage of drivers battling heavy rain and limited visibility.
A succession of road signs reading: “Olympic Blvd.” (7:02), “3rd St” (7:04), “Indiana St, Ditman St, Olympic Blvd” (7:06), “INDIANA ST. USE RIGHT LANE” (7:07), Ditman Ave.” (7:09).
Mr. Willoughby puts on his glasses, clumsily trying to read his map while driving (7:10). He is poorly prepared for his trip.
At 7:37, a final montage of all of the drivers featured in the film. Then the film wraps up with a summary of the driving advice: Know where you’re going (7:52), Merge smoothly (7:57), Drive with traffic flow (8:00), Know emergency procedures (8:11), Don’t change lanes unnecessarily (8:19), Plan ahead (8:24).
At 8:31, the aggressive driver tailgates the large truck with his puny open top. And the film closes with another shot of the Golden Gate Bridge (8:43).
Let’s keep it a dream, and not a nightmare. Enjoy fast, safe freeway driving. Closing credits at 8:52.
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If you have another 8 hours of freeway driving from this time I am willing to watch it.
so many nice cars in this film, too. I'd love to have one as a daily today!
Love the old cars!
Should be mandated viewing these days
Its always good to watch a refresher course. Thanks.
And eventually we learned the importance of buckling up, to minimize those deadly secondary impacts.
Make drivers ed a high school class again!
It is compulsory if you want a license to drive, but so many want not to get one. So that means it is not necessary to include in the curriculum.
I like the guy trying to do a Pennsylvania merge. I don’t know why people there stop on on ramps.
You should see the South! Granted, I learned how to drive in New York City. There, to merge on roads like the FDR Drive, West Ide Highway, Major Deegan, etc, you had to learn how to merge into traffic like a bat out of hell. Here, they just lollygag. Also, forget the use of rurn signals. That's giving information to the enemy!
Most Pennsylvanians are doing 70 by the time they get to the end of the ramp!
Safe travels for everyone
Road rage back in the 60's was a bit different than today. Then, an exchange of words between business men in ties. Today, bullets fly hitting whomever is in the car including children. How we have progressed.
Never fails to astound me to this day how many drivers still don't know how to merge when entering a multi-lane highway - no matter how long the entrance ramp is.
Cars with no headrests or shoulder seat belts. They'll be dead anyway. Sticking your arm straight out on the freeway is a good way to have it torn off. I live in L.A. area. I can't recall any merge lane now where the driver just stops at the end and is expected to floor the gas or get rear-ended big time.
Exactly what I was thinking, plus all these racers going from left to right zig zagging
Even wearing a lap belt makes a difference...it keeps you from being thrown about--or out of--the car.
Check out the 110 former Pasadena Freeway now Arroyo Seco Parkway with the 5 mph right turn on-ramps for an example
The dismantled Bayshore Freeway in San Francisco
Looks like the Embarcadero Freeway. Was supposed to connect the Bay and Golden Gate bridges. Never completed and eventually torn down.
The silver lining of the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 was the removal of the Embarcadero freeway.
Funny how it's now impossible to leave 5 car lengths ahead of you - if you do, another car will soon slip in.
Just smash their car to teach them about leaving space.
Keep two seconds of distance under normal conditions (three would be better). In rainy weather, double the distance. If the road is slick or icy, triple the distance (better yet, stay off the road).
I thought the gal @ 4:19 was flippin' the bird! 😂
"I couldn't possibly change a tire in THIIIIIiiiis dress and I looked, but I didn't have any spare tire changing outfits with me."
389 Pontiac with a hydramatic on the freeway yes or a 59 mercury with a 383/390..i know
Towards Crash - The Atrocity Exhibition.
JG Ballard.
Instant karma with red sports car was hilarious
Happy to 🎉
1 car length for every 10mph? Geez
Superseded in the early '80s with the 2-second rule. Some people want that to be 3 or 4 seconds. That's fine in rain (3 seconds) or snow (4 seconds).
2:25 He should have gotten the supercharged V8...
I’ll take a yard full of those 1961 Impalas.
It is interesting, although not safe, how people are using arm signals but not the electric signals their cars had.
The newest cars I saw were 1963 models.
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He was passed by a relalut dauphine 😂
Renault Dauphine? In USA? Where? I spotted a Sunbeam Alpine/Tiger at 03:10 .
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And behind the Alpine is a 1955 Cadillac coupe DeVille
The car following the Sunbeam Alpine at 3:23 is the Renault Dauphine
Lots of nice cars in this video. The old man with the hat is driving that green Studebaker Lark.
6:18 MGB roadster
6:23 the car passing that truck is a VW Karmann Ghia
7:45 Ford Thunderbird
If only...
“Our country is being opened up to kind of safe travel and exploration beyond our wildest dreams let’s keep it a dream, and not a nightmare…”. So much optimism for the future in those days.
That Mr. Willaby is a MENICE on the road! He should have his license taken away!
Not a seatbelt in sight.
California made seatbelts mandatory in the 1980's.
Stop turning head to the left! That's what the mirror is for. It should be correctly adusted. Very dangerous.
California is the only state west of the Mississippi I haven't been to (always seemed like too many looney toons and I had no desire to go - I know there's a lot of good, normal, sane, decent people too but you're outnumbered) but even given that - just based on all I've ever heard about it - it sounds like the "dream" they mentioned _has_ turned into a nightmare lol..