This should be required viewing for driver's ed, along with Wheels of Tragedy, Signal 30, the Red Asphalt films, Mechanized Death, and Anatomy of an Accident.
I watched some of these in high school. They made a lasting impression on me and ive made my kids watch them before they started driving. They do help!!
Fifty one years ago I saw a class mate hit by a train on the way to after school band. I was 16 and sick to my stomach, because He passed the cross bucks and lights and the train hit him after he drove around the car I was in flipping us off and callings us chicken
That's the guy from Adam-12, William Boyett. High quality safety movie from the late fifties. Oh to have been there in that era. Love it. Thanks for posting the video!
Unfortunately the plot makes no sense. There are so many holes in the plot you could read a newspaper through it. So the brother died? And the grandfather? And the hot rodder? All in the same accident? They don't make anything clear! Unless tje grandfather worked for the railroad? Is that the point. I've watched this SIX times and I am completely confused
You'd be really old if you had... but I get what you're saying. To go back there... and have all the stock market information, football winners and such...Biff showed the way.
William Boyett played the officer in this driving safety movie. He also starred in Highway Patrol, Dragnet, and Adam-12 (Sgt. "Mac" MacDonald) as well as many other roles where he usually played a law enforcement officer. He was a wonderful family man who lived in the San Fernando Valley well into his 90's. God Bless you "Mac"!
Mr. Boyett was born to play police officers; I remember him from at least one (maybe more) Perry Mason in addition to those great shows you mentioned. He always portrayed law enforcement personnel in a positive - and frequently inspirational - light.
This film was well done. William Boyett was the best choice. He started in radio. Then early tv. Always as a police officer. But he absolutely was the best. Top notch actor..
I never understood why William Boyett never got more recognition for all his TV and movie roles, or sometimes a "mention", sometimes never credited at all according to IMDB. A low profile actor unfortunately. I always considered Mr. Boyett a great actor, not just a "character" actor. He's the reason why I watch Adam-12 and Season 4 of Highway Patrol.
Bill Boyett was born to play law officers. He appeared as a semi-regular on "Highway Patrol" with Broderick Crawford from 1955-60, both incarnations of "Dragnet" with Jack Webb, Adam-12 and appeared on "Emergency," another one of Webb's stable of police/emergency shows. Boyett was a class guy. And BTW-The 1950s were a great decade. Those were the days when if the USA had to act on an incident the rest of the world agreed with us. The USA never apologized for her actions. People thanked us!
There's an episode of "Highway Patrol" with a young Clint Eastwood riding motorcycles with a buddy to a small town diner. Of course, they're wearing obligatory jeans & leather jackets but no helmets. 😳 Unfortunately, I can't remember the title of the episode but I think it was filmed in/around Chatsworth, CA when the area was still fairly rural.
William Boyett really made this instructional film interesting. As one can easily tell, the only trained actor in the bunch. Boyett was very gifted and certainly made this film and the Jack Webb productions later on watchable. Loved the chrome beasts shown throughout. How the hell did any of these stay on the road, watching them twist, dip, and bounce along the highways.
And I thought I recognized some of the locations - here in Colorado - the 2 lane road with tracks and the table top mountains. And, the old highway sign U.S. 87 where the guy changing the tires almost gets clipped by the clown pointing out Pike's Peak - that could have been Colorado Springs (which would make sense as the old highway with train tracks parallels U.S. 87 (now I-25) to the west, right around Palmer Pass.
When I had driver’s ed back in 1981, the movie we saw wasn’t as potent as this one. The cars may be old and the traffic far less, but it’s still damn good viewing with an important message.
Too bad many of the cars then ( classics now ) were wrecked & demolished from reckless driving that didn't need to happen. The main reason why those beautiful cars are no longer around & seen anymore.
I actually do not live in U.S. but yeah I loved these cars in movies or series. It wasn't just the car per se but what it stood for. Freedom and American Dream. They were then build by the line and still looked like handmade. That's why I think such cars just awesome and classy. Still dreaming to drive such a baby from San Francisco down to Mex border the Pacific Coast Highway. This is one of my lifetime wishes.
@@Sp4wn82 i agree when cars were works of art, in 1981 I had a '56 Buick Convertible I drove it from Seattle to New Port Beach & back. On the way back the car overheated so I pulled into a small town over night to a shop to get the radiator flushed & re-cored after that it was fine. Car trouble in a old car is stressful. My dream is get another '50's car & drive it on route 66 & go back in time.
Another measure of protection/safety is ALWAYS placing the vehicle in park when stopped at a railroad crossing especially if you are at the front of the crossing. One slip off the brakes could mean a horrible fatality. Place the vehicle in park, apply the emergency brake and place your foot on the brakes. Remember........A vehicle has ZERO CHANCE of surviving a collision with a train!!!
Placing the vehicle in park is sufficient except in a manual, in which case drop it into neutral, engage the handbrake/E-brake, or in an EV just press the button for Park. On a grade, I can see using such redundant measures, but as a National Safety Council defensive driving trained individual who drives hundreds of miles a week, that advice is extreme. Your heart is in the right place, but that's a lot of steps when you need to focus on leaving adequate space, and you can always orient your wheels towards the ditch if you're paranoid someone's gonna nail you from behind in a non-enjoyable sense of the phrase.
Unfortunately young drivers nowadays don't take safety seriously. That's why their insurance is high until 25. Hopefully they learn. But not all. Sad they take a PRIVILEGE and call it a RIGHT! Yes, but they need to EARN the right to drive.
The policeman is sad because he gave the younger brother a trechnical violation. The grandfather challenged the younger brother. He says "I used to run a 1/4 mile in 10 seconds"
Is anybody going to talk about how frank died in the car crash whilst Betty (who is also presumably dead) is unscathed? Still though, this film from the 50s delivers the message so well that it still leaves us with the question- why don’t they look?
9:13: The train is pretty much invisible. No wonder anyone ever realized what they were coming up on at the crossing. There's simply no signals to warn them of what's ahead.
Here's a problem that I see almost daily, is that just because the light is green, but now your blocking the intersection and nowhere to gountil traffic in front of you moves forward, this also applies to rail road crossings, if you can't clear the tracks, don't go, because part or all of your car will be on the tracks.
Yep, the Capitol Hi-Q stock music library sure got a lot of mileage back then. I also remember hearing some of the music cues in this on "Gumby" and "Davey and Goliath."
1. At night many railroad crossings don't always have working lights so it may not be known that a train is coming. Wonder if a GPS could tell you it is or isn't? 2. This needs to be updated for distracted driving to be added, eating, talking on your phone and the biggest headache/nightmare texting while driving. 3. This film needs to be included in driver's ed today and maybe if local police made a current film similar to this and showed it once a year to every class before they got their licenses, there would be fewer highway fatalities. Just a thought
1. A GPS couldn’t do that. All it knows is where you are. Even a map navigation app doesn’t have real-time information though it can show current stuff like traffic conditions etc. 2. There are other safety movies from this era that show how distracted driving kills (though of course it’s something like changing the radio, not texting). 3. It seems like drivers ed does show old films but I’m not sure if this old!
@reverse thrust If it's still stop look and listen then why all this talk about bad railroad crossings killing good drivers. I think this Movie was made around 1959 60 and that crossing would most definitely not pass today beacuse it had no gate. Second don't frieght trains have to slow down when they are going through residential neiborhoods. I know that they can't go through residential neiborhoods if they are handling hazmat.
Without doubt the most dumbass thing s person can try to do is text and drive. This said by a repeat over the limit convicted DWI. You can't drive a car and look away from where you're going.
@@Sashazur, they should have GPS/map applications at least warn you that you're approaching a railroad crossing, the way they do with stop signs and traffic lights.
How the hell do you outrun the cops, when they already know who you are? I would go out, and if I got in any trouble, the old man would know before I got home.
the couple came by close and left soon with Alan. So no, that's not the point. The kid died dammit because he had his eyes everywhere except the direction where they belonged: in front.
And also the grandfather was driving the train. He is also the reason Bainbridge died but they don't come out and say it - you have to make that conclusion yourself.
So I watched ot again and it makes more sense. The hot rodder and the younger brother used to race at school. Then the hot rodder was killed in an accident. The grandfather also raced the hot rodder (he talks about doing a 1/4 mile or whatever in 10 seconds). After the hot rodder died the grandfather worked for the railroad. He was on the train that was racing the older brother. When they crashed the older brother died. The grandfather won the race but lost a grandson. The younger brother lived and is now the fastest in town.
Still happens. I live in a city with several tracks going through residential and commercial areas and several people get killed every year. I’m guessing a lot of them are suicides.
At 24:16 you see the officer with a Federal Fireball (or other similar) light on his cruiser. I didn't know those were around back then. I also see some "Andy Griffith" style Do-Ray rotating beacons here and there. I also thought I saw a Georgia State Patrol officer in the montage.
There would not have been any Georgia agency involved, Union Pacific doesn't have trackage there. Agencies of saluting officers (in order): 1. Montana Highway Patrol, 2. Idaho State Police, 3. Colorado State Patrol, 4. Oregon State Police, 5. Wyoming Highway Patrol, 6. Kansas Highway Patrol 7. Arizona Highway Patrol, 8. Washington State Patrol (with bowtie), 9. Nebraska State Patrol, 10. Nevada Highway Patrol, 11. California Highway Patrol, 12. Utah Highway Patrol
Public service films like this seem to be no longer made.LE seems less interested in proactive measures while re-focusing mostly on the aspect of officer safety when making traffic stops.Speeders and drunk drivers roar past while 2 or more officers are stopping a driver for an expired tag or a dim plate light...
Yeah that was ridiculous,,, Waved, when they went by,,, You don't turn around backwards in your seat,, waving,, Could Have hit a person,, Animal,,, Ran off the road,, Hit a car in front,,, Or run in front of a train,,,, Who drives down the road, With their head turned backwards for 5 Seconds,,,, It's not a very real scenario
Here lies the body of William J. Who died maintaining his right of way. He was right, dead right, as he sped along He’s just as dead as if he’d been dead wrong.
7:33 it's not up to the driver of the vehicle, it's up to all drivers on the road and the design of roads, they are designed to kill, it's a form of population control , luck and environment hazards, tractors in the country joining the road, waterways off the road edge like rivers ponds the sea, etc trees in mountainous areas , icy roads ,heavy rain, winds, sun strike, bumpy crappy roads, worn road surfaces, narrow roads, built up areas have concrete walls bridges power poles, trucks, etc anyone who's on the road has a lottery ticket for death,
What a find! William Boyett playing an Idaho State Trooper!
Sergeant Mac McDonald Adam 12. I'm guessing a number of viewers won't recognize who he is.
That's why he got to be an LA patrol Sergeant. His experience up in Idaho.
The accident that killed the teenager was so bad that the roadster he was driving turned into a sedan. The horror.....
The sound of tires skidding on pavement was interesting too, considering he was on gravel
Ah cmon guys, give it a break. This video is probably older than you.
Cezariusus It’s probably older than three of you!
I was glad to see their were no classic hot rods injured during the filming of this movie. 😃
and that's all you get is a little bit of dirt on the face like she got lol
This should be required viewing for driver's ed, along with Wheels of Tragedy, Signal 30, the Red Asphalt films, Mechanized Death, and Anatomy of an Accident.
I remember watching Signal 30 when I took Driver's Ed in the '70s. It was pretty gruesome.
I watched some of these in high school. They made a lasting impression on me and ive made my kids watch them before they started driving. They do help!!
William Boyett was a handsome lad. He will live forever in cop tv shows.
it>s my good friend willam boyett, also known as sargent macdonald on adam 12 tv show....
He was also in Highway Patrol 1955 - 1959
Fifty one years ago I saw a class mate hit by a train on the way to after school band. I was 16 and sick to my stomach, because He passed the cross bucks and lights and the train hit him after he drove around the car I was in flipping us off and callings us chicken
The guy who played the state trooper (William Boyett) starred in Highway Patrol (1955 - 1959) and Adam - 12 (1968 - 1975)
who cares lol
"One Adam-12, One Adam-12, see the man...."
@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 Your mom sure did!
He is the Sargeant on Adam 12, correct?
Sergeant Mac MacDonald.
That's the guy from Adam-12, William Boyett. High quality safety movie from the late fifties. Oh to have been there in that era. Love it. Thanks for posting the video!
William Boyett was also on Highway Patrol.
That's right it's the Sergeant Mac from Adam-12.
That's right!!! William Boyett!!
Unfortunately the plot makes no sense. There are so many holes in the plot you could read a newspaper through it. So the brother died? And the grandfather? And the hot rodder? All in the same accident? They don't make anything clear! Unless tje grandfather worked for the railroad? Is that the point. I've watched this SIX times and I am completely confused
You'd be really old if you had... but I get what you're saying. To go back there... and have all the stock market information, football winners and such...Biff showed the way.
I first saw this on Mystery Science Theater 3000, and it was hilarious.
Never under any circumstances drive with your butt cheeks.
Came for the cars, stayed for the carnage!
23:11 “sir, can you identify this bucket full of your brother?”
Ikr?
"You know son, 40% of all accidents--" "OH, SHUT UP."
"You're deep, Ernie..."
@@ThrashMetallix I love saying that when someone does say something "deep"
@@ThrashMetallix oh fuck I was listening to it and I'm all "WHY ARENT THEY SAYING IT!" I forgot this is the actual clip
16:54 And here, of course, is the deadliest distraction for many drivers.
“Hey, the cop never said anything about doing intensely stupid things!”
I'm making choo choos in my pants.
Can you identify this bucket of your brother?
This film is very high quality and a bit ahead of its time.
Can you identify this bucket full of your brother
The first officer was one of the most handsome man I ever seen.
William Boyett played the officer in this driving safety movie. He also starred in Highway Patrol, Dragnet, and Adam-12 (Sgt. "Mac" MacDonald) as well as many other roles where he usually played a law enforcement officer. He was a wonderful family man who lived in the San Fernando Valley well into his 90's. God Bless you "Mac"!
sonoran rain
Boyett died December 29, 2004, in Mission Hills, California, at age 77, of complications from pneumonia and kidney failure.
Mr. Boyett was born to play police officers; I remember him from at least one (maybe more) Perry Mason in addition to those great shows you mentioned. He always portrayed law enforcement personnel in a positive - and frequently inspirational - light.
This film was well done. William Boyett was the best choice. He started in radio. Then early tv. Always as a police officer. But he absolutely was the best. Top notch actor..
Once the fire chief for Emergency
@@TheReverendWillNicholasHe was one of Jack Webb's informal "repertory" company, playing different roles on his shows.
Sea Hunt, Highway Patrol, Dragnet, and Adam 12
I never understood why William Boyett never got more recognition for all his TV and movie roles, or sometimes a "mention", sometimes never credited at all according to IMDB. A low profile actor unfortunately.
I always considered Mr. Boyett a great actor, not just a "character" actor.
He's the reason why I watch Adam-12 and Season 4 of Highway Patrol.
Bill Boyett was born to play law officers. He appeared as a semi-regular on "Highway Patrol" with Broderick Crawford from 1955-60, both incarnations of "Dragnet" with Jack Webb, Adam-12 and appeared on "Emergency," another one of Webb's stable of police/emergency shows. Boyett was a class guy.
And BTW-The 1950s were a great decade. Those were the days when if the USA had to act on an incident the rest of the world agreed with us. The USA never apologized for her actions. People thanked us!
WHAT?!? He wasn't a Real Cop??
He played LAPD supercop Piece Brooks in one Dragnet episode.
There's an episode of "Highway Patrol" with a young Clint Eastwood riding motorcycles with a buddy to a small town diner. Of course, they're wearing obligatory jeans & leather jackets but no helmets. 😳 Unfortunately, I can't remember the title of the episode but I think it was filmed in/around Chatsworth, CA when the area was still fairly rural.
William Boyett really made this instructional film interesting. As one can easily tell, the only trained actor in the bunch. Boyett was very gifted and certainly made this film and the Jack Webb productions later on watchable. Loved the chrome beasts shown throughout. How the hell did any of these stay on the road, watching them twist, dip, and bounce along the highways.
I _thought_ that's who was playing the policeman.
And I thought I recognized some of the locations - here in Colorado - the 2 lane road with tracks and the table top mountains. And, the old highway sign U.S. 87 where the guy changing the tires almost gets clipped by the clown pointing out Pike's Peak - that could have been Colorado Springs (which would make sense as the old highway with train tracks parallels U.S. 87 (now I-25) to the west, right around Palmer Pass.
I thought that was him!
So the kid gets his driver's license in the mail, then proceeds to show everyone the unopened envelope? I guess he was real proud of that envelope.
Cause it would clearly say on the envelope who it came from dumbass
😂😂😂😂
Shhhh... Ur ignorance is bliss enough
IDs are hard copy there genius, ain't you ever felt up an envelope🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪😭💋
Lol, right I literally tore the envelope open when I got my license
A lot of this stuff still applies today!
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When I had driver’s ed back in 1981, the movie we saw wasn’t as potent as this one. The cars may be old and the traffic far less, but it’s still damn good viewing with an important message.
Try Signal 30.
@@pointingdog7235 Others include "Wheels of Tragedy," "Highways of Agony," "Mechanized Death," and probably more.
Too bad many of the cars then ( classics now ) were wrecked & demolished
from reckless driving that didn't need to happen.
The main reason why those beautiful cars are no longer around & seen anymore.
I actually do not live in U.S. but yeah I loved these cars in movies or series. It wasn't just the car per se but what it stood for. Freedom and American Dream. They were then build by the line and still looked like handmade. That's why I think such cars just awesome and classy. Still dreaming to drive such a baby from San Francisco down to Mex border the Pacific Coast Highway. This is one of my lifetime wishes.
@@Sp4wn82 i agree when cars were works of art, in 1981 I had a '56
Buick Convertible I drove it from Seattle to New Port Beach & back. On the way back the car overheated so I pulled into a small town over night to a shop
to get the radiator flushed & re-cored after that it was fine. Car trouble in a old car is stressful.
My dream is get another '50's car & drive it on route 66 & go back in time.
Another measure of protection/safety is ALWAYS placing the vehicle in park when stopped at a railroad crossing especially if you are at the front of the crossing. One slip off the brakes could mean a horrible fatality. Place the vehicle in park, apply the emergency brake and place your foot on the brakes. Remember........A vehicle has ZERO CHANCE of surviving a collision with a train!!!
Ehh. Putting it in park yes. Rest is excessive. Also it depends on the weight of the loaded train and the speed.
Most cars were manual transmission in 1959
Incorrect. Depending on where the vehicle is hit its definitely possible to survive.
Placing the vehicle in park is sufficient except in a manual, in which case drop it into neutral, engage the handbrake/E-brake, or in an EV just press the button for Park. On a grade, I can see using such redundant measures, but as a National Safety Council defensive driving trained individual who drives hundreds of miles a week, that advice is extreme. Your heart is in the right place, but that's a lot of steps when you need to focus on leaving adequate space, and you can always orient your wheels towards the ditch if you're paranoid someone's gonna nail you from behind in a non-enjoyable sense of the phrase.
@@kdawson020279 can't someone drift in neutral?
Some Australian driving schools still show this right before “graduation”, as it were.
This should be shown in drivers ed classes today.
so it can be riffed in them
Unfortunately young drivers nowadays don't take safety seriously. That's why their insurance is high until 25. Hopefully they learn. But not all. Sad they take a PRIVILEGE and call it a RIGHT! Yes, but they need to EARN the right to drive.
The policeman is sad because he gave the younger brother a trechnical violation. The grandfather challenged the younger brother. He says "I used to run a 1/4 mile in 10 seconds"
First scene at the level crossing, the kid in the Austin Healey places his life squarely into the hands of Lucas - The Prince of Darkness...brave.
C'mon, the Lucas lights had three settings-off, dim, and flicker.
Man,that is one SWEET Austin-Healey 3000 !!!
"Why people do things with a car that make no sense at all" just wait til you see the 1975 models.
They still drive that badly in Russia; just look at all the head-on crash videos from over there...
The main culprit is driving drunk.
How to tell a simple story. Brilliant.
much better with MST3K seat belts
"Uh, would you identify this bucket full of your brother?"
"Well do you know him like THIS?" "Gah oh God! Who are you? WHAT are you?!"
Is anybody going to talk about how frank died in the car crash whilst Betty (who is also presumably dead) is unscathed?
Still though, this film from the 50s delivers the message so well that it still leaves us with the question- why don’t they look?
A lot of time what kills you in a car crash is injuries you can’t see
Betty survived
16:48 Love the 1959 Ford's Design so much, it's pretty.
Still rings TRUE today !!!!!!! No body has TIME for ANYBODY ,,,,, Family or Children !!!!!!! Just get an GET !!!!!!!! SO SAD !!!!!
Chicken basket 85 cents in 1959, so cheap!!!
That's like $4 now adays but if its a big basket still a good deal
@@redtra236 if that was in australia now days it would be $20
Not cheap! Minimum wage about 35 cents per hour.
This guy was born to play a cop.
9:13: The train is pretty much invisible. No wonder anyone ever realized what they were coming up on at the crossing. There's simply no signals to warn them of what's ahead.
The siren on the police car sounded sick.
Well that's 1959 for ya
Here's a problem that I see almost daily, is that just because the light is green, but now your blocking the intersection and nowhere to gountil traffic in front of you moves forward, this also applies to rail road crossings, if you can't clear the tracks, don't go, because part or all of your car will be on the tracks.
Nice old cars ... I like the Cadillac hearse ! 😄👌
The patrol car is a 1959 Ford 2 door coupe. Shouldn't police cars be 4 doors?
Vincent Berkan they were called 2 door sedans and were considered four door cars sort of
5:57 STOP THE NEAR INSANITY!!
The officer is a major force in TV; WILLIAM BOYETT!
Idaho, Kansas, and Utah state capital buildings at the end.
At 15:00 I kwilled the wabbit ! I kwilled the wabbit !
Anyone remember when MST3k riffed this?
That's why I'm here
yeah, it's probably one of my favorite shorts that they've done
"Uh, would you identify this bucket full of your brother?"
I loved watching Mystery Science Theater.
it's good to re-watch this ever now & again.
Back then,the freight cars didn't have anything reflective on them as they do today
Hey, that guy is driving my Austin Healey! I loved that car...
The most important lesson of this film? Don't drive while looking backwards! 😆
22:34 That Scary Music Is From Night Of The Living Dead!!!
They’re coming to get you Barbara.
Yep, the Capitol Hi-Q stock music library sure got a lot of mileage back then. I also remember hearing some of the music cues in this on "Gumby" and "Davey and Goliath."
Night of the living dead was made in 1968. This was filmed in 1959...
1. At night many railroad crossings don't always have working lights so it may not be known that a train is coming. Wonder if a GPS could tell you it is or isn't?
2. This needs to be updated for distracted driving to be added, eating, talking on your phone and the biggest headache/nightmare texting while driving.
3. This film needs to be included in driver's ed today and maybe if local police made a current film similar to this and showed it once a year to every class before they got their licenses, there would be fewer highway fatalities. Just a thought
1. A GPS couldn’t do that. All it knows is where you are. Even a map navigation app doesn’t have real-time information though it can show current stuff like traffic conditions etc. 2. There are other safety movies from this era that show how distracted driving kills (though of course it’s something like changing the radio, not texting). 3. It seems like drivers ed does show old films but I’m not sure if this old!
@reverse thrust If it's still stop look and listen then why all this talk about bad railroad crossings killing good drivers. I think this Movie was made around 1959 60 and that crossing would most definitely not pass today beacuse it had no gate. Second don't frieght trains have to slow down when they are going through residential neiborhoods. I know that they can't go through residential neiborhoods if they are handling hazmat.
Without doubt the most dumbass thing s person can try to do is text and drive. This said by a repeat over the limit convicted DWI. You can't drive a car and look away from where you're going.
@@Sashazur, they should have GPS/map applications at least warn you that you're approaching a railroad crossing, the way they do with stop signs and traffic lights.
A lotta train crossing accidents are suicides.
How the hell do you outrun the cops, when they already know who you are? I would go out, and if I got in any trouble, the old man would know before I got home.
After no fault insurance, the safety films suck. Around 1965. Early = sincere.
its the fault of the cop the kid died. had he not stopped for his bs speech the kids would have been gone long before the train came.
the couple came by close and left soon with Alan. So no, that's not the point. The kid died dammit because he had his eyes everywhere except the direction where they belonged: in front.
He was the Angel of Death...harbinger of doom!
And also the grandfather was driving the train. He is also the reason Bainbridge died but they don't come out and say it - you have to make that conclusion yourself.
Greatest looking state police car In the history of state police cars. Black with white stripes and old school rollers.
William Boyett (Mac from Adam-12)!
I love how the 32 t bucket turned into a sedan on it's side.
doesn't wish to sound like a broken record but, Bill Boyett, always, has been a favourite.
"Stop, Look, Listen...& Live"! 👍
Why don't they look, Ralph? Tell me, why don't they look?
You're deep, Ernie.
Ending was also used in a British transport film focusing on diesels and electrics built in Britain.
The officer is an actor from TVs 1955-59 classic " Highway Patrol". Bill Boyett.
So I watched ot again and it makes more sense. The hot rodder and the younger brother used to race at school. Then the hot rodder was killed in an accident. The grandfather also raced the hot rodder (he talks about doing a 1/4 mile or whatever in 10 seconds). After the hot rodder died the grandfather worked for the railroad. He was on the train that was racing the older brother. When they crashed the older brother died. The grandfather won the race but lost a grandson. The younger brother lived and is now the fastest in town.
When I was a student at Ohio University in the 60's people trying to cross the tracks were killed by trains every year.
Still happens. I live in a city with several tracks going through residential and commercial areas and several people get killed every year. I’m guessing a lot of them are suicides.
At 24:16 you see the officer with a Federal Fireball (or other similar) light on his cruiser. I didn't know those were around back then. I also see some "Andy Griffith" style Do-Ray rotating beacons here and there. I also thought I saw a Georgia State Patrol officer in the montage.
There would not have been any Georgia agency involved, Union Pacific doesn't have trackage there.
Agencies of saluting officers (in order):
1. Montana Highway Patrol,
2. Idaho State Police,
3. Colorado State Patrol,
4. Oregon State Police,
5. Wyoming Highway Patrol,
6. Kansas Highway Patrol
7. Arizona Highway Patrol,
8. Washington State Patrol (with bowtie),
9. Nebraska State Patrol,
10. Nevada Highway Patrol,
11. California Highway Patrol,
12. Utah Highway Patrol
Public service films like this seem to be no longer made.LE seems less interested in proactive measures while re-focusing mostly on the aspect of officer safety when making traffic stops.Speeders and drunk drivers roar past while 2 or more officers are stopping a driver for an expired tag or a dim plate light...
at 12:49 his roadster turned into a full sized sedan !!!!!!
"Folks, we disavow anything to do with that officer. In fact, he was fired years ago."
MST3k
16:25 Damn, he missed Henry Kissinger!
Despite the officer's advice, people die anyway...
I've never seen people waving each other that damn much!
Yeah that was ridiculous,,, Waved, when they went by,,, You don't turn around backwards in your seat,, waving,, Could Have hit a person,, Animal,,, Ran off the road,, Hit a car in front,,, Or run in front of a train,,,, Who drives down the road, With their head turned backwards for 5 Seconds,,,, It's not a very real scenario
Oh my God he's SNAPPED
Hilarious
Yep lotta work to do today
Not a very good turn-out in the funeral procession at 00:41, almost every car seems to have only a driver and no passengers.
@16:54 "the parked car that pulls out without looking", yes he was looking! at the same thing I was.. ;-)
Look both ways before crossing the tracks
Do not cross the railroad tracks at the red light
I thought we were all paid up? Gonna need another fifty wouldn't want something bad happening to this farm...
A Red Light Flashing At The Crossing = An Absolute Stop Respect The Highway Code My Name Is France
people today do not watch they do not think all they care about is getting where their going
So, what's the lesson here? People in 1950's Idaho can't drive.
Southern Idaho. They still can't.
Adam 12, the only cop show that deliberately chased teenagers, long hairs no matter what. Alleys over fences. GET THAT GUY!
The Cop is totally blind, his fault chasing the kid running off the road. Everyone looks like ‘chip off the old block’. Embarrassing
Cute copper
Here lies the body of William J.
Who died maintaining his right of way.
He was right, dead right, as he sped along
He’s just as dead as if he’d been dead wrong.
Boy, Meridian Idaho sure has changed since this was made.
Not for the better, I presume?
love this short film
23:16 Dramatic acting at its best!
7:33 it's not up to the driver of the vehicle, it's up to all drivers on the road and the design of roads, they are designed to kill, it's a form of population control , luck and environment hazards, tractors in the country joining the road, waterways off the road edge like rivers ponds the sea, etc trees in mountainous areas , icy roads ,heavy rain, winds, sun strike, bumpy crappy roads, worn road surfaces, narrow roads, built up areas have concrete walls bridges power poles, trucks, etc anyone who's on the road has a lottery ticket for death,
"Not even on a tractor"
All ruined at the end when he makes an illegal U-turn on an averagely busy daytime street.
Almost three quarters of a century old, but still bang up to date, the basics have not changed in all that time.
That damn train was doing 70.
Everything that police officer said went in that young man’s ear and out the other!!!
Seems like Timmy, I mean Alan, should have learned this stuff before he got his license....
He was killed in a 1982 single car rollover accident on the interstate near Boise.
Thumbs up if your here because of MST3k/Rifftrax 😉
CGI didn't exist that opening scene was the real thing.