@@redzebrave I remember pulling over to help somebody broken down in a travel lane with no shoulder. I keep some cones in my trunk, so I put them back in a line 200ft back, like the DOT says. I'm glad I did, because a driver on his phone didn't see the one 200' back, and didn't see the one 100' back until he was about to hit it. Those hundred feet bought him an extra second to slow down and change lanes. That's one reason it's so annoying that commercial truck drivers will just dump their triangles in a sloppy heap next to their bumper and call it a day
Yes, my mom told me about this, everyone had to watch it. This video tells way more than I ever knew to get my license, I didn’t have to learn anything loll
At 69, I may forget a little more each day but I absolutely remember the night this aired originally. Thanks for transporting me back to the golden era of my life.
Re. Mr. T: One thing to remember is that this cartoon came out in 1965, when freeways were a pretty new concept to a lot of people. There were still a lot of people still alive (including Disney's animators) who remembered when automobiles themselves were the leading edge of technology.
Although I am a 2003, being a new driver I found this video very useful, but more for motorways than for freeways in reality. I have often driven freeways but in Italy they are less crowded than the motorways and the case discussed here, it seems to me that it fits more with the motorways, although here the vehicles are the same less for obvious historical reasons
By late 50's freeways , Interstates, Turnpikes, Toll Roads, Expressways all flourished. This was merely a 15 years later update of Disney's Motormania also with Goofy circa 1950.
Yeah no kidding, I've had people honk behind me when im at the speed limit, then when they pass me they go up to 70mph in a country road thats supposted to be 55 😭
@@dbclass4075 They do that on my street because its 3 blocks of perfectly straight road. They will barrel down it at 2-3am at 65-70 mph. you just hear a roaring engine and a blur of tire noise. they will be putting in speed ramps next year so that should stop that garbage soon.
My driver’s ed instructor in the early 2000s actually used this in our class. He popped this into a VHS player… and left the classroom to go to his car in the parking lot to take a nap. Great memories.
@@Boofatcha It lasted even longer because we found out that he had taped the segment from the Disney Channel... so the rest of the tape had old Gummi Bears episodes on it that we just kept watching until he finally came back into the classroom. 🤣
It is sooooo refreshing to see one of these old Disney cartoons on TH-cam and the comment section is actually accessible. Friggin' hate TH-cam Kids and it's "no comments" rules...
This cartoon was aimed at adults rather than children when it came out to theatres in 1965 before the main feature. It's audiences were adult drivers rather than children. Still, in spite of that, it later was featured on an episode of NBC's "Wonderful World of Disney", and was shown in the 1980's on the Disney Channel aimed at children.
Usually the TH-cam kids thing shows up on Warner cartoons like Bugs Bunny,which is ironic,because those cartoons were made for adults,not kids.Chuck Jones even said so.They were intelligent cartoons with many jokes kids won't get.All cartoons aren't for children.
Yet again it doesn't help there is p_rn bots on YT. And YT still hasn't done anything about it. Also, people tend to swear or might try to talk to kids
Problematic Drivers -Driverius Timidicus: Intimidated driver -Motoramus Fidgetus: Impatient driver -Neglectarus Maximus: Inattentive driver -Stupidicus Ultimus: Idiotic driver Avoid them if you can, and make sure you never become one yourself! Freeway Travel Checklist The Car -Fuel -Tires -Water -Brakes -Engine -Seat Belts The Driver -Rest before -Be alert -No alcohol -Rest stops The Freeway -Traffic -Weather -Where to get on -Where to go -Where to get off Most importantly -Plain common sense
People who fall into these categories. Driverious Timidicus Fearifus Driverious Failurous Inconsequentious: A driver who fears failure, but still show no ounce of consequences Motoramus Fidgetus: Tailgaterious Extremeous: The driver who often tailgates others just to annoy them Lanechangerious Annoyancus: The driver who does habitual lane changes. Insulticus Outrageous: The driver who constantly shouts and insults others on the road out loud. Competitiveness Repeativeous: The driver who must compete with others to get ahead. Neglectorous Maximus Makeuptious Shalowcus :The driver who applies makeup Calltextorous Toomuchicus: The driver who calls and texts on their phones Bladderious Frequentous: The driver that must make frequent stops to the restroom GPSillous Can'tstopicus: The driver who constantly looks at the GPS. Stupidicus Ultimus: Don'tpaymuchattentionus Neglectorous: The driver who doesn't pay attention on the road nor his car issues.
12:27 "Neglectorous Maximus" being distracted by daydreaming, map-studying, drinking coffee, shaving, or talking with people in the car - oh the days when these were the problems, before cell phones and texting!
My father is a long time truck driver. I am glad to have seen this as most to all of this help put into perspective the importance of driving and his life lessons.
One of the reasons people (especially when the film was made) stopped on freeway ramps thus causing accidents was due to the use of "yield" signs on freeway ramps. This implied that the merging driver had to give up right-of-way, even if it meant coming to a complete stop. A better form of signage was to replace "yield" signs with "merge" signs.
Not here. Old highways yes had and still have yield signs but freeways all have a merging lane. There's never any reason to stop on a freeway unless it's because one of these idiots has caused a problem.
This and Goofy’s Freeway Troubles(1965, the last two films featuring Pinto Colvig as Goofy) were re-released two years later in 1967 as cartoon specials. Also Pinto Colvig’s voice look like it started to age.
@@maddestmike5791 Which sucks, Pinto however was either 72 or 73 Years old when he recorded his dialogue, he passed away in 1967 at age 75 dying a year after Walt and Verna Felton died, Walt was younger than Pinto as Walt died at 65 years old in December 1966 a day before or after Verna died. Speaking of Walt this and Goofy’s Freeway Troubles were actually the last theatrical shorts with the classic Mickey and Friends gang (here Goofy) produced during Walt Disney’s lifetime.
Thank you for posting this! It's been a a long time. I went to school in Burbank, literally across the street from Disney Studios (where I later went on to work as an electrician). This film was used in our driver's education class. I remember it well and it was great watching it again!
I took Driver's Ed in high school in the early 70s. I remember watching this. The class included classroom instruction, as well as behind-the-wheel time after we obtained permits. Our parents or guardians had to take us for licensing after the class was completed with a passing grade.
NO it would not. #1 people dont give a shit about others, #2 people have the IQ of a tree stump #3 the DMV is paid for each license printed so the more licenses they issue the better amount of money they get back from the government. if the DMV required forced driving school every 5 years and you would be permanently banned from driving for failure, this would stop most accidents. people are so moronic now they will still drive freeway speed in snow and ice. they will ram into you doing 85 on ice.
A combination of talking loudly (Narrators in these days were still learning leftovers from the stage days when you had to address an audience without a microphone) and the photo sound recording.
The narrator is Paul Frees,an actor who's voice appears in many old Sci fi movies.He was also on screen in The Thing,War of the World's.He also did cartoon voices.This must be a representation of Florida drivers. I have been there and they drive like maniacs.
The times, as well as automotive technology, have changed. Today, Neglectorus Maximus will most likely be fiddling around with his touchscreen, either trying to open the traffic or weather app, or probably searching for a track on Apple Music. When he isn't doing either of those things, he's on his mobile phone.
Motoramus Figitus is now more dangerous a character than ever, because, if provoked, he will actually get out of his car with a loaded weapon, and the next thing you know, you'll find yourself part of the celestial choir...and all over a trivial matter.
1:49: …motorists here are bound together by certain practical rules and courtesies necessary for mutual protection, and any individual who does not or will not recognize this is a menace to everyone. Such good advice and awareness, applicable to so many other things.
Before 1965, most cars were not equipped with safety belts. Shoulder belts were still optional until around 1977, and I beleive mandatory seat belt laws started to be incorporated in the 1990s.
I guess back then they didnt have the concept of the left lane should only be used for passing. Theres a 4th character nowadays: people who prefer the left lane as a cruising lane causing erratic passing when passing on the left is orderly predictable and safer.
Motoramus Fidgetus reminds me of Mr. Wheeler, but with Pinto Colvig voicing him. And yes, I am aware of the recycled animation from Motor Mania at 13:57.
Goofy has retired in 1965 Pinto Covig best known as Goofy's voice passed the next year the same year that Disney passed but Goofy came out of retirement in 83' Mickey's Christmas Carol it's Goofy's first cartoon appearance in 18 years he plays Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley Hal Smith took over as Goofy's voice and it sounds like Pinto Covig the original Goofy's voice and now Bill Farmer has voiced Goofy more than 30 years as the Goofy legacy continues.
Splendid yet super duper good job fellows!! This and Goofy’s Freeway Troubles(1965, the last two films featuring Pinto Colvig as Goofy) were re-released two years later in 1967 as cartoon specials. Also Pinto Colvig’s voice look like it started to age.
And why don’t they teach these anymore!!????! My mom was telling me about her driving classes in school and the awesome Disney videos they played which is how I found this. But why does no one care anymore?
Even though Goofy is a DOG, somehow SJWs and "teachers" would cry that this cartoon is "racist" and it would be banned. "Schools" these days are just indoctrination camps for SJWs and people who think there are 99 genders.
Paul Frees narration is absolutely 💯 fantastic! The narrator at Great Monents with Mr Lincoln, Adventure through Inner Space and the Haunted Mansion. His iconic, signature voice is found in many iterations to include Meister Berger, Berger Meister in Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
Released in 1964 as a short subject with That Darn Cat. 16mm prints were sold to libraries and available for rental. We showed it in drivers ed class in 1969.
Now THAT'S a concept that should be explored; motorists owning a portion of the stuperhighways in their state. That way, only THEY (and vehicle fleet owners) will pay taxes on these "Hitler strips"!!
Where I live (near Portland Oregon) many on ramps have traffic lights that are only used at rush hour. They give you a lot less than two football fields to accelerate!
All of which is why an extensive and expansive RAIL-BASED PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM is so sorely needed in our cities, ESPECIALLY those in southern California!
And even 2-in-1 passenger/commuter stations in small towns such as Paducah and Murray to be operated by Amtrak in case certain executives in the greater metropolitan Louisville area wish it to be so.
I don't think I've ever seen this before, thank you! 3:12 These are the most dangerous drivers ever! My landlady housemate has always driven like that and I've known her over 25 years. She PAUSES and sometimes comes to a FULL STOP while turning in the middle of busy intersections after everyone decides it's her turn. She's also driven me up one way off ramps several times while I was telling her she's going the wrong way with incoming traffic plainly visible. She's the most dangerous person I've ever been in a car with. She totalled 5 cars in 4 years and somehow it's always the other driver's fault. I know it's because she pauses in intetsections while turning and crawls through them going straight. She can't keep a mirror and constantly hits the garbage cans or fence while parking in the driveway, runs over curbs, etc. I could complain all day about her driving. I just refuse to get in her car anymore. There's a place in Knoxville Tennessee called Malfunction Junction (actual name) where I-40 and I-75 intersect. It was really messed up and dangerous the whole time I lived there, from the late 60s until the mid 80s at least. I heard it improved sometime in the 90s but I haven't been back to check.
The sheer amount of hazards they highlight in this would almost make one think that motorways were dangerous or a bad idea to have hundreds of 1 ton death machines moving at high speeds with humans at the wheel
I always use the Smith system of driving. Just remember "All Good Kids Love Mom".. -Aim high in steering. -Get the big picture. -Keep your eyes moving. -Leave yourself an out. -Make sure they see you. This is the system I was taught when getting my CDL-B and learning to drive a school bus, and it has really improved my everyday driving. I do wish we had watched this in the classes as well, though, because we did cover a lot of the same material, and this would have been a little more fun and engaging!
This is the video I showed my cousins when they weren’t confident with highway merging. You cannot enter a highway slowly, you need to be going the speed limit of the highway to safely merge.
I went to AAA driving school in 1975 and remember them showing us this film. I was impressed that they showed it. I also saw a real horror crash up movie in class.
I was probably about 7 the first time I saw this cartoon, and though some things have changed in the last 35 years, I still use it's guidance to be safe on the road. 'Fidgitus' are my least favorite drivers. I call them 'Weavers' because their constantly changing lanes into spaces barely large enough for them without signaling. Believe it or not, I think I encountered a 'Neglectorus' the other day. I think they may have been more than half asleep at the wheel. they were weaving back and forth more than the whole width of the lane and traveling at 25 miles an hour on a curving on-ramp between a 40mph road and a 65mph highway.
this was cool thank you i am still trying to get my driver license i am 31 i do get nervous when i drive i have a permit to drive i know how to drive this has helped me a lil bit thank you i never drove high but this will help me.
Such clarity of design, really gets the points across. Disney can't do informative animation like this anymore because they have no intellect behind their product, only marketing strategies, thus an endless series of 'Disney princesses.'
The funny thing about this cartoon is that in the 60+ years since it was made, all its information is still true to life in the States! The speed limit usually 55 or 60 in a lot of places, and all the tips for interacting with Freeways still work the same nowadays! I guess now there’s Death, Taxes, and Freeways, as inevitability’s in the united states LOL
I actually learned how to drive because of these goofy cartoons on driving, I remember seeing these on the Disney Channel back in the mid to late 80s and even early 90s. Turns out this helped me be a better driver than most of the people at the DMV who they passed
Our freeways and roads are now filled with these 3 types of drivers everywhere you go. And now it's much worse thanks to cell phones, drive thru fast food, drive thru coffee shops, and faster cars.
In the UK, at speeds over 30mph, we use the 2 second rule. Or, in other words, in good conditions, you pass a point ahead of you 2 seconds after the car in front of you passed the same point. It's a bit easier than trying to judge car lengths.
Florida exclusive species that have newly evolved: Toxicus Opiodicus: Pillheads zonked out on whatever their doctor and/or plug gives them. Drives like their wife’s in labor whether it’s the freeway or a school zone. Most likely to start fights with others on the road who are as awful at driving as they are. Blares loud and terrible music. Cantankerus Antiquus: Cruises in the left lane. Leaves a dozen car lengths between the car in front of them at red lights. Takes ages to go when the light turns green and even longer to turn. Leaves the blinker on and/or turns them on for the wrong direction.
My biggest pet peeve is those that get in the far left lane and drive 10 below the speed limit as they pass signs (in Texas) that clearly state, “LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING ONLY!” And yet they aren’t passing anyone.
I've done the opposite. I've spent hours on end driving almost entirely in the left lane but at TOP speed. I guess that's not good, either, but at least I don't think it's inconveniencing anyone.
@@Marbles471 it’s not unless someone wants to pass you. That’s where being polite and noticing people in your mirrors to move over and let them pass. Even if they are speeding. I have talked to several THP, and unless they are speeding over 15mph over the speed limit. They will write you a ticket for being in the wrong lane the. They will for someone speeding. (Unless the speeder is being reckless, or excessively speeding)
7:13 "Freeway pros will cooperate by dropping back a bit, for they know that courtesy is a practical rule here." lol not in this day and age it ain't! Someone will always fill the gap.
I remember watching this back in the 1970's when I was in the RAF on a driving course on military vehicles and part of the course was how to drive on motorways. Even though this is for American drivers it is relevant here in the UK too imo. Really enjoyed watching this film again.
Paul Frees had a great voice for narration. 2020's era drivers include: Timidicus Covidicus: The person who wears a face mask while driving alone. Obsessevis Trumpiticus: The driver who has a giant, distracting flag attached to the back of their vehicle. Vapicus Ultimus: The driver who vapes and puffs out smoke like a steam engine. Loudicus Bassicus: The driver who has the music so loud that the car and everyone around him vibrates. Cellphonicus Ultimus: The driver (especially women drivers) who can't put down the phone while driving.
You're wrong about cell phones used mostly by women. I drive trucks coast to coast and upwards of 75% of ALL drivers are working their phones and/or tablets while driving- including truckers too!
@@truegreen7595 Bah! It just related truth, therefore it's NOT sexism. You have a problem with discerning fact from a hyper phobia about things in life.
I remember this cartoon of Goofy and it's on Walt Disney presents. But the show Walt Disney presents isn't on television anymore. But it's on Disney plus and TH-cam.
I watched this in Drivers Ed in 1986 at El Camino H.S. We also had to watch Red Asphalt. One of our football coaches taught the class. I still have my pink Learners Permit. 🙂
Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Austin, Galveston, San Antonio, Waco, Temple, Killeen, San Marcos, Brownsville, Midland, Round Rock, and Texarkana are all described purrfectly in this training video! Try rush hour during a Tornado, a 15 car pileup and every soccer mom, trying to get her kids to the game.
The year is 2024 - NOTHING has changed...
Freeway...the freeway never changes...
@@Nupetiet war.. war never cha- no no, wrong quote
Wrong, there are more distractions now. 📱
@@redzebrave I remember pulling over to help somebody broken down in a travel lane with no shoulder. I keep some cones in my trunk, so I put them back in a line 200ft back, like the DOT says. I'm glad I did, because a driver on his phone didn't see the one 200' back, and didn't see the one 100' back until he was about to hit it. Those hundred feet bought him an extra second to slow down and change lanes. That's one reason it's so annoying that commercial truck drivers will just dump their triangles in a sloppy heap next to their bumper and call it a day
You all do notice that Goofy NEVER wears a seatbelt😂😂😂😂
It’s hilarious how often I think about this exact cartoon when I’m driving on the highway
Me too 🤣
15:31
Followed by Mr. Wheeler
Except there are rarely more people in the car to talk with, so people watch youtube videos on their phone instead.
I did a little investigating and it turns out this cartoon was used as an official teaching video for young drivers Ed students in schools
Yes, my mom told me about this, everyone had to watch it. This video tells way more than I ever knew to get my license, I didn’t have to learn anything loll
I watched it when I was 15 taking drivers training, 20 years ago.
I watched it 37 years ago in 4th grade, and remember it vividly.
1972 driver's ed classes showed all the Disney driving films, but they only helped the 5% with half a brain- just like today!!!
Remember,crashing is bad..You lose more money ending up homeless.
At 69, I may forget a little more each day but I absolutely remember the night this aired originally. Thanks for transporting me back to the golden era of my life.
When at 69 you already forget a little more each day - go to your doctor. Can be the first signs of Alzheimer.
So this movie aired in the evening on one of the networks?
I saw this in Drivers Ed around 1979 lol. 🚘
@@Porsche996driver Sunday evening on Wonderful World of Disney. Vaguely aware of my age but would guess it aired late 50's to early 60's.
The scoreboard clock in football field segment is the old-style backwards running analog type clock. Those were obsolete by 1970.@@markcraven8386
"Courteous" is not a word I would use to describe freeway drivers.
Re. Mr. T: One thing to remember is that this cartoon came out in 1965, when freeways were a pretty new concept to a lot of people. There were still a lot of people still alive (including Disney's animators) who remembered when automobiles themselves were the leading edge of technology.
Although I am a 2003, being a new driver I found this video very useful, but more for motorways than for freeways in reality. I have often driven freeways but in Italy they are less crowded than the motorways and the case discussed here, it seems to me that it fits more with the motorways, although here the vehicles are the same less for obvious historical reasons
What's the difference between a Motorway and a freeway?
@@michaelbruvolt4221 Nothing; they're just different designations.
@@andyjay729 since I was replying to Riccardo and he's the one who implied a difference, I was hoping he could enlighten me.
By late 50's freeways , Interstates, Turnpikes, Toll Roads, Expressways all flourished. This was merely a 15 years later update of Disney's Motormania also with Goofy circa 1950.
When freeways were new, everyone drove like they do on roads. Now, everyone drives like they’re on freeways
Yeah no kidding, I've had people honk behind me when im at the speed limit, then when they pass me they go up to 70mph in a country road thats supposted to be 55 😭
@@Doc-randomplay Still, could be worse: highway speeds on urban streets.
@@dbclass4075 They do that on my street because its 3 blocks of perfectly straight road. They will barrel down it at 2-3am at 65-70 mph. you just hear a roaring engine and a blur of tire noise. they will be putting in speed ramps next year so that should stop that garbage soon.
My driver’s ed instructor in the early 2000s actually used this in our class. He popped this into a VHS player… and left the classroom to go to his car in the parking lot to take a nap. Great memories.
At least you remember it your teacher might have been on to something do you remember anything else he said I class
*drink 🥃
A 15 min nap?
@@BoofatchaI know. Not even worth it. 20 minutes is the minimum to get something decent from a nap.
@@Boofatcha It lasted even longer because we found out that he had taped the segment from the Disney Channel... so the rest of the tape had old Gummi Bears episodes on it that we just kept watching until he finally came back into the classroom. 🤣
It is sooooo refreshing to see one of these old Disney cartoons on TH-cam and the comment section is actually accessible. Friggin' hate TH-cam Kids and it's "no comments" rules...
This cartoon was aimed at adults rather than children when it came out to theatres in 1965 before the main feature. It's audiences were adult drivers rather than children. Still, in spite of that, it later was featured on an episode of NBC's "Wonderful World of Disney", and was shown in the 1980's on the Disney Channel aimed at children.
Usually the TH-cam kids thing shows up on Warner cartoons like Bugs Bunny,which is ironic,because those cartoons were made for adults,not kids.Chuck Jones even said so.They were intelligent cartoons with many jokes kids won't get.All cartoons aren't for children.
Yet again it doesn't help there is p_rn bots on YT. And YT still hasn't done anything about it. Also, people tend to swear or might try to talk to kids
There’s good reason for that . Kids watch those cartoons and kids read the comments. They just want to protect our kids. I find that refreshing.
You probably would have helped your 'no comments ' objection by completing a comment without foul language.
Problematic Drivers
-Driverius Timidicus: Intimidated driver
-Motoramus Fidgetus: Impatient driver
-Neglectarus Maximus: Inattentive driver
-Stupidicus Ultimus: Idiotic driver
Avoid them if you can, and make sure you never become one yourself!
Freeway Travel Checklist
The Car
-Fuel
-Tires
-Water
-Brakes
-Engine
-Seat Belts
The Driver
-Rest before
-Be alert
-No alcohol
-Rest stops
The Freeway
-Traffic
-Weather
-Where to get on
-Where to go
-Where to get off
Most importantly
-Plain common sense
People who fall into these categories.
Driverious Timidicus
Fearifus Driverious
Failurous Inconsequentious: A driver who fears failure, but still show no ounce of consequences
Motoramus Fidgetus:
Tailgaterious Extremeous: The driver who often tailgates others just to annoy them
Lanechangerious Annoyancus: The driver who does habitual lane changes.
Insulticus Outrageous: The driver who constantly shouts and insults others on the road out loud.
Competitiveness Repeativeous: The driver who must compete with others to get ahead.
Neglectorous Maximus
Makeuptious Shalowcus :The driver who applies makeup
Calltextorous Toomuchicus: The driver who calls and texts on their phones
Bladderious Frequentous: The driver that must make frequent stops to the restroom
GPSillous Can'tstopicus: The driver who constantly looks at the GPS.
Stupidicus Ultimus:
Don'tpaymuchattentionus Neglectorous: The driver who doesn't pay attention on the road nor his car issues.
And there’s also Angryius Destroyakus.
Goofy: Yeah, Just plain common sense.
Who you mention also falls in Motoramus Fidgetous.
Hands down one of the best explanations of good freeway driving in existence.
12:27 "Neglectorous Maximus" being distracted by daydreaming, map-studying, drinking coffee, shaving, or talking with people in the car - oh the days when these were the problems, before cell phones and texting!
Also Eating
Not to mention in-car, dashboard-mounted video screens - including 'computerised navigators'. SMH
Calm down boomers
Just goes to show that phones aren’t responsible for distracted drivers. Just that distracted drivers will do whatever to distract them.
We watched this when I was in high school. It taught me a lot about how to drive on the highway.
🤣🐒
This holds up shockingly well
Shows that the rate of technological advancement outside of telecommunications has slowed to a crawl since 1965
My father is a long time truck driver. I am glad to have seen this as most to all of this help put into perspective the importance of driving and his life lessons.
A veritable B.J. McKay almost.
A veritable B.J. McKay almost.
I don't understand why this level of informative and entertaining shorts aren't shown at the DMV when renewing licenses
cuz car accidents are profitable I guess
Should be.
Good point well taken.
And a lot more work for the surgeons who operate at the trauma centers.
Definitely.
One of the reasons people (especially when the film was made) stopped on freeway ramps thus causing accidents was due to the use of "yield" signs on freeway ramps. This implied that the merging driver had to give up right-of-way, even if it meant coming to a complete stop. A better form of signage was to replace "yield" signs with "merge" signs.
I agree, but legally speaking…. You still have to yield. If you fail to and run into the car allready on the road. Your held at fault.
Yeah, that is true, but the other problem was how short the on-ramps were. They made the unprepared driver pay for their ignorance!
@@FirstclassdrivingschoolStill have the same issue and resulting problem here in WV. Acceleration lane are rare here
Not here. Old highways yes had and still have yield signs but freeways all have a merging lane. There's never any reason to stop on a freeway unless it's because one of these idiots has caused a problem.
@@texasgrillchef8581 True, I'm still waiting on resolution from one of these failings.
People need to be watching this today. I see all three of these drivers all the time!
This and Goofy’s Freeway Troubles(1965, the last two films featuring Pinto Colvig as Goofy) were re-released two years later in 1967 as cartoon specials. Also Pinto Colvig’s voice look like it started to age.
Unfortunately Pinto and Walt were both heavy smokers, which contributed to what you hear in this cartoon.
@@maddestmike5791 Which sucks, Pinto however was either 72 or 73 Years old when he recorded his dialogue, he passed away in 1967 at age 75 dying a year after Walt and Verna Felton died, Walt was younger than Pinto as Walt died at 65 years old in December 1966 a day before or after Verna died. Speaking of Walt this and Goofy’s Freeway Troubles were actually the last theatrical shorts with the classic Mickey and Friends gang (here Goofy) produced during Walt Disney’s lifetime.
@@maddestmike5791 So was narrator Paul Frees, who died in 1986 at the age of 66. He was a heavy smoker too.
@@robertorick6383Paul apparently took his own life,probably due to depression of his illness.
Verna did quite a few good voices in Walt’s animated work.
Thank you for posting this! It's been a a long time. I went to school in Burbank, literally across the street from Disney Studios (where I later went on to work as an electrician). This film was used in our driver's education class. I remember it well and it was great watching it again!
14:44 Would’ve been a golden opportunity to put Goofy’s iconic yell.
This should be mandatory viewing to get your driver's license.
Totally agree!
Sea toshinng sea.
I took Driver's Ed in high school in the early 70s. I remember watching this. The class included classroom instruction, as well as behind-the-wheel time after we obtained permits. Our parents or guardians had to take us for licensing after the class was completed with a passing grade.
@@KM-js8fm They had us watch this when I was in Driver's Ed in 2015
Why boomer why should anyone watch some old asf video about highways... with rules that dont even apply now. We drive with our hearts These days.
Six car lengths is right. That's exactly the number of cars that are NOW suddenly jammed in front of me!
If they showed this in the dmv now in 2024, and make it mandatory, i promise you the amount of wreckages per month would drop drastically
I promise it wouldn't, because nobody would watch it and instead would be looking at their cellphones until it was over.
NO it would not. #1 people dont give a shit about others, #2 people have the IQ of a tree stump #3 the DMV is paid for each license printed so the more licenses they issue the better amount of money they get back from the government. if the DMV required forced driving school every 5 years and you would be permanently banned from driving for failure, this would stop most accidents. people are so moronic now they will still drive freeway speed in snow and ice. they will ram into you doing 85 on ice.
I wish we had narrators like this again!!
A combination of talking loudly (Narrators in these days were still learning leftovers from the stage days when you had to address an audience without a microphone) and the photo sound recording.
Narrator name was Paul Frees & he was a very prominent voice actor in the 60s .
this film was shown in drivers ED in high school's.
The narrator is Paul Frees,an actor who's voice appears in many old Sci fi movies.He was also on screen in The Thing,War of the World's.He also did cartoon voices.This must be a representation of Florida drivers. I have been there and they drive like maniacs.
I love him! He's also in a lot of the Rankin-Bass holiday specials and Jay Ward cartoons from the 60s/70s!
He has also voiced multiple Disney attractions, including The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Carribbean, and Adventure Thru Inner Space.
I think we wind up with all the nation's bad drivers 😅
RIP Pinto Colvig. Alongside Freeway Troubles, you perfectly ended your career as THE voice of Goofy with a bang in that film.
More or less.
The times, as well as automotive technology, have changed. Today, Neglectorus Maximus will most likely be fiddling around with his touchscreen, either trying to open the traffic or weather app, or probably searching for a track on Apple Music. When he isn't doing either of those things, he's on his mobile phone.
Motoramus Figitus is now more dangerous a character than ever, because, if provoked, he will actually get out of his car with a loaded weapon, and the next thing you know, you'll find yourself part of the celestial choir...and all over a trivial matter.
This was actually shown to me in my Driver's Ed class 20 years ago.
1:49: …motorists here are bound together by certain practical rules and courtesies necessary for mutual protection, and any individual who does not or will not recognize this is a menace to everyone.
Such good advice and awareness, applicable to so many other things.
Nobody's wearing a seatbelt. Those were different times indeed
Before 1965, most cars were not equipped with safety belts. Shoulder belts were still optional until around 1977, and I beleive mandatory seat belt laws started to be incorporated in the 1990s.
And a steel dashboard.😂😂
I still do not wear a seatbelt.
@@Dadeeo silly laws.👍🏝️🇨🇦
@@Dadeeodo you just let the warning chime ding?
I guess back then they didnt have the concept of the left lane should only be used for passing. Theres a 4th character nowadays: people who prefer the left lane as a cruising lane causing erratic passing when passing on the left is orderly predictable and safer.
All the cars are driving on the middle or right lane only in the video
That isn't true though
Lanicus Campus Irritous!!
Found it a great omission, especially given Figetus encounters him at least once.
This should be required watching.
I had to watch it just this year in Driver's ed.
Motoramus Fidgetus reminds me of Mr. Wheeler, but with Pinto Colvig voicing him. And yes, I am aware of the recycled animation from Motor Mania at 13:57.
This video should be mandatory for all drivers in Pennsylvania
And the rest of the world.
@@Jasper_4444 Not if that "rest of the world" is smart enough to build and utilize high speed rail (and other forms of rail as well)....
Goofy has retired in 1965 Pinto Covig best known as Goofy's voice passed the next year the same year that Disney passed but Goofy came out of retirement in 83' Mickey's Christmas Carol it's Goofy's first cartoon appearance in 18 years he plays Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley Hal Smith took over as Goofy's voice and it sounds like Pinto Covig the original Goofy's voice and now Bill Farmer has voiced Goofy more than 30 years as the Goofy legacy continues.
Splendid yet super duper good job fellows!! This and Goofy’s Freeway Troubles(1965, the last two films featuring Pinto Colvig as Goofy) were re-released two years later in 1967 as cartoon specials. Also Pinto Colvig’s voice look like it started to age.
A fantastic driver ed tool!
I love these old Disney cartoons. You can't beat them.
And why don’t they teach these anymore!!????! My mom was telling me about her driving classes in school and the awesome Disney videos they played which is how I found this. But why does no one care anymore?
Even though Goofy is a DOG, somehow SJWs and "teachers" would cry that this cartoon is "racist" and it would be banned. "Schools" these days are just indoctrination camps for SJWs and people who think there are 99 genders.
The narrator in this cartoon is Paul Frees.
Your Ghost Host!
He later become a voice actor for Walter Lantz/Universal Pictures.
His work with Rankin-Bass was top notch.
@@LindaCooper-i3f And Walter Lantz.
2024 and this is still true to identify drivers today. I'm not sure when this was made, but the only thing missing is a phone now!
1965
@@Jasper_4444 Thanks!
Paul Frees narration is absolutely 💯 fantastic! The narrator at Great Monents with Mr Lincoln, Adventure through Inner Space and the Haunted Mansion. His iconic, signature voice is found in many iterations to include Meister Berger, Berger Meister in Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
Yes, indeed-not to mention Boris Badenov in Rocky & Bullwinkle, Fenwick in Dudley Do-Right and more. Superstar.
He was/still is amazing.
And don't forget his voices at Walter Lantz!
Released in 1964 as a short subject with That Darn Cat. 16mm prints were sold to libraries and available for rental. We showed it in drivers ed class in 1969.
6:22 Mr. F: Gone dang people who can't own a freeway. (Impatiently) Come on, come on, get going.
Now THAT'S a concept that should be explored; motorists owning a portion of the stuperhighways in their state. That way, only THEY (and vehicle fleet owners) will pay taxes on these "Hitler strips"!!
Why did we ever stop showing this film?
@agoogleaccount-
Because, too many Snowflakes.
Don't want to offend the protected class.
@@richardchambers3533THERE. ARE. NO. SNOWFLAKES, I know people who watched this during drivers ed, I watched another similar short during drivers ed
This is greatly helpful to me, I’m studying for my license.
For how old this teaching video is, it is incredibly informative and very helpful.
3:18 This would actually work on the Arroyo Seco Parkway in Los Angeles.
There are stop signs at the end of the on ramps. A very outdated design.
Where I live (near Portland Oregon) many on ramps have traffic lights that are only used at rush hour. They give you a lot less than two football fields to accelerate!
@@Sashazur Those are known as "ramp meters" that supposedly regulate the frequency of entry onto the stuperhighway.
@@Sashazur If the meters are on, traffic is nowhere near the speed limit.
They really wanted to get their money's worth out of those pile up sequences didn't they?
I bet they had a blast.
Somethings never change.
15:09 But more importantly:
From time to time, you are bound to BE all of these types of drivers.
All of which is why an extensive and expansive RAIL-BASED PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM is so sorely needed in our cities, ESPECIALLY those in southern California!
Depends on the circumstances of the dilemma in question.
More or less.
And even 2-in-1 passenger/commuter stations in small towns such as Paducah and Murray to be operated by Amtrak in case certain executives in the greater metropolitan Louisville area wish it to be so.
I don't think I've ever seen this before, thank you!
3:12 These are the most dangerous drivers ever! My landlady housemate has always driven like that and I've known her over 25 years. She PAUSES and sometimes comes to a FULL STOP while turning in the middle of busy intersections after everyone decides it's her turn. She's also driven me up one way off ramps several times while I was telling her she's going the wrong way with incoming traffic plainly visible. She's the most dangerous person I've ever been in a car with. She totalled 5 cars in 4 years and somehow it's always the other driver's fault. I know it's because she pauses in intetsections while turning and crawls through them going straight. She can't keep a mirror and constantly hits the garbage cans or fence while parking in the driveway, runs over curbs, etc. I could complain all day about her driving. I just refuse to get in her car anymore.
There's a place in Knoxville Tennessee called Malfunction Junction (actual name) where I-40 and I-75 intersect. It was really messed up and dangerous the whole time I lived there, from the late 60s until the mid 80s at least. I heard it improved sometime in the 90s but I haven't been back to check.
The sheer amount of hazards they highlight in this would almost make one think that motorways were dangerous or a bad idea to have hundreds of 1 ton death machines moving at high speeds with humans at the wheel
Motorways are a bad idea even if no vehicles rolled on them, simply because of the great amount of wasted real estate needed for their rights-of-way.
@@CraigFThompson And in places like the US they were used as an excuse to bulldoze large neighbourhoods that usually were home to minorities
As opposed to...what? Hamsters at the wheel?
@@theusher2893 My point of mentioning humans at the wheel is that humans are susceptible to distractions and human error
The Nazis invented it.
The technology changes, the human stupidity doesn’t.
I remember that they showed this when I was taking Driver's Ed. back in 1981. Hilarious! Thanks for the memory!
I always use the Smith system of driving. Just remember "All Good Kids Love Mom"..
-Aim high in steering.
-Get the big picture.
-Keep your eyes moving.
-Leave yourself an out.
-Make sure they see you.
This is the system I was taught when getting my CDL-B and learning to drive a school bus, and it has really improved my everyday driving.
I do wish we had watched this in the classes as well, though, because we did cover a lot of the same material, and this would have been a little more fun and engaging!
The terms used in this this and in freeway troubles are the mock latin terms that were used in the roadrunner cartoons
A friend of mine once termed them 'dinosaurious'.
*Latin, with a CAPITAL "L"....
This is the video I showed my cousins when they weren’t confident with highway merging. You cannot enter a highway slowly, you need to be going the speed limit of the highway to safely merge.
I went to AAA driving school in 1975 and remember them showing us this film. I was impressed that they showed it. I also saw a real horror crash up movie in class.
Great to hear Paul Frees narrating!
8:11 what a transition
Surprisingly informative
Those poor beautiful cars.. they suffered the most.
@@lawnmowermanTX all because no one cares to put on a safety belt
I was probably about 7 the first time I saw this cartoon, and though some things have changed in the last 35 years, I still use it's guidance to be safe on the road.
'Fidgitus' are my least favorite drivers. I call them 'Weavers' because their constantly changing lanes into spaces barely large enough for them without signaling.
Believe it or not, I think I encountered a 'Neglectorus' the other day. I think they may have been more than half asleep at the wheel. they were weaving back and forth more than the whole width of the lane and traveling at 25 miles an hour on a curving on-ramp between a 40mph road and a 65mph highway.
One of my Jams to watch in the 80s on Disney channel this and him working out
Depending on my mood, I'm either the care-free driver or the angry driver.
this was cool thank you i am still trying to get my driver license i am 31 i do get nervous when i drive i have a permit to drive i know how to drive this has helped me a lil bit thank you i never drove high but this will help me.
Hang in there. You'll make it!
I used to see these bits on the wonderful world of disney. It was on CBC Sunday nights at 6:00 p.m. on channel 2 in Victoria BC.
6:18 non canon goofy with paw rugg's voice sends me
Such clarity of design, really gets the points across. Disney can't do informative animation like this anymore because they have no intellect behind their product, only marketing strategies, thus an endless series of 'Disney princesses.'
These are my favorite Disney cartoons to watch. Especially the ones with Goofy.
The funny thing about this cartoon is that in the 60+ years since it was made, all its information is still true to life in the States!
The speed limit usually 55 or 60 in a lot of places, and all the tips for interacting with Freeways still work the same nowadays!
I guess now there’s Death, Taxes, and Freeways, as inevitability’s in the united states LOL
I actually learned how to drive because of these goofy cartoons on driving, I remember seeing these on the Disney Channel back in the mid to late 80s and even early 90s. Turns out this helped me be a better driver than most of the people at the DMV who they passed
Our freeways and roads are now filled with these 3 types of drivers everywhere you go. And now it's much worse thanks to cell phones, drive thru fast food, drive thru coffee shops, and faster cars.
They should show this in driver's ed or dmv. I'm not sure why I got this recommended to me, though. I've been driving for three years now. Lol.
This is one of my favorite cartoons ever!
5:14 Mr. T: (gulps nervously)
Look at how few car there on those roads!
Awesome! Thanks for posting this for us to enjoy my friend, Semper Fidelis.
See a lot of drivers like Neglectorus Maximus on the freeways with cell phones becoming widely possessed and used in recent years.
In the UK, at speeds over 30mph, we use the 2 second rule. Or, in other words, in good conditions, you pass a point ahead of you 2 seconds after the car in front of you passed the same point. It's a bit easier than trying to judge car lengths.
Florida exclusive species that have newly evolved:
Toxicus Opiodicus: Pillheads zonked out on whatever their doctor and/or plug gives them. Drives like their wife’s in labor whether it’s the freeway or a school zone. Most likely to start fights with others on the road who are as awful at driving as they are. Blares loud and terrible music.
Cantankerus Antiquus: Cruises in the left lane. Leaves a dozen car lengths between the car in front of them at red lights. Takes ages to go when the light turns green and even longer to turn. Leaves the blinker on and/or turns them on for the wrong direction.
My biggest pet peeve is those that get in the far left lane and drive 10 below the speed limit as they pass signs (in Texas) that clearly state, “LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING ONLY!” And yet they aren’t passing anyone.
Lanicus Campus Iritous!!
I've done the opposite. I've spent hours on end driving almost entirely in the left lane but at TOP speed. I guess that's not good, either, but at least I don't think it's inconveniencing anyone.
@@Marbles471 it’s not unless someone wants to pass you. That’s where being polite and noticing people in your mirrors to move over and let them pass. Even if they are speeding. I have talked to several THP, and unless they are speeding over 15mph over the speed limit. They will write you a ticket for being in the wrong lane the. They will for someone speeding. (Unless the speeder is being reckless, or excessively speeding)
@@Marbles471 in Texas sometimes, especially in west Texas. It’s very possible to be in the left lane and not even see a soul for miles on end!
Every person in the state of Texas needs this video memorized to get their license back I stg
The lesson I get is don't let Goof's drive on the road.
I imagine Goofy saying he'll do it again after each accident he causes.
7:13 "Freeway pros will cooperate by dropping back a bit, for they know that courtesy is a practical rule here." lol not in this day and age it ain't! Someone will always fill the gap.
I loved these cartoons
Omg...I've been looking so long for this cartoon!!!😊
Seeing all that traffic in different ways looks like a colony of ants.
I remember watching this back in the 1970's when I was in the RAF on a driving course on military vehicles and part of the course was how to drive on motorways. Even though this is for American drivers it is relevant here in the UK too imo. Really enjoyed watching this film again.
Paul Frees had a great voice for narration.
2020's era drivers include:
Timidicus Covidicus: The person who wears a face mask while driving alone.
Obsessevis Trumpiticus: The driver who has a giant, distracting flag attached to the back of their vehicle.
Vapicus Ultimus: The driver who vapes and puffs out smoke like a steam engine.
Loudicus Bassicus: The driver who has the music so loud that the car and everyone around him vibrates.
Cellphonicus Ultimus: The driver (especially women drivers) who can't put down the phone while driving.
You're wrong about cell phones used mostly by women. I drive trucks coast to coast and upwards of 75% of ALL drivers are working their phones and/or tablets while driving- including truckers too!
Yeah this was very slightly funny until you took a hard right into sexism
@@truegreen7595 Bah!
It just related truth, therefore it's NOT sexism. You have a problem with discerning fact from a hyper phobia about things in life.
@@THE-HammerMan it's not even truth though, I've seen just as many men on their phones while driving as women
@@jonathanlee2099 You're not thinking! Back THEN it was women doing cosmetics, talking with both hands, etc.
I remember this cartoon of Goofy and it's on Walt Disney presents. But the show Walt Disney presents isn't on television anymore. But it's on Disney plus and TH-cam.
What an amazing educational video. This should be seen in schools and dmv classes.
1965. There was also Goofy's Freeway Troubles, both for 18 year olds.
I watched this in Drivers Ed in 1986 at El Camino H.S. We also had to watch Red Asphalt. One of our football coaches taught the class. I still have my pink Learners Permit. 🙂
Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Austin, Galveston, San Antonio, Waco, Temple, Killeen, San Marcos, Brownsville, Midland, Round Rock, and Texarkana are all described purrfectly in this training video! Try rush hour during a Tornado, a 15 car pileup and every soccer mom, trying to get her kids to the game.
This was a lovely bit of media. I'm glad I watched it. xD
Dang this is entertaning and informative
Have you been down 77 in north west Florida lately people are moving here and drive like that every day