Clip from "Highways of Agony" 1969 Highway Safety Foundation/ Name that Siren

[sabreyow]

lovely..my 1969 ford fairlane is my daily driver

[XxBakerxX72]

So glad cars have been made safer! Sure these things can still happen but they are less likely to be as significant.

Still, it shows what retarded driving can do.

[indyfan22k]

it was very easy to get badly hurt or die in the cars of that ERA !

[SydbarF]

thanks for posting this ...i saw all these back in high school...made me not want to drive

[XbloodycorpseX]

i laughed so hard i peed my pants.... but red asphalt 3 is wayyyyy funnier teh commentary for that shit is fucking hilarous......................­. 1:35 he wants to get off lmfao plz post more i enjoy these videos

[brony200]

@XbloodycorpseX what the fuck is your problem you sick fuck i hope this happens to you and you die

[Soopahkoopah101]

I think I'll just take the bus...

[parkman35]

There wasn't much you could do back in those days but load and run....fast!

[TheEmperorofthevoid]

Here's what I never understood: that lady is apparently choking on her blood, nobody bothering to help, and mister cameraman just wants to film instead of assist. Ridiculous.

[Verbeke7]

Here's an appealing fellow. In fact, they're appealing him off the sidewalk.

[835839]

The title Name That Siren, the first 3 electronic sirens out in the early and mid '60's were made by GE, Motorola and of course Federal Sign and Signal.

[demonfrog1776]

i love to drink and drive!!! it's fucking awsome

[heavymetalguy21]

lol. my drivers ed class watched this in school.

[electrogeek77]

They played this in my Driver's Ed class...in 2002. I don't know if it was for education or kitsch.

[heavymetalguy21]

@electrogeek77 hahaha! i just watched it this year!

[SpecialFX99]

Ambulances looked so much cooler back then!

[RJBFIRECHIEF1]

@SpecialFX99 Drove them Old Cadillacs, Oldmobiles and Ponticas. Ford made cheaper versions.

They had 460-472-500 cu inch engines. They were fast and rode smooth. Just back in the 40's and 50's they had no or little EMS Training, and the Tow Truck Drivers did alot of the extrication, simply because they had the tools and got there before the FD.

[crazyinsane500]

This is your brain, this is your brain on the street. Any questions? No? THEN STOP DRINKING AND DRIVING!

Brought to you by the person who made Viagra child friendly.

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

Yeah these were the days... The days before 3 point seat belts, crumple zones, rollover crash tests, pole crash tests, frontal offset and whole width tests and before traction control, stabilty control and front/side + knee airbags were all standard. Nowadays you will be able to walk away from 40-50 mph head on crashes in just about every car since crash tests began in the mid 90s...

[TheEggdude16]

this is why im building a rollcage for my Miata so if something like this were to happen, the pasenger and I would be find

[derryk1]

I remember this one from High School drivers ed back in 82. This was some jacked up way to move and care for injured people.... just plain wrong.

[AnimaliaHolocaust]

Gosh, I went through Basic Emergency Care class two years ago and it's really irking to watch the lack of neck stability! D:

Oh, and not to mention how gruesome it is. Not sure what type of siren it is- I'm trying to get into cars a bit though- looking to buy my first one sometime in coming months. :) Maybe I'll work my way up to restoring someday! Any tips for a Newcomer?

Oh, and I think Signal 30's in public domain now- Mechanized Death will be in 2011, right? Hope I can download it then!

[02chevyguy]

@AnimaliaHolocaust Mechanized Death was one scary movie...especially the end where that guy was screaming!

[D21403]

That's a signal 30 car new cars have more safety features in them. look how rough they treat the patient on that streacher.

[steff2001]

They moved the guy with the back pain wrong. Early movies but they could have paralyzed him.

[JillC2]

@steff2001 The people who filmed it said the same thing in the doc. "Hell's Highway" made about these movies. One of the police advisors said that they probably caused quite a bit of damage to the people they were trying to help.

[RJBFIRECHIEF1]

@steff2001 It was speed and comfort, not treatment and care.

[idigghx]

Yeah, people can't act that well. It's real. Given the establishment of EMS, in 1966, and this taking place in 1969.. Major fail on patient care.

[wkat950]

@idigghx it took a little time. there were tons of stories and articles on improving emergency care back in the Sixties but they didn't affect undertakers (who ran many ambulances) until the early Seventies. That's when states had to fix their ambulance services or lose Federal funds. Thankfully a few cities took advantage of innovations and research into patient care early on. The EMT curriculum premiered in 1971.

[idigghx]

@wkat950 Aware. I'm a historian, I have all the texts, all the reports, and most of the big name equipment for ambulances from the 40's through the 70's. Just don't have any ambulances. I could probably have this scene reenacted with properly dressed folks.

[wkat950]

@idigghx Good man! Just put in a good word for Deke Farrington :). BTW get hold of an old ambulance and fix it up. It'll become a part of your life in a big way, like restoring any old vehicle. Some podunk towns have old '73-77 modulars around rusting away in back lots. Or if nothing else write a book . This history will help younger EMS people become more motivated.

[idigghx]

@wkat950 I'm a member of the ProCar Society.. I'm okay with just looking at their cars.

[CraniumDrainum]

This is true! I remember seeing this back in 1985 in my HS Drivers' Ed class. This was tame compared other flicks, I've seen worse. All of them were made in Ohio in the 60's.

[wkat950]

This isn't fake. The producers at the Highway Safety Foundation may have dubbed in sounds for some of the film when it was produced in 1968-9. But they had crews who would precede the slow ambulance response and shoot footage of the dead and injured. There is a video about the production of these driver safety films.

[GabriKnight]

Fake!

[haitipi]

@GabriKnight

Sorry, but I saw this one in High School in the 1970s. These films were made in abundance years before Tom Savini, Rick Baker, or Greg Nicotero had yet to master their skills as the kings of gore. Well, Tom Savini was actually in Viet Nam filming similar sights as a battle photog.

[560287144602817]

that ambulance would be sweet in black

[rockpocket1]

OMG Y DO THAY SHO DIS >?

[restodan]

Where's the rest of it?

[fsjonsey]

Makes me not want to drive my Corvair as much...

[pascaljh]

Siren sounds like a Federal Director or Interceptor.