Signal 30 - Full Version / Educational Driving Safety Film

[usmctanks1]

I think at this time speed limits were extraordinary

VT 75

Maine 80+

NY 65-75

Western states had many roads with NO speed limit

and all before seatbelts etc. + DWI laws were a joke at best

[udik74]

Man...that pipe hauler wreck....that waz fuckn bad.

[WhtetstoneFlunky]

This is a tough film to watch. Such tragedy. Right at the beginning there's a green '55 Chevy that's totalled (same wrecked car also appears at the 14:44 mark). And at the 17:40 mark there's a '59 Chevy completely ruined. Truly a sad thing. At the 23:30 mark there was a car so badly wrecked I couldn't identify the make or model. But the car was almost certainly a future classic. I had no choice but to avert my eyes away from the painful sight.

[thabithskit]

20:05 man that guy really ate it, right? Fuck.

[45vinyljunkie]

@thabithskit Yeah, so did the kid at 14:42. Damn!

[tylerthecracker1]

thanks for uploading!! im 15 and i jut got my permit and these videos scared the shit out of me,. makes me not want to drive

[rosaryfilms]

@tylerthecracker1 - thank you for watching!

[andrewhagle]

Thanks for uploading a good quality copy of Signal 30

[rosaryfilms]

@andrewhagle - you are welcome!

[jamielynnfox]

Thank you for posting this video.

[rosaryfilms]

@jamielynnfox - you are welcome!

[dallesimmortal]

Toward the end of the video:

Officer: "How has the death of your husband impacted your life?"

Wife: "Well, it means I have to get a job here shortly."

[MYPENISISBIGERTHNUR1]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[theRoseofmyheart]

This was all the more ghastly because we did not have access to these type of images the way we do now on the internet, etc. It was rare to see actual pictures like this.

[theRoseofmyheart]

I was actually shown this film in high school in the late 1970's! Everyone was all a buzz about it. It was required to take "drivers ED"

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[ParaTroopa506]

Rad asphalt is better.

[staplerjm]

these were the times before seatbelts were compulsory right?

[hep2jive]

=SLOW DOWN=

[kuumakolli]

hyvä marko.. pääsit jatkoo keksijätehtaassa!

[OleVanDole]

My dad showed this to me when i was 16 after he saw i had some aggression in my driving.

Corrected me and now at the age of 19 i drive responsibly.

[rosaryfilms]

@OleVanDole - thank you for your comments!

[JillC2]

These films still serve a purpose (or at least their modern counterparts do). People don't take the risk seriously until they see the consequences.

Check out either Options to Live or Drive and Survive for a more "modern" look at this type of fim (early 80s).

[HEMAS13]

a funeral trip turned into a funeral ?

ambulance for another ambulence parmedics?

cop giving another cop a ticket?

[picassoui]

As for the lessons it teaches this film is invaluable ..I do have two objections however ,, A. The parents of the teen or teens were not given the option of giving permission for their childs body to be filmed ,,B. Perhaps i am the only one who notices this but the the trooper at the start of the film crosses the center line and even drives on the wrong side of the road ..once over a hill where there is no visibility .. You would think that they would no better ....

[whattheheck1000]

@picassoui Remember those four digits: 1959.

[deweyandrewcothran]

@whattheheck1000 Picassoui was my former account .. My response is :.. Why does the fact that it was filmed in 1959 have anything to do with seeking parental permission to show the bodies of ones children?..Or the fact that the Ohio Troopers obviously didn't follow traffic laws .. On the latter note it would seem to me that it isn't a very good example to make a traffic safety film that shows participants violating simple imperative traffic laws ,,1959 or 2009 this isn't neuro science.

[whattheheck1000]

@deweyandrewcothran Society was far different in 1959 than today.

[whattheheck1000]

@deweyandrewcothran And I'm sorry, parental permission simply wasn't a thought in 1959.

[deweyandrewcothran]

@whattheheck1000 What qualifies you to make such an assertion ? How would you know ?

[whattheheck1000]

@deweyandrewcothran These were "shock" safety films, popular in the 1950s and 1960s, that went quite far to get a point across to drive safe. I know the police weren't driving like they should have, that's a flaw that should have been apparent in 1959. But the construct of parental permission in situations like the one in the movie is likely a more recent construct.

March 1, 2011 3:48 pm

[deweyandrewcothran]

@whattheheck1000 .. I understand the motive behind the film and after reflection i think you are right ..Parental permission .would not been a consideration . 

[7600692]

my uncle got decapitated in an accident because his car was pushed into traffic by a speeding van

[audiotrax2000]

When I was in high school, they brought a neighborhood cop in to our drivers ed class to show us this film. It definitely made an impression on me, and I still think about it (even though I'm a very safe driver). I think it scared me "safe" and hope it did for a lot of other kids too, who are young and thinking of testing their boundaries with a gas pedal and booze. I think they should film the executions of murderers and show it to violent first time offenders. Maybe it'll help there too.

[fordroad]

My 16 year old daughter down here in Australia has been driving for 5 months and clocked some 110hours behind the wheel. This AM ( 31/10/2010 ) she watched the full version and yes did she TAKE notice " what can happen" . This film must be somewhere near 50 years old. However it is as accurate today as in 1960. Cars are safer but poeple are still getting killed on a daily basis. Yes sir well worth the posting 5/5 . Many lives must have been saved in those 50 years .

[rosaryfilms]

@fordroad - thank you very much for your comments!

[whattheheck1000]

@fordroad 51 - came out in 1959

[barnfresh60]

1950s great era for cars, nice clip. bad crashes in great big solid cars means speeding kills back then as it does now,hope the kids view this at school and learn something, given todays cars , it would not hurt to have them all watch this and then answer the basic question,speed on our roads and what good is it,Love the 1950s cars here such a waste of fine automobiles!!!!!!!!!!!

[DoomiteAsh]

16:22 - 17:51. Heartbreaking. More new drivers need to see these old films!

[Skytroop]

There is no telling how many lives these films have saved over the years. Thanks for posting this.

[rosaryfilms]

@Skytroop - you are very welcome!

[timon924]

These old films are a testimony to the horridly unsafe pieces of crap the old cars were. As a former officer, I saw roll over accidents where the occupants walked away. This, however, is no excuse for the poor diving habits of a lot of people. Its only mildly comforting that engineering is saving us from our own stupidity.

[Manongjojo]

I remember seeing this video in my school days.

[regency98us]

This is an eye opener no matter how old the film is. I lost my uncle when he was only 17 in 1968, while I was only 1. He was to graduate the next year. He lost control on a country road, and hit a tree with a 65 Volkswagen and the non collapsable steering column is what did him in, besides the fact the car had no front protection or engine. To this day I wonder how it would have been to know him. I was too young to remember h im holding me on his lap, from what my mom used to say.

[majorfifth]

I saw this film in our driving ed class in high school in the 80's. I remember my classmates sniggering at the beginning, but no-one was laughing at the end; in fact a couple were quietly sobbing. The images are absolutely brutal, as is the narrative, but I believe that countless lives have been saved in part because of this horrible film.

[Pookatube]

Riff Trax version of Signal 30

22:29 I'll Have What she's having....

[zaidrim]

I grew up riding in these vehicles. We did not think much of safety. Child safety seats, or seat belts. Our first almost new car was a one year old 1965 Rambler wagon. We would just hop in and push the seatbelts under the seats. We got hit at the right rear quarter one night in that car. Had my dad not stopped inches from a phone pole, I might not have been here today. Not wearing a seatbelt. Today I wear shoulder belts at all times. Still inspite of safer cars, people die in wrecks.

[BlindFocus1]

I make 17 today, August 6, 2010. A little more than a year ago, I was in Driver's Ed. with a bunch of other kids my age, & they STILL show these films. Whether or not the kids took them seriously is not my concern, but I did. In my lifetime, I've lost 2 CLOSE loved ones to auto accidents, so I kind of get the msg that cars aren't play toys. For the kids from school who race down the highways, I only wonder when they will realize this. I, too, am a better driver because of these films. Thanks :)

[rosaryfilms]

@BlindFocus1 - thank you very much for your excellent comments -- they will help others! regards...

[Pookatube]

Hey...Check out the RiffTrax version of Signal 30...you will get a few laughs from RiffTrax!!

[RayWilliamJohansen]

how do these people sleep at night 

[Pookatube]

The Woman whose cries you hear was the inspiration for J.G. Ballard to write "Crash".

[trafficligh]

These kind of films make you think twice about speeding around a curve, or cruising through a stop sign. For those who don't wear seat belts, these scenes could be the end result in more recent model cars, today.

[IfByWhiskey]

I saw this film in the mid 70s in high school driver ed. I do remember it was not a film that a class full of teenagers took serious. Perhaps that is why they do not show these types of films anymore (although I do appreciate the intention of making them). A field trip to a hospital emergency room would have been just as effective, if not more so, IMO.

[Sunnybunny2006]

I really believe i am a better driver because of these films.

[rosaryfilms]

@Sunnybunny2006 - thank you for your comments!

[ThoughtTraveler]

As bad as some of these "Signal 30" drivers are...they are not HALF as bad as some of you stupid PINHEADS that Text and gab on your Cellphones while driving.

[pfrueh63]

cars in the 50s were far less safe then cars of today. mainly in that seatbelts werent implemented. this is essentially a "wear your seetbelt" movie.

[flashjackpeppy]

My school showed us this video in the "70"s and it has been with me eversince....every one should see it !!!

[082550]

A must see for every high school drivers ed. I saw this the first time some 40 years ago. My daughter will be viewong it in a little over a year before she gets her learners. For those of you that don't think children should see this film would you rather them build memorials all over the roads for their dead friends. This film doesn't display the real violence inflicted on the human body during a car accident but it can be sobering to our children none the less. Thanks Rosaryfilms.

[rosaryfilms]

082550, thank you very much for your comments!

[MargeraSk8r08]

@082550 the drivers ed i just completed (im 16) doesnt show this video, it shows a different one thats newer and titled signal 30 as this one, in my opinion its even more gruesome... really teaches you something...

[JillC2]

@MargeraSk8r08 That must be Signal 30: Tragedy and Hope. It was made about five or so years ago. Did it have warnings and disclaimers?

[MargeraSk8r08]

@JillC2 i dont remember but im pretty sure

[rosaryfilms]

@082550 - thank you for your comments!

[KiddVid]

Movies like this made most of us better drivers. They should still show them. Anyone who isn't mature enough to view this isn't mature enough to drive.

[methenium]

Exactly.