Anatomy Of An Accident

Anatomy of an Accident

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[peeweecee]

I'm old and remember these days well. Yes the cars were not as safe as today, but, the roads were a million times safer! People didn't tailgate then like they do now, the overall speed of cars on a highway was much slower, you didn't have people texting and talking on cell phones, etc. That being said, I wouldn't trade my new car with airbags, shoulder belts and dual circuit brakes for my old Plymouth Valiant that ran longer than forever! Oh yeah, gas was much much cheaper back then too.

[peeweecee]

@njot33 - Thanks, that woman looks so familiar but I can't place her. She almost looks like a young Angela Lansbury.

[moviewatcher1024]

Did they used to show this at high school driver's Ed classes

[manualLaborer]

i miss the days when you could smoke while you fill your running car with gas, didn't have to wear seat belts (they were useless lap-belts anyway), and huge ugly cars with the crumple zones of tin foil. god it must have sucked to live back then. what a cruel god.

[Kimberlyexpects]

I don't know who she is, yet. But the man is David Wayne, who ended up as the "Mad Hatter" in the original Batman series.

[njot33]

Even though we already had a lot of safety equipment in cars from 1966 to the mid 80s, people still did not usually wear seat belts, until the mid 80s when most states enacted laws saying you had to wear them. This video was made in 1961. Your only option then was to be as careful as you could be. Even now, you would not want to be in a head on collision with a truck and not be wearing a seat belt. Car accident deaths were much more common then.

[njot33]

@nzoomed Seatbelts were not standard equipment in cars until 1966. Prior to 1966, you could order front lap belts as an option probably starting around the late 50s. Still, most people didn't. The late 60s was a period where the majority of now standard safety equipment went into the cars. Things like dual reservoir master cylinders (so you couldn't totally lose the brakes) and collapsible steering columns (so the steering wheel wouldn't hit you in the face if you were hit head-on).

[njot33]

@kkenbb I have to wonder what is wrong with you. Sure, it's a little corny, but if I heard a woman crying like that because her son died, I certainly wouldn't be laughing - whether it was acting, or not.

[njot33]

@nzoomed Nope, that isn't Alice.

[njot33]

@peeweecee No, that is NOT Ann B Davis, who played Alice on the Brady Bunch. She looks similar though.