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!!
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..
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
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.
oh wow it's Willy B from hi way patrol KOOOOOL he was an awesome actor bless his soul, what a great "film" about safety on the road... i personally do not even have a learners permit and live within "comfortable" walking distance of my grocery store or restaurants or the weed store or (not being a drinker) alcohol stores if i really needed, but i have a lot of friends and family who do 😵
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.
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.
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"
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
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
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.
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."
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.
When it comes to the actual receipt of a driving licence in the mail after the passing of a practical driving test, the passing of such a test, if taken in Ontario, Canada, means going up to a counter at the relevant testing centre to receive documentation of the upgrade in class to make the driver legal to drive at that new level. The above video hopefully is shown in primary and secondary schools around the world because railway safety is everyone's business. I would've liked to, in response to the March 2021 video "Safety on the Railway - secondary school film" produced by England-based railway company Network Rail, mention the 1959 Union Pacific PSA because of how similar those videos are: a discussion on the importance of safety around railways.
@@LindaBouffard-y3s It's too bad that Network Rail chose to, rather than simply monitor comments (as I do for videos that I put up on my RU-vid channel), shut commenting off.
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.
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...
No question, the climactic crash between the car and train is ridiculously far fetched. The driver is so busy waving at the car behind him that there is no way in hell his car would have stayed on the road. It would have gone off the road before he reached the train crossing. Ignoring that, however, this is a really well done film about road safety and, in particular, railway crossing safety. I really like the commentary of the state trooper, especially at the end where he tells drivers not to complain about being stopped for a traffic violation. I also like the comments made by the train crew, who question why the driver didn't even look at the oncoming train. Not graphic, like "Signal 30", but hard hitting just the same.
