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Highway Safety Films, Inc.Signal 30 (Part II) (1959)

Legendary "shock" driving safety film featuring numerous scenes of mutilated cars and injured/dead people and a voiceover lacking in compassion. Produced in cooperation with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and shown to millions of young drivers for over 40 years. CONTENT ADVISORY: Many disturbing scenes of violent deaths and accident scenes; cries of crash victims on soundtrack.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Highway Safety Films, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sd, C
Keywords: Safety: Automotive; Ohio; Police

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: cordcrazy - - March 19, 2008
Subject: "Signal 30":40 years later
We were made to watch this in the Memphis public schools driver's ed program. I would have seen it in 1969. It was definitely horrific, although not quite as shocking today as it was when seeing it for the first time. But then again, today I viewed it as a small image on a computer screen; I/m sure that seeing a 16mm film version in a darkened room filled with 16 year-olds was more convincing. I suspect quite a few remember this film.

Reviewer: pataphysician - - February 18, 2008
Subject: memories
I remember being forced to watch this film in High School-no wonder baby boomers rebelled!

Reviewer: doowopbob - - October 9, 2007
Subject: Signal 30 (Part II)
If You Download The MPEG I On Signal 30 Pt. II Site (362MB) You'll Get Part II......It Runs 14.04

Reviewer: BondoFox - - September 16, 2007
Subject: "Signal 30", Part II, Not
This isn't Part 2. It's Part 1 all over again.

Reviewer: nathan_mcginty - - August 14, 2006
Subject: Excellent
Best. Movie. Ever.

Hey - where's the mpeg2 for part2. It's not here. I'm sad.

Reviewer: Bill T. - - June 4, 2005
Subject: Think of the Cows people!!
Well, finally got around to this one, and yes, this is as bad as they say as far as the gore footage is concerned. I just love the narrator too who you can almost detect a secret glee in being the narrator throughout this mad tale. Although it's almost nothing but grim car crash footage, I juse LOVE the beginning with the police officer taking the phone call and his delirious bad acting "2 people are dead you say?" lol. Not a bad film for what it is.

Reviewer: LaserPotato - - August 19, 2004
Subject: Driver's Eccchhh!!!
Yup, this is the one everyone was forced to watch in Driver's Ed. Instead we had to watch a bunch of weird videos from the 80s that freaked me out to no end. One of them starred KRAMER FROM SEINFEILD, and it was about car insurance.Geeeeeeez, no wonder I still don't drive.

Reviewer: pRinSe© - - November 1, 2002
Subject: Take a look...
Had heard so much about this film or films for the DMV like this one.. Though it's an old film it still does justice to the message. Not that I'd say they should still run it, but still worth seeing to understand what it was they were trying to say with it. Unfortunately with it's graphic violent images of death by negligence, it still didn't stop many since it's first showing [many years ago].

**** : for idea
* : for impact on society
*** : for the narrator whose voice conveys what your life is worth after you put it up for grabs to death itself.

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