We came across this 1960 British video about a day in the life of a truck driver and thought others might be interested in seeing it.
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1958 Ford Heritage Video Of A British Ford Thames Trader Truck Delivering Meat From Britain To Paris
We came across this 1958 British Ford Heritage video about a Ford Thames Trader truck delivering meat from Watford in Britain to a market in Paris. Times have certainly changed.
The Townsend Channel Ferries shown in the video merged with Thoresen Car Ferries in 1968, operating as Townsend Thoresen until 1987.
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1968 Video Of British Truck Driver Training
We came across the 1968 British Pathe video of British truck driver training. Times have certainly changed.
British United Transport, the company whose trucks are shown in the video, is no longer in business.
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1950’s British Pathe Video Of British Truck Drivers And Truck Manufacturing
For those interested in trucking history, here is a 1950’s British Pathe / British Motor Corporation video about British truck drivers and truck manufacturing.
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Some Historic Videos Of British Car Manufacturing And Testing
I came across these historic videos of British car manufacturing and testing so I thought I’d share them in case others find them interesting.
First, here is a 1961 video of the Jaguar factory in Coventry, UK.
Here is a video, circa late 1950s, of British cars being tested on German autobahns.
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Video Of The Month – September 2017
Australian organizations have produced some very hard hitting TV commercials against impaired and distracted driving. We think it is an effective approach to a very serious problem.
As one example, this commercial was produced for the Pedestrian Council of Australia by the advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi:
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Dash Cam Video Of The Month – August 2017
Dash Cam videos can be very useful educational tools. Here is an excellent example.
This is a dash cam video of a road rage incident on a U.S. Interstate highway. The caption on the video says “Motorcyclist kicks car in road rage incident, triggers chain reaction car crash on California highway….”
We disagree with the caption. Although the motorcyclist definitely kicked the first car, that kick would not have been enough to “trigger” the subsequent events. We suggest the car driver responded to the motorcyclist’s kick by jerking the steering wheel hard to the left, possibly trying to run the motorcyclist off the road. By making that sudden movement of the steering wheel at highway speed, the driver lost control of the car and thus triggered the events that followed.
That does mean in any way that we don’t consider the motorcyclist responsible for the initial road rage incident. But the car driver’s reaction to the motorcyclist’s kick, not the initial kick itself, is what caused the first car to go out of control.
We always tell our students to avoid sudden movements of the steering wheel at highway speed and we emphasize that when teaching in-car lessons on highways. This video illustrates the reason for that very well.
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