Bob Dobbs Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Hope this is the right board for this question. I just finished watching Bullitt on TCM apprx 4:10pm EST, 4/3/21 and it was followed by an absolutely gruesome "Safe Driving" PSA from the 40's? Unfortunately, I did not catch the name of the short and TCM did not let the credits roll on it. Looked like it was filmed in Los Angeles complete with LAPD personnel in the 40's. Does anyone know the name of this grisly Driver's Ed horror masterpiece? (definitely want to send this gem to my texting nieces and nephews - as well as a few co-workers). Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 This is probably it, Traffic With The Devil (1946). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dobbs Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 Yep...that's it! Crikey, even the title is morbid. Many Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Several months ago, after a TCM Underground block, a featurette along the same vein aired in color--absolutely gruesome. After I look through my notes, I'll come back with the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeTim Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Quote Several months ago, after a TCM Underground block, a featurette along the same vein aired in color--absolutely gruesome. After I look through my notes, I'll come back with the title. I believe it was an instructional short called "Signal 30". I remember having to watch it during Driver's Education class in the 1970s. It was very gruesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dobbs Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 4 hours ago, CallMeTim said: I believe it was an instructional short called "Signal 30". I remember having to watch it during Driver's Education class in the 1970s. It was very gruesome. Jesus, Mary and Joseph!...that one is beyond the pale (found it on YouTube). At a certain threshold I just have to turn it off and walk away. I took driver's ed in the mid '80s; we did not have to watch anything like "Traffic With The Devil " or "Signal 30." .....also find it odd that I can watch Alien, Predator, Robocop and John Wick films all day, but I get grossed out by a driver's ed short.😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeTim Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I was a little surprised to see it on the TCM schedule (I thought it was sometime last year). I didn't see it on MCOH's database but I'm certain I saw it on my cable systems schedule. I didn't record it though (once in a lifetime was enough). Quote I took driver's ed in the mid '80s; we did not have to watch anything like "Traffic With The Devil " or "Signal 30." It was definitely a different time...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Absolutely right!😬🤮😬 The TCM Underground block was Deathsport and Cherry 2000 -- aired July 11th 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 23 hours ago, CallMeTim said: I was a little surprised to see it on the TCM schedule (I thought it was sometime last year). I didn't see it on MCOH's database but I'm certain I saw it on my cable systems schedule. I didn't record it though (once in a lifetime was enough). It was definitely a different time...... Yeah, the online schedules can differ from the on-screen schedules. I don't put much thought into the shorts on the online schedule, other than to document the times they actually do show up on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeTim Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Quote Yeah, the online schedules can differ from the on-screen schedules. I don't put much thought into the shorts on the online schedule, other than to document the times they actually do show up on it. Thanks. BTW I appreciate the effort you put into these schedules. I find it really helpful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, CallMeTim said: Thanks. BTW I appreciate the effort you put into these schedules. I find it really helpful. Glad to help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Ah yes. Grisly Drivers Ed films from back in the day, you say?! The one I recall being shown in my high school D/E class back in the late-'60s was titled...wait for it...Red Asphalt. And, it can be found on YouTube. BTW, and to the OP of this thread. I wish you much luck with getting those nieces and nephews of yours to refrain from texting while driving. Yep, this motorcyclist of 54 years here appreciates ANYTHING you can do to help make them more conscientious behind the wheel. (...oh, and also tell them to never EVER tailgate, if you will, as I've noticed that it's especially the inexperienced kids out there who also seem to do this more than others) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeTim Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Quote The one I recall being shown in my high school D/E class back in the late-'60s was titled...wait for it...Red Asphalt. And, it can be found on YouTube. Interesting. I looked up Red Asphalt on Wikipedia and noticed it was produced by the California Highway Patrol. The one I saw when I took D/E in the Midwest (Signal 30) was produced by the Ohio State Police… I can see a Film School Masters Thesis on this: “Regionalism in Mid 20th Century Gross Out Driver’s Education Instructional Films”😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcr1 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Wow! Red Asphalt was brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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