WINTER DRIVING 1950s DRIVER EDUCATION & TRAINING FILM ICE & SNOW TIRE CHAINS 99264

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    Presented by the National Safety Council, "Winter Driving" dates to the late 1950s or early 1960s and presents tips on winter driving techniques. At 1:27 a NSC proving ground to study the problems of winter driving is shown. At 1:40 reports and manuals available for drivers are shown. At 2:00 a car is winterized with anti-freeze and at 2:45 snow tires are installed. At 3:45 a car is freed from ice and snow and the rear window cleared, and a seat belt is put on. The rest of the film covers snow and ice conditions. At 5:30, snow chains are installed. At 7:06 the film discusses glare ice, packed snow and other braking conditions. At 8:20 a driver's POV shows how a car's steering wheel makes no difference on ice. At 9:43 main street is shown in the winter with various hazards including trucks and ice. At 10:00, a car skids into a snow bank. At 10:13 the process of pumping the brakes is shown. At 12:13 various braking distances are compared. At 12:30 the film repeats its lessons for the viewer.
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Komentáře • 611

  • @danielg6209
    @danielg6209 Před 4 lety +718

    Back when Scotty Kilmer was a young mechanic.

    • @JM-yx1lm
      @JM-yx1lm Před 4 lety +64

      Oh thats that guy that complains about everything and has clickbait titles. Guy is super negative in my opinion.

    • @joshsgarage6097
      @joshsgarage6097 Před 4 lety +16

      Lol seriously this was definitely around scotty Kilmers time

    • @DL-ke1io
      @DL-ke1io Před 4 lety +19

      @@JM-yx1lm why are you complaining about everything and being super negative?😕

    • @JM-yx1lm
      @JM-yx1lm Před 4 lety +14

      @@DL-ke1io you dummy, i didnt complain or be negative about anything. Describing someone is not complaining or being negative

    • @DL-ke1io
      @DL-ke1io Před 4 lety +20

      @@JM-yx1lm and now Mr. Negative is resorting to name calling...

  • @bonkeydollocks1879
    @bonkeydollocks1879 Před 4 lety +6

    The best advice I ever got for winter driving?
    Stay indoors and only drive if the journey is life or death 😷👍🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @coldspring624
    @coldspring624 Před 4 lety +230

    best thing about these films old cars

    • @geraldboykin6159
      @geraldboykin6159 Před 4 lety +4

      The consumer wasn't cheated by trashy plastics back then.

    • @sekopiski
      @sekopiski Před 4 lety +1

      @@geraldboykin6159 what do you mean by cheated?

    • @geraldboykin6159
      @geraldboykin6159 Před 4 lety +4

      @@sekopiski : Kid plastic cars don't have longer operating span than the well stocked originals. If you think so, your brains are warped. Autos today are garbage!

    • @sekopiski
      @sekopiski Před 4 lety

      @@geraldboykin6159 and which car exactly is made out of plastic?

    • @sekopiski
      @sekopiski Před 4 lety +4

      @@geraldboykin6159 also you seem to forget that back in the 40s, 50s and 60s cars were totally worn out after a few years. Heck, if your car even made it to 100k without a major overhaul it was a cause for a celebration.
      Any car today can go easily over 100k with just basic maintenance. I just watched a video of a guy who put over million miles on his 2007 Nissan with the original engine and transmission.

  • @davidlastoria3341
    @davidlastoria3341 Před 4 lety +170

    Anyone who can drive a rear wheel drive car in the winter without losing control is a good driver in my book. Half the people today can't even change a spare tire themselves. So sad.

    • @captainvin698
      @captainvin698 Před 4 lety +3

      i prefer fwd anyway

    • @Wrang15
      @Wrang15 Před 4 lety +9

      Most cars dont even have a spare tire any more. You get a can of fix a flat on the cheep cars.

    • @RedneckMechanic89
      @RedneckMechanic89 Před 4 lety +4

      I live where it don’t snow much at all, but I drive my 2wd an rwd f150 when it snowed last I didn’t lose control. It’s like this video says be slow an easy and have good tires.

    • @justinc9911
      @justinc9911 Před 4 lety

      150 pounds in the bed lined up with the rear axle helps

    • @CringineerGaming
      @CringineerGaming Před 4 lety +3

      Personally, I drive a 5 speed manual with fwd, you get a lot more control with one of those, even though i live in Alberta and the snow right now is about 1 feet high on the roads and about 3 feet when shoveled

  • @RedWingsninetyone
    @RedWingsninetyone Před 4 lety +76

    Things I learned here: I had no idea any cars back then had push button transmissions.

    • @mageac
      @mageac Před 4 lety +8

      pretty common in old dodges

    • @ralphabreu5022
      @ralphabreu5022 Před 4 lety +11

      Chrysler Corporation did on all there cars

    • @mageac
      @mageac Před 4 lety +1

      @@ralphabreu5022 i thought it was only on the "fancy" ones, but yeah it was likely all of them

    • @ralphabreu5022
      @ralphabreu5022 Před 4 lety +5

      @@mageac
      Chrysler's had push button transmission in the late 1950 s early 1960 models
      Chrysler was always the innovators
      Today they are FIAT garbage.....

    • @tomj4406
      @tomj4406 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ralphabreu5022 The Hellcat is garbage. Trackhawk, garbage. lol, no.
      ive owned and drove the 'old stuff', ie 60's-70's and the new. i adore them all.
      Mopars are still kick ass cruisers.
      Daimler almost killed Chrysler forever, Fiat is doing a fab job keeping it going.
      RAM's are a huge success, for one.
      3.6L V6 & Hemi V8's, all fantastic.

  • @galebailey5583
    @galebailey5583 Před 2 lety +10

    My parents had a 1974 Dodge Dart, which was the one mom drove. She was scared to death about driving in the ice and snow. That car fishtailed like crazy in slippery conditions, especially on hills. And the cars in this film had even larger rear ends….it must have been a real challenge in those days.

  • @possiblepsychopath6459
    @possiblepsychopath6459 Před 4 lety +216

    These cars look more futuristic than modern cars

    • @MiguelRodriguez-zz3cw
      @MiguelRodriguez-zz3cw Před 4 lety +3

      Them cars are as ugly as the new ones

    • @styldsteel1
      @styldsteel1 Před 4 lety +32

      so much more care went into the design of these cars. there are details in there that the designers put into the design that people don't even realize.

    • @x1warrior1x85
      @x1warrior1x85 Před 4 lety +1

      I noticed that too

    • @Billy-gh9ih
      @Billy-gh9ih Před 4 lety +11

      Miguel Rodriguez their beutiful modern cars are ugly

    • @Dnh-Bear
      @Dnh-Bear Před 4 lety

      nah I don't think so.

  • @curtisbaker60
    @curtisbaker60 Před 4 lety +44

    Driving HUGE old cars on ice looks like a slow motion blast!!!

    • @4gauge10
      @4gauge10 Před 4 lety +7

      I had a 1964 Oldsmobile Super-88 and that was the most dangerous car I ever driven in my life back in those days.It had full-time power steering.This means no linkage to the front end,it was all hydraulic from the firewall to the front rack and pinion and you could not feel the steering wheel at all,it was just like there is nothing connected to the front end whatsoever. This was on dry pavement,in winter time it was ten times worse,you had to anticipate where that front end was going before you got there,after a while you could do this,but it took a lot of practice to get used to that full-time power steering.

    • @tommytruth7595
      @tommytruth7595 Před 4 lety +1

      Everybody could do do-nuts without trying.

    • @tomj4406
      @tomj4406 Před 4 lety

      It was, indeed! best analogy to it, get an older ..80's-90's..pickup, add a couple hundred lbs over the right rear wheel in snowy conditions and..you'll be experiencing a fair share of how fun it was!
      i cherished driving my Satellite, Newport, Fury ..even the 80's rwd beasts etc in the worst of conditions..the most LiT fun you can have on the road.
      too bad about road salt/chemical mixes, spoiling the fun, causing corrosion, not really helping conditions..drawing deer onto the roads and poisoning them..enviro dmg, etc.

  • @garlitzhyperformancegarage8818

    This is awesome! This is when people knew how to operate their cars!

  • @sensitivesauce7579
    @sensitivesauce7579 Před 4 lety +53

    4:53 can we appreciate this gear shift

    • @cpufreak101
      @cpufreak101 Před 4 lety +5

      all I can say is funny how we look back at it positively, but manufacturers try changing it up today and they get hated for it lol

    • @LakeNipissing
      @LakeNipissing Před 4 lety +2

      Chrysler was using push button automatic on the driver side of the dashboard from the mid 1950s to mid 1960s. Ford had the mechanical pushbuttons for the automatic transmission in the center of the steering wheel for the 1958 and 1959 Edsel !!

  • @cartwrightson
    @cartwrightson Před 4 lety +8

    I loved the studded snow tires on my 1967 Galaxie 500. I could drive through 12" of fresh snow or on the icy packed stuff.

  • @tomshiba51
    @tomshiba51 Před 4 lety +124

    Skid testing reduces skid marks, and reduced skid marks means less laundry.

  • @Offthbadan
    @Offthbadan Před 4 lety +5

    Tire technology, disc brakes (anti lock brakes) traction control and front wheel drive are all game changers. But I am just old enough to remember those snow tires.

    • @WTMNNJR
      @WTMNNJR Před 3 lety +1

      Traction control and Front wheel drive have done me more bad than good. But these new brakes I just got are insane.

    • @kimberlywentworth9160
      @kimberlywentworth9160 Před 2 lety +1

      I still see many village idiots from the city skidding off the road, stuck, blocking traffic. The only time I am stuck is when the road is closed. My 2019 Subaru with winter tires gets me there safe.

  • @FawleyJude
    @FawleyJude Před 4 lety +10

    Some of this stuff really takes me back--check the water level in your battery (I haven't done that in decades), winterize your car by putting antifreeze in the radiator (not just plain old water), get the snow tires out (I get by fine with all-seasons now). I never used chains and I remember seeing cars driving by that had loose chains, they used to bang around in the wheel well. They didn't mention in the video that it helped to have someone heavy in the back seat for extra traction.

    • @FawleyJude
      @FawleyJude Před 4 lety +1

      @Mark P I still see people using them now. I should say I hear people using them. When I'm out for a walk and I hear a car with studded tires drive by grinding up the dry asphalt, I cringe.

  • @kathyjones3940
    @kathyjones3940 Před 3 lety +6

    In Finland a winter driving course is a part of you being able to get your drivers license, they should teach these things everywhere.....

    • @rachidmasimov4132
      @rachidmasimov4132 Před 3 dny +1

      Not in the southern countries, I guess. This course would be completely useless in Thailand, let's say )) But you're right.

  • @scratchdog2216
    @scratchdog2216 Před 4 lety +34

    Gotta' love white-wall snows. 2:40

    • @tommytruth7595
      @tommytruth7595 Před 4 lety +3

      White walls were a big thing back then. And, yes, all four tires had to match, summer or winter.

  • @riotautorepair9662
    @riotautorepair9662 Před 4 lety +34

    That moment when you realize people are stupider now 70 years later with 100 percent better technology when it comes to snow...

    • @sludge4125
      @sludge4125 Před 4 lety

      Hey, I am glad to see the village idiot has checked in, even if the head of pecker makes absolutely no sense at all.

    • @triple6758
      @triple6758 Před rokem +2

      Not just when it comes to snow.

  • @davidgray8191
    @davidgray8191 Před 4 lety +21

    I REMEMBER SEEING THIS IN SCHOOL.

    • @aonghusjohnson1814
      @aonghusjohnson1814 Před 4 lety +4

      David Gray very interesting look into your generations education! Coming from a young man

  • @BrianDHoefs
    @BrianDHoefs Před 4 lety +19

    I like these old educational films. I can remember putting snow tires on when it came time.

    • @unclefreddieDied
      @unclefreddieDied Před 4 lety +1

      brings me back to when they showed videos like this in school.. I think they all had the same narrator! LoL
      and I'm talking about the 80's.. and we'd take turns working the projector

    • @blueboy7559
      @blueboy7559 Před 4 lety +1

      @@unclefreddieDied it looks like ohio around mansfield

    • @will2993
      @will2993 Před 4 lety +2

      Uh. You're still supposed to...

    • @johnpetruna8888
      @johnpetruna8888 Před 4 lety +1

      I can remember putting snow tires on too. It was last Tuesday.

    • @JimAllen-Persona
      @JimAllen-Persona Před rokem

      I don’t really remember changing them but I do remember storing them every season.

  • @rolandmetayer7210
    @rolandmetayer7210 Před 4 lety +3

    Those rear wheel drive cars, were the PITS on snow and ice ! ! I lovvvveeee front wheel drive cars ! Cheers from Canada, Polar Bear country .

  • @PigBenis69420
    @PigBenis69420 Před 4 lety +4

    So much truth in the driving technique here

  • @teelouwi
    @teelouwi Před 4 lety +38

    "Christine" got angered with all that snow! No wonder she became so nasty!!

  • @ralphabreu5022
    @ralphabreu5022 Před 4 lety +5

    I grew up driving on rear wheel drive I can drive in the winter with no issues

  • @dickritchie2596
    @dickritchie2596 Před 3 lety +3

    I remember my dad putting the snow chains on our ‘65 Chevrolet in the pouring snow.

  • @SimirJohnson
    @SimirJohnson Před 4 lety +17

    They forgot to mention that wearing argyle socks with brown shoes will help tremendously when driving on ice.

    • @davidcampbell1899
      @davidcampbell1899 Před rokem

      Those fancy shoes and sox wont do you much when you ditch the car and end upto your nuts in snow!!!

  • @klave8511
    @klave8511 Před 4 lety +8

    70 years and I have the same snowbrush!

  • @zachkraeuter4820
    @zachkraeuter4820 Před 4 lety +3

    We take traction and stability control and ABS for granted now a days but drive one of these cars without any of these nannies and the difference is amazing

    • @WTMNNJR
      @WTMNNJR Před 3 lety

      Traction control sucks though. It just gets me stuck.

  • @milfordcivic6755
    @milfordcivic6755 Před 4 lety +258

    Back when people learned how to drive without a phone in their hand.

  • @SammyVista1972
    @SammyVista1972 Před 4 lety +3

    The winter snow came early, but nobody wanted to miss the 'Last Chance Classic Car Show and Shine*! But in all seriousness, many of these tips still apply today.

  • @polycarphunter2257
    @polycarphunter2257 Před 4 lety +19

    growing up in Michigan this all looks familiar. my dad would change to snow tires after the first snow. we never used chains. if you didn't install them right, they would tear up your fender wells. studded snow tires came out and made driving on ice and snow much easier.

    • @ricochetey
      @ricochetey Před 4 lety

      My Dad told me he remembers him and my Grandpa pulling out the studs in the tires sometime in the 70's as Minnesota banned them. I dont understand why the roads are junk and have to be resealed every year or two anyway around here. I would take the added security and traction of studded tires vs a small amount of road wear.

    • @Pro1er
      @Pro1er Před 4 lety +1

      @@ricochetey They outlawed studded snow tires in Michigan too. It was because the studs were wearing out the roads leaving grooves in the tire tracks. In turn the grooves would fill with water and freeze causing a real problem.

    • @Pro1er
      @Pro1er Před 4 lety +1

      We never used chains in Detroit because they salted the roads, but I also had family that lived in Northern Michigan and they never used chains either - you just got used to driving in snow because we used to get so much of it back then. It was 53 degrees in Detroit today and it's January 2nd. The times they are a changin'.

    • @ricochetey
      @ricochetey Před 4 lety

      @@Pro1er Last year it was -30 here round this time.

    • @tommytruth7595
      @tommytruth7595 Před 4 lety +2

      They could break, too, and really mess up your car.

  • @davidcarroll8735
    @davidcarroll8735 Před 2 lety +3

    13:18 what a great looking car in the right! A compact car compared to the land yachts!

    • @pcno2832
      @pcno2832 Před 2 lety +1

      Looks like some kind of British sports car.

  • @minivanmaster
    @minivanmaster Před 4 lety +3

    even in today's world, all these problems are daily issues for us in the midwest USA

  • @TheRealestBubby
    @TheRealestBubby Před 2 lety +1

    "adjust the applier to fit the tire, that's the heavy piece if wire that comes with most sets of chains" Man was starting to spit bars for a sec lol

  • @TheTyisawesome
    @TheTyisawesome Před 4 lety +10

    10:56 Wtf just happened?? Lmao😂
    "Speeeeeeeeasy touch on the brakes and gas"

    • @Elevat0r1921987
      @Elevat0r1921987 Před 4 lety +2

      "...and keep plenty of space between YOU" :D

    • @TheTyisawesome
      @TheTyisawesome Před 4 lety

      @@Elevat0r1921987 Ha never even noticed that one lol😂

  • @MrGatorbait69
    @MrGatorbait69 Před 4 lety +5

    Who enjoyed watching Christine acting so innocent 😂, what it didn’t show was all of the unexplained deaths that took place in the Plymouth fury 😆.

  • @duncandmcgrath6290
    @duncandmcgrath6290 Před 4 lety +39

    And always remember: for long excursions have a parka , whiskey flask and plenty of cigarettes!
    @4:40 Christine meets winter

    • @zacharygerhart8504
      @zacharygerhart8504 Před 4 lety +7

      That’s a 59, Christine was a 58 fury.

    • @duncandmcgrath6290
      @duncandmcgrath6290 Před 4 lety +4

      V8 Atomic Ya got me ..... I don’t know my Fury’s very well

    • @zacharygerhart8504
      @zacharygerhart8504 Před 4 lety +1

      That’s all good! I just love these autos a lot! I’m trying to get myself one

    • @tomj4406
      @tomj4406 Před 4 lety +1

      @@zacharygerhart8504 good eye! the grille is the big giveaway.
      funny bc i have a 1/18th die cast '58 Fury on the stand, right below my tv as im watching this, baha.
      #furyvanwinkle on Insta is my project car, it's a '70 Gran Coupe.

  • @bluesharp59
    @bluesharp59 Před 2 lety +3

    Great video and Thumbs up liked. I love driving in snow myself. Yep live in Minnesota and Snow or Ice don't scare me because I adjust to it by using my skills or experience as a good driver. And to let you all know I do carry a shovel in my trunk in case I do get stuck lol.

  • @murraykriner9425
    @murraykriner9425 Před 3 lety +1

    I still catch a rash of garbage about only owning rear-wheel drive cars & trucks, yet see more front/four or all-wheel drive vehicles crashed or incapacitated by all winter driving conditions. Great video content.

  • @turningpoint6643
    @turningpoint6643 Před 4 lety +75

    After a few million miles on the highway then better information would be about 90% of the people who think there good drivers need to stay home during the winter. :-)

    • @cameronlovesevolve
      @cameronlovesevolve Před 4 lety +8

      How do you get 20 likes on a comment that makes zero sense. I've read it like 12 times. I stopped and read it again while I typed that just to make sure..

    • @Beandiptheredneck
      @Beandiptheredneck Před 4 lety +5

      Cameron D.F Chisholm he’s a trucker, he means in his experience 90% of the people who think they are good drivers are not and should just stay home when it’s bad weather

    • @mrbasscow
      @mrbasscow Před 4 lety

      Unless you’re in Minnesota you’re kind of forced to learn it

    • @bennybop5387
      @bennybop5387 Před 4 lety

      @@mrbasscow or anywhere in the Northeast...

  • @danieldaniels7571
    @danieldaniels7571 Před 4 lety +3

    Watching this makes me so happy to live in Phoenix, Arizona

    • @nickk1406
      @nickk1406 Před rokem

      Flagstaff for winter weekend need winter driving refresher😂

  • @montysmith6355
    @montysmith6355 Před 4 lety +10

    during the winter months i always buy another set of tires and put the chains on them and keep them in the trunk and when i,m up in the mountains and driving in snow i put the other tires on and i,m good to go ,i even had a CHP ( California Highway Patrol ) officer pull up behind me and saw what i done and told me that was a real original idea.

    • @GTVAlfaMan
      @GTVAlfaMan Před 4 lety +8

      You are doing it the hard way.
      Just put the chains on when you need them, it’s a lot easier than jacking up the car on each side and changing the tires.

    • @montysmith6355
      @montysmith6355 Před 4 lety +1

      @@GTVAlfaMan.... i need the exercise and keeps me warm when i doing that

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar Před 4 lety

      @@montysmith6355 if it works for you, keep doing it :)
      I always keep a shovel and some other essentials in the trunk.

    • @benson4u215
      @benson4u215 Před 4 lety +2

      When someone says its an original idea, its not a good thing.

    • @montysmith6355
      @montysmith6355 Před 4 lety

      @@benson4u215 ....well the CHP officer told me that as he rolled up on me and he thought i had a flat tire

  • @501764727
    @501764727 Před 4 lety +5

    Hehehe This is informative and educational for kids learning to drive in the Upper Midwest like Wisconsin.

  • @desertbob6835
    @desertbob6835 Před 4 lety +38

    I grew up with the cars shown. They all had one common characterisic... bad brakes. Some of the Chrysler products with Lockheed brakes n the '50s were downright suicidal. Today's cars are infinitely better in.braking performance than these finned boats. The change toward better brakes started in 1963 with the first four piston Bendix disc brakes on the '63 Studebaker Avanti. Ford followed with the same brake in 1966. GM followed with their Moraine dual piston units in 1969.

    • @MikeBrown-ii3pt
      @MikeBrown-ii3pt Před 4 lety +9

      While braking systems have greatly improved over the years, driving skill and, even more important, common sense still apply in bad weather driving. No vehicle, no matter how it's equipped, can be made idiot proof.

    • @Elon_Trump
      @Elon_Trump Před 4 lety +5

      I rarely use the brake in snowy driving. Much better to take the foot off the accelerator and let the weight of the vehicle and gearing slow you down :)

    • @Terminator__350
      @Terminator__350 Před 4 lety

      DeserT BoB bad brakes because rotors didn’t exist yet

    • @joshuamcpeek4708
      @joshuamcpeek4708 Před 4 lety +2

      Many cars had cable operated brakes, power brakes were an option in the forties and early fifties some cheap compact cars had cable brakes up into the late 60s, most notable the beetle has cable operated drum brakes

    • @mikemartin2957
      @mikemartin2957 Před 4 lety +1

      Fords and Chrysler (Rootes) in the UK had discs front and in some cars at the rear such as 1966 to 1971 mk4 Zephyr and Zodiac much earlier than US cars. These brakes were by Girling which has been rebranded as TRW.

  • @user-pd3qk9rj1t
    @user-pd3qk9rj1t Před 4 lety +5

    I thought, there is no snow in the United States, until watched this film (joke). I'm from Siberia.

  • @pcno2832
    @pcno2832 Před 2 lety +2

    3:57 Opening the rear window a crack is no longer necessary because all U.S. market cars since 1971 are required to have continuous forced ventilation with one-way exhausting vents in the rear of the car. Some 1971 cars, like the VW Beetle and Cadillac Fleetwood had visible vents on the outside, though such vents are usually hidden in the wheel housings now. Before 1971, it each automaker had its own approach to ventilation and even some early models with air conditioning needed the window opened a crack to keep the air moving.

  • @4gauge10
    @4gauge10 Před 4 lety +4

    My favorite car in this video was the 1959 Ford Fairlane 500,nice ride.

  • @Apothicca39
    @Apothicca39 Před 4 lety +1

    I’m watching this because I live in NC and we got 2 inches of snow. Don’t want to die out there !

  • @cameronlovesevolve
    @cameronlovesevolve Před 4 lety +8

    Winter tire tread design has come a long way I see lol... Those zig zags tho

  • @tougerun116
    @tougerun116 Před 4 lety +3

    this has some nice bioshock vibes

  • @iwantanaivanovic2962
    @iwantanaivanovic2962 Před 4 lety +3

    I am from a country with snow from Oct thru Apr. I hereby totally confirm the content of this film relevant.

    • @CamaroAmx
      @CamaroAmx Před 4 lety +1

      Iwant Anaivanovic when I was growing up it was snow from November to late March. My father even convinced me to wait until winter was almost over before I got my license and the first time it snowed, he came and picked me up so I wouldn’t drive home in the snow. Now it’s February and we’ve had 5” all season. I won’t be long before I could drive my camaro all year around on its summer tires. Just keep my Jeep for off-roading only.

  • @jacockistitsworth9392
    @jacockistitsworth9392 Před 4 lety +13

    Clearly my grandmother never saw this video.

  • @hilldwler420
    @hilldwler420 Před 4 lety +3

    Never seen snow clean that easy

  • @madmax2069
    @madmax2069 Před 4 lety +23

    "safe winter driving means more care and less speeeeasy touch on the brakes and gas" lmao

    • @tacomas9602
      @tacomas9602 Před 4 lety +5

      Lol gotta love old old films, they have missing film and audio at times

    •  Před 4 lety +1

      'Speeeeasy' is my new buzzword 😂

  • @donaldstrishock3923
    @donaldstrishock3923 Před 2 lety

    Just "Slap on the CHAINS, punch it and GO! No spinning just grinning.Thanks for the great Video.

  • @mikeab93
    @mikeab93 Před 4 lety +5

    I still wonder why people insist on driving at least 50mph on an icy interstate in 2020, when, in 1965 we only drove 25mph on that same stretch of interstate highway. Laws of physics haven't changed.

    • @tylerallen497
      @tylerallen497 Před 4 lety

      Right?? I own a 2011 Crown Vic and in the winter with snow packed on the roads I go about 30-35 on the highway. And I’ll have douchbags behind me, tailgate me or hit their flashers on me thinking I’m going to pull over. Sorry it’s your fault you decided not to leave a extra 30 min - 1hr for work. Best thing iv witnessed is a idiot in a 2019 Silverado ended up getting impatient and passed me going 55 on bad road conditions, as he was attempting to merge over he lost control and go thrown into a ditch and got stuck.

    • @CamaroAmx
      @CamaroAmx Před 4 lety +1

      Tyler Allen years ago I was driving home from college in my old Buick and it had snowed 6”. They plowed the highway but only one lane. The plowed lane was icy so I drove on the snow covered part as traction was better. I’m puttering along and a Dodge Ram was flying up behind me and was trying to pass me. I just kept my steady speed and paid no attention. He then tried to pass me in the plowed lane. I saw his headlights out the corner of my eye and then they were gone. He didn’t pass me and there was no exits. I glanced behind me and saw that he had spun out and hit the median. Just because you have 4wd or AWD doesn’t mean you can drive like a nut in poor conditions. You have a little better traction but good winter driving habits still apply.

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 Před 4 lety

      Tyler Allen a few years back I was driving my CRX in a bunch of freshly fallen snow as it was still snowing on a rural freeway in Northern Arizona. I was going slow as traction and visibility were both bad. A lady in a Mercedes kept tailgating me and flashing her lights. She managed to get around me, and I passed her about a mile later stuck in deep snow on the side of the road. Couldn’t help but laugh.

    • @jeffreydevoti8528
      @jeffreydevoti8528 Před 4 lety

      Have studded snow tires on steel wheels for my Crown Vic. After end of bad weather scub clean, Armorall, put each in a plastic leaf bag & tape shut them label. Then put on tire rack in basement till needed again.

    • @daltonbrink9924
      @daltonbrink9924 Před 3 lety

      Hell, when the snow starts flying, I just stay off the interstate. People are too stupid. I take the back roads the weatherman tells you to stay off of. A lot less idiots on the back roads when there's 10 inches of snow on them!👍

  • @wheelman013
    @wheelman013 Před 4 lety +1

    This might be old but it works and everyone should know this specially if your driving a older vehicle or modern vehicle same principle ,

  • @Ben_Lorentz
    @Ben_Lorentz Před 4 lety +4

    Back when each vehicle had a unique look. Now they all look like giant electric shavers.

  • @randomrazr
    @randomrazr Před 4 lety +9

    4:49 funny how alot of new cars today are reverting back to push button shifting :O

    • @tacomas9602
      @tacomas9602 Před 4 lety

      Lots of paddles, switches and dials....that's for sure.

  • @yosimitesam67
    @yosimitesam67 Před měsícem

    What a great era this would have been to live in.

  • @jbnrusnya_should_be_punished

    Excellent video. 12:50 always care a snow chains, but nobody even uses a snow tires though 70 years have gone from this very clear recommendations.

  • @bobl78
    @bobl78 Před 4 lety +3

    oh boy, life was soooo hard back then… hard to believe these people survived without all those fancy displays in the car and without the car "beeing connected"

  • @wavyboywyatt
    @wavyboywyatt Před 4 lety +2

    my car doesnt have abs. i live in minnesota. i dont have my license yet (failed my test) but this will definitely help me in the future

  • @johndoe-ei5cm
    @johndoe-ei5cm Před 4 lety +3

    In certain provinces of Canada it’s law or a ticket is issued for not having snow tires I have my sons put them on every winter in Michigan

  • @dominicfong6341
    @dominicfong6341 Před 4 lety +13

    Would like to add: the accumulated snow should be brushed off the roof because it will end up blocking your vision down the road as it slides off, or you might end up with a fine.

    • @badbooking3221
      @badbooking3221 Před 4 lety +3

      In New York, it's illegal to have snow on your roof. I don't know how many other states have that law.

    • @dominicfong6341
      @dominicfong6341 Před 4 lety

      @@badbooking3221 We supposedly have it in Canada but apparently cops are too lazy to get off their fat arses to enforce it.

    • @vadimnesen8060
      @vadimnesen8060 Před 4 lety

      Lol in SC here you can drive with a dog on a roof:p

  • @jg2730
    @jg2730 Před 4 lety +3

    This was very helpful we had a a foot plus here this year

    • @geodot595
      @geodot595 Před 2 lety

      95ft here in buffalo this yr.

  • @jessicah3450
    @jessicah3450 Před 4 lety +3

    The worst is going uphill on ice.

  • @user-pd3qk9rj1t
    @user-pd3qk9rj1t Před 4 lety

    Very interesting. Thank for film.

  • @mothman6378
    @mothman6378 Před 4 lety +1

    you call me crazy but this translates perfectly to the 57 Bel Air in GTA V around Christmas when the snow comes down

  • @redneck400m3
    @redneck400m3 Před 4 lety +6

    One thing i notice missing from alot of "winter driving" films is the fact no one explains how to use the throttle to get yourself thru a turn. It wont work on todays front drive/awd shitboxes, but in the big rear drive cars or pickups it works well and has saved my ass a few times

    • @Vemppu_Lutku
      @Vemppu_Lutku Před 4 lety

      I dont know if you have ever driven fwd but if driven properly, you can somewhat save it with throttle. But yea, good point otherwise

    • @redneck400m3
      @redneck400m3 Před 4 lety

      @ because you dont know how to drive. Ive had to use throttle traveling at 10mph to get thru a turn. Ive spent many michigan winters driving RWD cars and 2wd pickups. Only been in a ditch 1 time, and that was in a 4wd expedition being stupid.

  • @eldergroan
    @eldergroan Před 4 lety +6

    i wish cars still had fins today

    • @sludge4125
      @sludge4125 Před 4 lety

      No. The fin period was a great, great time in automotive styling, but imagine chargers, mustangs, and camaros with fins.
      I particularly like the 1959 Chevrolet fins.

  • @EncomHumanRecources
    @EncomHumanRecources Před 4 lety

    I was impressed to see that car has buttons to shift into drive, neutral ect.

  • @brianglade848
    @brianglade848 Před 4 lety +1

    Chicago blizzard of 78-79....my dad was stuck....he put a grocery bag full of dog shit under the right rear tire, he forgot that was the one that spins, he nails it, dog shit went flying all over the outside wall of Jewel

  • @canadagood
    @canadagood Před rokem

    I wanted to give a shoutout to ABS and front-wheel drive.
    I have driven thousands of winter miles on Canadian roads. I now drive a fifteen-year old KIA mini-van. It has front-wheel drive, ABS and modern all-season tires. A huge and calming differences between driving now and decades ago is that even in icy conditions, when I hit the brakes the ABS kicks in and even if I skid I still face in the direction I was formerly travelling. If things are icy enough I might slide to far and even leave the roadway. BUT it is ever so much nicer to not worry about my backend flipping around.
    In real life, in the situation where the car is trying to punch through a foot high wall around its parking space it would likely to end up with the front end high-sided on the snow while the rear wheels spin uselessly. A snow shovel is the most important thing to carry when travelling in snow country.
    Tire chains? Generally if the roads are bad enough that snow tires aren't enough, then you probably should have stayed home and waited a few more hours until the snow plows to clear the roads.

  • @JensSchraeder
    @JensSchraeder Před rokem

    Today i park my in my heated garage and have 4 wheel drive. Drivers back then had to be super skilled

  • @mountainbikelife2526
    @mountainbikelife2526 Před 4 lety

    Solid advice

  • @joserivera5619
    @joserivera5619 Před 4 lety

    Im a non driver, but yeah.. including these teckniecs into future driving can save lives. even i know about not yousing brakes during an uncontrollable sked

  • @Crz_hrz
    @Crz_hrz Před 4 lety +2

    Never was able to put on A set of chains that fast!

  • @Beth9228
    @Beth9228 Před 4 lety +1

    One time the snow was up near the doors of the car. I even rocked it back and forth to get out of the parking spot.

  • @TairnKA
    @TairnKA Před 4 lety +6

    When I was first driving, after the first snow (ice conditions) I'd find a large, open parking lot and practice controlling skidding so as the car suffered ware I would be prepared how it would react.
    This and growing up in central Washington and a few winters in North Dakota helped a lot. ;-)

    • @joergmaass
      @joergmaass Před 4 lety +1

      Practicing skidding and recovery is the best thing you can do to improve your winter driving skills. I used to do this on company parking lots when I was a delivery driver. In the end, I could slide sideways through the gates and into the plant roads with full control. Quite a sight for the security guards...:-)!

    • @TairnKA
      @TairnKA Před 4 lety

      LOL

    • @FawleyJude
      @FawleyJude Před 4 lety +3

      I encouraged my nephew to do this when he was starting to drive about 10 years ago. He took his car to an empty high school parking lot at night, skidded around a bit, and someone called the cops on him. Times have changed. I used to get the old rear-wheel drive family car out in the snow and do donuts in any vacant parking lot I could find. I wasn't bothering anyone and no one bothered me.

    • @TairnKA
      @TairnKA Před 4 lety +1

      Only once did the Police show up but luckily after I explained what I was doing they agreed with my thinking and left.
      I live in the greater Seattle area where there is little snow and if it does, I stay home. ;-)

    • @FawleyJude
      @FawleyJude Před 4 lety +1

      @@TairnKA That's about what happened with my nephew, he explained what he was doing, the cops could see he wasn't drunk, but they made him leave. We're in Colorado and we get more snow than Seattle so he needs to drive in snow regularly. Me, I'm retired, and like you, when it snows I stay home.

  • @omarpadilla824
    @omarpadilla824 Před 4 lety +3

    I watch this as if I’m not an 18 year old Southern California San Diego resident who complains at how cold it is outside when the temp. goes any lower than 75° and has never seen snow in real life.

    • @bottledoo3639
      @bottledoo3639 Před 4 lety

      Omar Padilla I live in Canada and like the snow and think it’s pretty. And I dress for the weather

  • @RADIUMGLASS
    @RADIUMGLASS Před 4 lety +7

    4:45 Plymouth Fury

  • @RMFUNTIK
    @RMFUNTIK Před 4 lety +1

    i love 30-40-50 era

  • @calgondave
    @calgondave Před 4 lety +2

    I’m old. Screw that noise. Stay home when it snows or better yet, move to where it doesn’t snow.

  • @briankidwell232
    @briankidwell232 Před 4 lety +1

    Looks like fun

  • @alanwood5857
    @alanwood5857 Před 4 lety +8

    Like the big Fury with push button

    • @benn454
      @benn454 Před 4 lety

      Christine would've been a much shorter movie if it happened in winter.

    • @paintnamer6403
      @paintnamer6403 Před 4 lety

      @@benn454 In the book it did happen in winter and around Pittsburgh Pa. Stephen King described the hi speed on ice like hell pulling her tight to the pavement during the encounter with the detective.

  • @MySparkle888
    @MySparkle888 Před 4 lety +1

    I bet those polyglass tires are boss in the snow

  • @jimmotormedic
    @jimmotormedic Před 4 lety +35

    No one has ever seen this yet where I live. Look at all the new technology on cars and trucks today, antilock brakes, traction control, back up camera, self parking, on and on and people still can't drive. We supposedly have smart everything today but it seems like the people are getting stupider.

    • @wildbill23c
      @wildbill23c Před 4 lety +5

      People are lazy, stupid, and they just build stuff to let idiots still drive. Doesn't matter how many safety nancies they put in vehicles people will still get into accidents in great weather throw a couple snow flakes into the mix and it gets even worse. They really don't teach any driving anymore, they just hand out licenses to everyone that wants to buy one. Doesn't help that many people have no driving experience until after they get their license, then suddenly they think they're the greatest driver because they got those dozen backup cameras, and all those safety nannies to get them around.

    • @jogmas12
      @jogmas12 Před 4 lety +2

      jim k ice is ice

    • @madmax2069
      @madmax2069 Před 4 lety +6

      The best tech in the world can't fix stupid.

    • @madmax2069
      @madmax2069 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jogmas12 indeed

    • @wildbill23c
      @wildbill23c Před 4 lety +5

      @@madmax2069 Exactly LOL. See it every snowstorm. People get worse every year it seems, you'd think they'd learn after the first snowstorm, nope, they don't ever learn. First ones you see off the road in a snowstorm are those in their lifted 4x4's and those in their AWD SUV's.

  • @braddietzmusic2429
    @braddietzmusic2429 Před 4 lety +1

    Still good advice.

  • @dennisleporte2327
    @dennisleporte2327 Před 2 lety

    Message from New England ( MA) nothing works on a car until it's warm. Your welcome lol

  • @rusdean229
    @rusdean229 Před 4 lety

    Why are most of the best educational car videos from the 1950s?

  • @420dportkid
    @420dportkid Před 4 lety +12

    When I meet a nice looking woman I always tell her, “honey, you look finer then a new set of snow tires.”

  • @alexp362
    @alexp362 Před 4 lety +1

    Im a CDL plow truck driver for my DPW. It is awful these days vs even ten yrs ago out in the snow, im in new england. No one has a clue what to do. At least back then people had common sense and problem solving abilities. And its funny, u never see capable vehicles out in the snow storm that arent actually clearing snow. Its always the prius, camry, accord, hyundai, etc. When i was a kid in the 80s it was the 74 caprice wagon with chains and loaded with sand bags motoring through, my mom had one! The prius with bald street tires... stay home

  • @95blahblahhaha
    @95blahblahhaha Před rokem

    I've had quite a few cars but only 1 car without AWD or 4X4 it was RWD and it was fun AF 😂😂😂 rarely drove it in winter tho. Also thank God for ABS brakes too 🙏🙏

  • @mudduck754
    @mudduck754 Před 4 lety +25

    I clicked on this to prove to the old lady that the thumb nail was a 57 Oldsmobile.

    • @jerryw6699
      @jerryw6699 Před 4 lety +5

      My cousin has a 57 Olds 98, black w a red stripe.

    • @hallucinatedovens8414
      @hallucinatedovens8414 Před 4 lety +1

      I'll bet that really made her day lol

    • @mudduck754
      @mudduck754 Před 4 lety

      @@hallucinatedovens8414 one of the best cars I ever had in the snow was a 57 Oldsmobile. I've had six of them. Having reverse right underneath low is great for rocking it out of being stuck.

    • @JOALST
      @JOALST Před 4 lety

      @Colorado Strong ok boomer

    • @JOALST
      @JOALST Před 4 lety

      @Colorado Strong ahem, tortise you are

  • @woodyofp8574
    @woodyofp8574 Před 4 lety +1

    No clue why I'm watching this, I haven't seen snow where I live in five years.

  • @DesertDigger1
    @DesertDigger1 Před 4 lety

    Strange the Plymouth @ 4:37 didn't have any snow on it, kind of like the scene in Leave It To Beaver when they show the back seat scene in the intro had no rear window.

  • @robertfarrell2863
    @robertfarrell2863 Před 4 lety +2

    I swear I saw 'Christine' in that film!

  • @n84434
    @n84434 Před rokem +2

    I had this exact film in my collection (lots of splices) until I sold it on eBay years ago... I wonder if this is it???

  • @IsmokeTouch
    @IsmokeTouch Před 4 lety +2

    Imagine avideo from the 1950 telling folks to remove the snow from thier vehicles, and here it is 2020 and people still drive around without cleaning it off.

  • @bonkeydollocks1879
    @bonkeydollocks1879 Před 4 lety +1

    "be as gentle as a turtle" lol 😷🇬🇧