This whole film is like a catalogue of why I love the 70's. Freakin' brilliant

"Foresight, judgement and knowledge of the possibilities" some great lines in this

Now this is an educative video that has aged perfectly well.

Fantastic best you tube vid if seen for a long time. All those classic cars doing day to day driving

Awesome lessons. Tons of thanks. Happy and safe driving!

I know this came out in the 1970s but I still found it very educational

One point I'd add, is how I overtake on country highways. NEVER get right up behind the slower car, waiting for the chance to pass them. Sit well back, as it gives you a much further view of the oncoming traffic lane. That also allows you to, when the road ahead is clear, accelerate behind the other car, before pulling out, you spend less time on the wrong side of the road, trying to get your speed up.

These films are great, but my goodness, what a tan she had!

I like these old videos they're so neat

Wow... beautifully made 1973 defensive driving instruction video... a nice reminder of some important points... well made... thank you for uploading these useful videos.

old but gold :)

Great 1960s DD video!!!

I love how they used 70s porn music!

These are all good safety considerations. Whether you live in Australia, or Germany, Japan, or the USA (like myself). Safe motoring ensures that you and your loved ones make it to your destination this Christmas season without incident.

Great stuff, some drivers out there seem to treat our roads like race tracks, every day we seem to have some drivers that behave like lunatics here in Broken Hill. Our roads are for everyone to drive on but some drivers know just about nothing. I’ll never understand some other drivers sometimes.

God I miss the 70's

what a nice video

When overtaking, drop down to third to get the revs up and floor it. Skilful overtaking means spending as little time in the oncoming lane as possible.

What a classic😍

Great video for summer driving. In icy winter road conditions the techniques must be different. If a car swerved into oncoming in front of you he is probably headed off the road into the ditch so best head into the oncoming lane yourself to avoid him

Everyone gets taught this in their driving lessons and it's told in the highway code. Unfortunately, it all goes out the widow when they pass. Common sense.

Wakehurst Parkway, Warringah Rd etc

XC Falcon coupe!

Good points to be aware of. I've tried overtaking other cars. It's not easy, and can be very dangerous. If no one else is in the oncoming lane and it's safe to pass, I make sure the driver knows that I'm planning to pass.

good view of the hk holden dash.

I live in a country where weaving and hogging the overtake lane (whilst driving much slower than traffic) is common practise (the police nearly as much as anyone)... I let the weavers past, but am often forced to do it myself as the safest option. If I just sit behind the hogger and hope they move (unlikely as people don't have much concept of overtake lane!) I'll effectively be hogging myself, but if I back off, and continue driving slowly in the normal lane I'm making it even more dangerous since the hogger is even more unlikely to register that I don't want to overtake them blind, and other overtaking vehicles will weave infront of me, AND overtake the hogger blindly! I'm also reluctant to flash the hogger (keep it out of the gutter), for fears of spooking them (read very distracted drivers), quite apart from it being illegal! Gotta adapt I guess :p

I love minis.

neat video

If in doubt, flat out

Moral of the story: don’t try to overtake in a HQ with a 202 trau-matic!

the xy panel-van is rare item

the GOLDEN rule.. "IF DOUBT DONT"

Checking the blind spot that way while maneuvering is the most dangerous step which should be skipped, taking your concentration away from the road may put you in a risky situation.

Useful knoledge

Irresponsible overtaking is the cause of most fatalities on the roads ..people seem to forget that they are driving a lethal weapon.if you are overtaking you are on the wrong side of the road and are completely in the wrong in the event of an accident

2:10 how many times have we seen this even in town?

THE TIRES ON THESE CARS ARE BICYCLE WHEELS.

I wish I had a mini.

Noticed that when they suddenly braked, they pushed in the CLUTCH and brake. Its sad so many vehicles today are automatics in the US

When all else fails, get out and punch the guy in the mouth!

Not to mention common sense. If you can't see the car ahead of the car in front of you, don't try to overtake him. Look ahead of the driver if you can, and wait until it's safe to manoeuvre.

2:11 I don’t think it was the fault of the driver that was on his lane going straight . It was most surely the fault of the overtaker and it is like that usually because they want to go over the speed limit and that’s why they overtake , and they even do it with double line between the lanes. So when i am the driver going on my lane I also speed up and block the overtake. Is that unsafe? Yes. But I won’t let others break the law and slow me down cause they wanna be the first ones to reach the next red light.

Any driver who doesn't use convex mirrors has little interest in road safety.

No. My mom just turn that wheel and sppee up.

1:31 2:55

2:28 You drop down a gear and accelerate hard, narrowly missing a head on collision: You won the race! Just kidding!

You need to learn to drive on the right side of the road.

lol

This is complete crap, all of the cars in this video are tailgating then pulling out. A guaranteed way to end up spending the maximum time on the wrong side of the road.