This blog will expand on themes and topics first mentioned in my book, "The Automobile and American Life." I hope to comment on recent developments in the automobile industry, reviews of my readings on the history of the automobile, drafts of my new work, contributions from friends, descriptions of the museums and car shows I attend and anything else relevant. Copyright 2009-2020, by the author.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Reckless Rudolph verses Sensible Sam : "We Drivers", an Early Driver Education Film (1935)
The mid-1930s was a key transitional time in the development of a driver education movement and high school curriculum, This important film featured Max Fleisher's animation. It hits on that key element of a driver's emotional state -- a condition where education can be superseded by a temporary but dangerous loss of judgment.
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