Our cars are like little ambulatory rooms: our own personal environment that moves along with us. Unfortunately, this sense of being relatively motionless while driving can create a false sense of security that masks those potential and very real dangers that can lead to an automobile accident. This straightforward video simply and creatively illustrates the consequences of failing to be a vigilant, common-sense driver, and it does so without the use of gory shock tactics (demonstrations of car-related bodily harm use a coconut instead of a head, which may actually be more of an effective visual for kids who are already special-effects and stage makeup savvy). Practical safety tips (locking your doors make the car more structurally sound in case of a rollover) are combined with segments featuring Doofus Clueless, a "crash test dummy come to life," bringing home the message that not paying attention and showing off while driving--common teen errors--are hazardous to life and limb. At 39 minutes, the program runs a bit long for the intended audience, and occasionally veers off-course with poorly lit interviews of healthcare experts or crash victims who relate numerous (and barely edited) car wreck anecdotes. Still, this is a good and affordable alternative to the overwhelming number of mediocre shock-and-scare titles (such as Drinking and Driving: The End of the Road [VL-9/01]) in this category. Recommended. Aud: J, H, P. (E. Gieschen)
No Bloodshed: The High Road to Understanding Driving Danger
(2002) 39 min. $19.95. Blue Canyon Productions. PPR. Color cover. Volume 18, Issue 3
No Bloodshed: The High Road to Understanding Driving Danger
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