Here is an amusing old video from a Driver’s Education Class in 1954…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ7mbmNMks8
The Driver’s Ed Car is a 1949 Ford, Custom Club Coupe, known as the “Shoebox Ford.” The first major change in Automobile design after WWII…
Although the title of the video has “1954” in the video name, I did not see any vehicles newer than 1950…
At 1:30 in the video, they recommend, “driving at a Safe Driving Speed which might be under the Legal Limit…” Oh Boy, will this open up a lot “I told you so…”
I love the Hand Signals in lieu of using directionals… On my driver’s written exam (1966) there was a question on using a hand signal…
Whenever they depict situations with other cars, it is almost always the same 1949 Ford Fordor Sedan…
At 5:30 “it is the mark of courtesy and good sportsmanship to stop and allow pedestrians to cross in front of the car.”
At 8:00, wonderful memories flooded back as it showed a S.S. Kresge Company Department Store… They were call “Five and Dime Stores” because so many items only cost a Nickel or a Dime… My very first “W-2” job was as a stock boy at F.W. Woolworths, which helped to pay the insurance on my first car…
At 9:30, I think the Fire Engine has “City of Philadelphia” written on the Truck… And that meshes with Pennsylvania having Yellow license plates then, Kresge’s Department Stores, and Electric Street cars in 1950 or so… with its proximity to MPO Productions in NYC.
But in any case, I hope you enjoy a “Drive Down Memory Lane…”