traffic safety video resource catalogue

Traffic Safety

Video Resource Catalogue

August 2006

Table of Contents

Introduction

Video Categories

Bicycles Section 1 Child Restraints Section 2 Driving Skills Section 3 Impaired Driving Section 4 Motorcycles and All Terrain Vehicles Section 5 Older Drivers Section 6 Pedestrian and Personal Safety Section 7 Professional Drivers Section 8 Railway Crossings Section 9 School Bus and Safety Section 10 Seat Belts and Safety Equipment Section 11 Special Restraints and Wheelchairs Section 12 Snowmobile Safety Section 13 Traffic Collisions Section 14 Vehicle Maintenance Section 15 Winter Driving Section 16

Other

Brochures Section 17 Posters Section 18 Newsletters & Manuals Section 19 Fatal Vision Goggles Section 19 Additional Resources Section 20

Introduction SGI is pleased to provide this Traffic Safety Video Resource catalogue. Our video library is stocked with a variety of videos that are intended to educate the public on traffic safety issues. These videos have been collected from across Canada and the United States and are available on loan at no charge. A select few are available in French. Videos can be ordered by contacting Traffic Safety Programs by one of the following methods:

� Phone: 306-775-6042 or toll free at 1-800-667-8015 ext. 6042 � Fax: 306-352-3154 � Email: [email protected]

Video Booking Procedures

Whenever possible, requests for videos should be submitted at least two weeks in advance. The following information must be supplied when requesting a video.

� Video title � Name � Group, company or organization � Contact information: address, postal code, telephone number � An alternate title, in case the one requested is not available

Please note: Requests are limited to three titles per booking date and may be retained for a maximum two week viewing period, unless otherwise stated. Please return the videos in a timely fashion so that we may accommodate other requests. Return address is SGI Traffic Safety Services 4th Floor – 2260 11th Avenue Regina, Sask. S4P 2N7

Brochures, Posters and Fatal Vision Goggles Our Traffic Safety Promotion Resource Centre has brochures, posters, manuals and newsletters available. Brochures and posters produced by SGI can be ordered in quantity. A subscription to our RoadSmart Report is available at no charge. Fatal Vision Goggles are a training tool used to vividly demonstrate the concept of impairment and the dangers of impaired driving. Alcohol and other drugs have an affect on the brain that result in a variety

of impairments. The Fatal Vision Goggles distort vision and cause behaviours that are similar to behaviours exhibited by someone under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. To order any of these materials, or for more information, call Traffic Safety Promotion at 306-775-6042 in Regina, or toll free at 1-800-667-8015 ext. 6042, fax your request to 306-359-0312 or email [email protected].

Section 1 – Page 1

Bicycles & Bicycle Safety Videos

A Velo…Guide de Securite sur le Cyclisme Length: 27 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All cyclists Who designed the first bicycle? What's the fastest-recorded cross-Canada cycling time? Learn the answers to these questions and more. Plus, try the challenge of the five-stage cross-country race as you travel through a heat-scorched desert, cross a treacherous bridge and climb a mountain. Each stage presents tips and trivia and tests your knowledge of safe cycling. An excellent video for experienced riders and a useful teaching aid.

Along for the Ride Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: Adults This video describes the joys of cycling, how to select and adjust a helmet, wearing reflective clothing, rules of the road and sharing the road.

Be Headsmart – It’s Time to Start Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: Teens This dramatization examines why teens don't like to wear bike helmets, but through a re-enactment of a cycling accident it provides valid reasons to start wearing them.

Bicycle Rules of the Road (2nd Edition) Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1986 Audience: Adults Because a bicycle is a vehicle, the cyclist must obey traffic laws. This video identifies six common traffic violations that result in bike crashes: riding on the wrong side of the road, turning improperly, disregarding signs and signals, driving too fast for conditions, failing to yield the right of way and riding at night without proper lights and reflectors. The video also stresses the importance of using protective gear, such as an approved helmet.

Bicycle Safety (2nd Edition) Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: All Drivers This video illustrates the rules for bikers: safety checks, traffic laws, riding defensively and maintaining control.

Bike Safety with Bill Nye the Science Guy Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: K - 8 and adults Using models, Bill Nye the Science Guy demonstrates the importance of lights, signalling, yielding to right


of way and other safe bicycling habits. The value of proper use of helmets is also stressed. Don’t Use Your Brains for Brakes Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: Children and parents This video shows what can happen to children when they do not wear helmets while cycling and discusses the safety features of a good bicycle helmet. It includes an interview with a young boy who was injured while cycling.

Effective Cycling Length: 41 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Cyclists This video teaches a positive, no-nonsense approach to cycling safety. Topics covered include bicycle handling and emergencies, handling common roadway conditions, vehicle laws, principles and etiquette, roadway positioning, turning, cornering, descending, climbing, coping with motorist errors, night driving, riding with family/friends and equipping your bike/self for special rides.

Gearing Up. . . A Guide to Safe Cycling Length: 27 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All cyclists Who designed the first bicycle? What's the fastest recorded cross Canada cycling time? Learn the answers to these questions and more. Plus, try the challenge of the five-stage cross country race as you travel through a heat-scorched desert, cross a treacherous bridge and climb a mountain. Each stage presents tips and trivia and tests your knowledge of safe cycling. An excellent video for experienced riders and a useful teaching aid.

Get the Big Picture Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All cyclists A fast paced video stressing visual skills needed to ride a bicycle safely. It provides tips for riding near parked cars, through intersections and making left turns.

I'm No Fool with a Bicycle Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: Children Geppetto, Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket enlist two young friends to illustrate safety pointers such as wearing a helmet and bright clothes, having good brakes, riding single file, crossing busy intersections carefully and obeying traffic signals.

Little League Traffic Safety Initiative Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: K - 8 and Adults Using comparisons between baseball games and pedestrian/traffic situations, this video discusses seatbelts, bicycle helmets, vehicle and pedestrian safety.

Mon Velo-Casque, C'est saute Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1993 French only


Audience: Children This video describes the benefits of wearing helmets while cycling and how to avoid cycling hazards. National Bicycle Test Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: General Test your knowledge…average score is 110. Bike safety rules and laws to protect bicyclists and pedestrians.

Professor Helmut on Helmets Length: 7 minutes Copyright: Audience: Grades 1 – 8 This video stresses the importance of bike helmets, how helmets work and why everyone needs one. Also, it provides tips on purchasing the correct helmet for you.

Ride Smart It’s Time to Start Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: Grades K-6 and parents Fast-paced bicycle safety video about how wearing a helmet can save you from injuries or death. It also explains how to purchase an approved bicycle helmet that fits correctly.

Safety’s Gone To The Head Length: 12 minutes Copyright: Audience: Grade 1 – Adult The increasing number of head injuries to children as a result of bicycle accidents has led to the development of a bicycle safety helmets campaign and this video.


Child Restraints

Boosters Are For Big Kids Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: Children 4-9 and parents Kids need to be convinced that safety devices are for their own good. There is also a section that teaches parents why booster seats are important.

Car Time: A New Attitude on Board Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: Adults This video shows the importance of using the safety features of vehicles, such as airbags, seatbelts and child restraints, correctly. It explains how airbags work and recommends ways to increase vehicle safety when travelling with your family.

Car Time: 1-2-3-4 Safe Seating in the Kid Zone Length: 23 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: Caregivers and their children The safe travel of children is demonstrated in four stages in this informative video. It provides educational instruction for use of infant carriers, child seats, booster seats and seatbelts and encourages caregivers and children to realize the importance of safety restraints.

Children in Crashes Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1986 Audience: Parents, other adults and professionals This video shows the importance of using child restraints properly. Crash footage is used showing both the properly restrained child as well as the unrestrained. Note: although the video refers to U.S standards, the effects are the same. In Canada a tether strap is required by law.

Crash Test Dummies/1993 Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: Grades K – 6 KISS Tour- Kids In Safety Seats. Dummies give demonstrations on why kids need to be in proper safety seats. The video shows how to properly install safety seats.

Don’t Risk Your Child’s Life Length: 21 minutes Copyright: 2003 Audience: Parents, other adults and professionals The most comprehensive, up-to-date video covering selection and correct use of safety seats, with many revisions and new material added to this edition. The video includes graphic footage of airbag deployment with a rear-facing infant dummy, crash footage illustrating the critical importance of infants riding rear facing, demonstration of benefits of booster seats and solutions for installation problems due


to vehicle incompatibility. New child restraint models, including rigid LATCH, are shown and older models eliminated.

Kids that Click Length: 24 minutes Copyright: 2007 Audience: Adult Do you have questions about which car seat or booster seat is right for your child? Maybe you want to know if you are using it correctly.

Protecting Your Very Important Passenger Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1994 Available in English or French Audience: Parents This video stresses the importance of protecting children in appropriate child seats and provides information about properly selecting and installing a seat.

Special Delivery: Safe Transportation of Premature and Small Infants

Length: 16 minutes

Copyright: 1989 Audience: Parents This video demonstrates the correct and safe way to transport premature and small infants in child restraints. Included on this video is how to purchase and install your baby’s car seat and other safety tips.

The Back Is Where It's At - ABC's of Air Bag Safety Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: Children A Chrysler Canada video advocating the advantages of using seat belts, child restraints, air bags and children should ride in the back seat.


Driving Skills & Techniques

A Single Moment Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: New drivers The risks new drivers take due to inexperience sometimes has tragic results. The dangers associated with gravel roads are explained as well as the differences between driving on gravel and paved roadways.

Aggressive Driving & Road Rage Length: 19 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: Grades 9 to adult Many drivers are stressed, pre-occupied and in a hurry most of the time. At the same time, gridlock is a reality in many people’s lives. Drivers need to see videos on protecting themselves from aggressive driving and road rage.

America Brakes for Safety Length: 7 minutes Date Produced: 1998 Audience: Driver Education; mechanics; grades 10-12 The keys to proper use of the ABS technology are to recognize how the vehicle is equipped, recognize when ABS is functioning and perform techniques of firm braking and limited steering. Knowing these key factors and elements will allow the driver to take full advantage of this braking technology.

Backing Safely Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: Students and adults This video offers practical safety information to help eliminate backing collisions.

Challenges For Driver Safety Length: 10 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers Dateline tests drivers on distractions. Cell phones, eating and changing CD’s/radio are all characteristics related to crashes. The video shows how to avoid these and other dangerous situations.

Changer de vitesse (French) Length: 23 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Students and adults This video relates the story of three teenagers in an accident because of driving too fast and the consequences that it incurs.


City Driving (Cars) Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All urban drivers The need to be aware of traffic around you, changing conditions and unexpected actions of pedestrians and motorists is emphasized. This video does not dwell on legal traffic rules, but on techniques of defensive driving.

City Driving Tactics Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: All drivers A driver on city streets makes over 30 decisions every kilometer they drive. A safe trip depends on the ability to make the right choices about crossing intersections and lane changing. The video illustrates how defensive driving helps drivers avoid stress and drive safely.

City Driving Tactics (2nd Edition) Length: 20 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Adults Drivers make approximately 58 separate decisions every one-mile on a city street. The video provides tips to stay safe behind the wheel and to be wary of potential hazards and other drivers.

Coaching the Beginning Driver Length: 45 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Parents and students ("Coaching Techniques" for Parents and "Driving Techniques" for Students) A defensive driving video for the new driver and a "Parent" video to help you become more effective in a one-on-one driving situation with your teenager.

Comment conduire sur l'autoroute (French) Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Students and adults This video shows, in any amusing way, the evolution of highways and freeways from primitive times to modern times. Good and bad procedures of driving on a freeway are examined along with problems that can be prevented. Goofy is our guide through all this.

Comment conduire sur l'autoroute - 2 (French) Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Students and adults This video continues with more good and bad driving procedures on the freeway.

Darrel Cyr's Drive to Stay Alive Length: 50 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers, especially new drivers Advertised as "the most comprehensive driving test you'll ever take," this video reviews good driving practices in urban settings. Note: Throughout most of the video, the instructor is not wearing a shoulder belt, and in some scenes the lap belt is not visible.


Dead Tired Length: 45 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: All drivers Sleeping at the wheel is as deadly as driving drunk, and it may be killing as many people. A CTV W5 production with Christine Nielsen reporting.

Defensive Driving & Road Rage Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers What is road rage? How can you control your attitude? These are a few questions that will be answered in this video, which also includes helpful prevention techniques.

Defensive Driving – A Crash Course Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 2004 Audience: All drivers This video presents a good review of driving in fog, rain and snow, and under adverse winter conditions. It also covers hydroplaning, night driving, being drowsy while driving, being cautious in construction and “no zones.”

Defensive Driving - Prepared for the Worst Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: All drivers This video presents a good review of driving in fog, rain and snow, and under adverse winter conditions. It also covers hydroplaning, night driving, being drowsy while driving, being cautious in construction and "no zones."

Defensive Driving: Real Real Life Length: 18 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers This video provides basic tips on being a good driver; covers road rage, driver distraction, driver attitude, as well as vehicle maintenance.

Distracted Length: 20 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers Cell phones are an obvious danger, yet drivers changing music stations or CDs cause 32,000 accidents each year. Drivers hear from actual truckers and company owners in this fast-paced video that covers how to recognize and avoid distracted drivers. Prevent yourself from becoming distracted.

Distracted Driving Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: All drivers Driving while distracted is a common factor in many accidents. Driver distraction lowers the chance of responding appropriately to driving hazards and emergency situations.


Don’t Let Up Length: 10 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: New drivers This video explains how ABS brakes work and includes demonstrations on wet and dry surfaces and tips on braking.

DrivAbility: Car Control Clinics Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: New drivers How to adjust seats and mirrors, make lane changes, use proper braking techniques and how to avoid crashes.

Drive Safely Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: All drivers This video reminds drivers of the rules of the road and asks six vital questions that will have drivers re-evaluating their own driving habits.

Driven to Distraction Length: 11 minutes Copyright: unknown Available in DVD or VHS Audience: All drivers Driving is a complex task that requires attention. In this video we see how a secondary task such as talking on a cell phone or finding an address complicates driving. This video teaches new ways of coping that helps drivers put safety first.

Driver-ZED Copyright: 2000 Audience: Teen drivers CD-ROM format – Minimum Requirements: IBM PC Compatible, Pentium 9 or better with video accelerator card and 2MB graphics card; Windows 95 and 98 Operating System only. Driver-ZED’s full screen, full-motion video puts you behind the wheel and guides you through 83 real-life driving sequences designed to enhance your ability to recognize and deal with highway risks. The program introduces you to a variety of potentially dangerous situations that would take you years to encounter on the road.

Driving in Bad Weather Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All drivers This video uses the setting of a television newscast to dramatize the effects of fog, dust, smoke, rain, snow and ice on driving. It includes tips on how to maintain your car in bad weather conditions.

Driving Safety Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: All drivers General driving safety is reviewed in this video. Special attention is given to defensive driving, passing, night driving and driving in wet weather.


Freeway Driving Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All drivers This excellent video is a must-see for drivers unfamiliar with freeway driving. The video discusses how to smoothly and decisively merge onto and from a multi-lane highway, how to handle "weave" lanes and how to know when you've reached your exit.

Human Cargo…. A Deadly Way To Go Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: All drivers This video explains and demonstrates the dangers of transporting passengers in the cargo area of pickup trucks. The video states that the practice is illegal. While it is unsafe, it is not yet illegal in Saskatchewan.

I Thought of You Length: 5 minutes Copyright : 2004 Available: CD or VHS Format Audience: All drivers In an effort to help reduce needless deaths due to car crashes, two young B.C. artists, Distance and Kyle, created a song to speak directly to their peers about road safety. The music video and lyrics of the song send a powerful message about car crashes.

Low Visibility and Driving Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All drivers Weather conditions, such as fog, snow, rain and bright sun are discussed in this video, as well as night driving, shadows and blinding spray from passing vehicles.

Making Safer Roads Length: 12 minutes Copyright:1995 Audience: All drivers Hazards like a tree, utility pole, or bridge support are a problem especially on secondary roads. This video shows common sense approaches to hazards along the roadside.

National Driving Test “93” Length: 45 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All drivers This video has 25 questions to test your driving skills and judgement, demonstrations, statistics, child car seats, and distractions.

New Driver Car Control Clinic Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: Persons interested in advanced driving techniques This driving exercise program is designed to help parents and instructors make the new driver a safer driver. The video shows techniques of defensive driving, accident avoidance, threshold braking, ABS use and secrets of professional drivers.


Night Driving Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All drivers This video shows the effects of darkness on driver vision and offers tips for night driving.

On Country Roads Length: 37 minutes Copyright: 1986 Audience: All drivers This popular program shows how to approach slow moving vehicles on narrow secondary highways and how to avoid other dangers on gravel roads. The video stresses the importance of using seatbelts properly.

Parking Safely Length: 15 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers Parking can be just as hazardous as driving in traffic since many drivers and pedestrians disregard all normal traffic laws once they arrive in a parking area. Parking safely is designed to refresh even experienced drivers’ safe parking skills. This video deals with ten of these.

Proper Driving Attitudes Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: All drivers Distractions, attitudes and emotions - all affect the way you drive. This video provides tips on how to control them.

Propulsion Video Series Review quiz and answer sheet for each video provided at end of this section. Photocopy as required.

Propulsion Video – Driving in Traffic Length: 11 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Basic rules, lane change, passing, and being passed

Propulsion Video – Right of Way Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Basic rules, intersections, emergency vehicles

Propulsion Video – Turning Maneuvers Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Right turns and left turns


Propulsion Video – Your Space Cushion Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Basic braking, following, to the sides and stopped

Propulsion Video – Pre-Driving Protocol Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Approach, pre-drive adjustments, and blind spots

Propulsion Video – Expressway Driving Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Entering, driving on, exiting, and weave lanes

Propulsion Video – Parking Maneuvers Length: 14 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Straight, perpendicular, parallel, diagonal, and hill parking

Propulsion Video – Adverse Conditions Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Road conditions and visual conditions

Propulsion Video – Vision and SIPDE Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Vision, field of, handicaps, SIPDE (scan, interpret, predict, decide, execute), and scanning

Propulsion Video – Space Management Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Space Areas, danger zone, and lane position

Propulsion Video – Emergency Situations Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Panic, blow out, brake failure, etc

Propulsion Video – Intersections Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Approach, identify, crossing, stopped, etc.


Propulsion Video – Road Rage Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Causes, how to control and how to avoid

Propulsion Video – Traffic Control Devices Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Signs, signals, and pavement markings

Propulsion Video – Driver Input Controls Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Steering, braking, acceleration and communication

Red Asphalt III Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1999 ***Note: Extremely Graphic*** Audience: All drivers This video demonstrates how poor attitudes and bad decisions can result in serious accidents and severe injuries.

Risk (Drivers) Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: All drivers Everything you thought you knew about road safety may be wrong. As cars become safer, more accidents are occurring, claims Gerald Wilder, a psychology professor at Queen's University. Why? Drivers just take more risks. CTV's W5 host Eric Malling investigates. Road Kill: The Attitude Length: 19 minutes Copyright: 1998 ***Note: Extremely Graphic*** Audience: All drivers Extremely graphic video shows actual accident scenes and coroner photos of victims; may be upsetting to some viewers. This video demonstrates how poor attitudes and bad decisions can cause accidents.

Road Kill: The Consequences Length: 24 minutes Copyright: 1998 ****Note: Extremely Graphic**** Audience: All drivers Extremely graphic video shows actual accident scenes and coroner photos of victims; may be upsetting to some viewers. Alberta-specific insurance implications are explained in this video about the risks and consequences of speeding.


Road Rage & Aggressive Driving: A View From the Driver's Seat

Length: 18 minutes

Copyright: 1998 Audience: All drivers Aggressive driving tactics and hostility are common behaviors of high-risk drivers. Increases in traffic congestion and travelling longer distances contribute to the frustrations associated with road rage. This film provides tips to reduce one's own frustrations and covers defensive driving techniques to use when sharing the roads with aggressive drivers.

Road Rage - How to Protect Yourself Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: All drivers This video examines driving practices that provoke 'road rage' as well as how to recognize and avoid bursts of anger or frustration while driving. Suggestions are made on how to deal with driving disagreements.

Road Rage: Out-of-Control Horsepower! Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers This video addresses the alarming increase in traffic-related incidents of violence with particular attention given to new teenage drivers. There are so many attitudinal aspects involved in this complex and very dangerous problem known as “road rage”. Viewers are given tips on how not to be the cause of an incident either by action or re-action. They also learn how to protect themselves during an incident.

Safe Driving Tactics Length: 26 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: All drivers This program demonstrates safe driving techniques and defensive driving tactics. Although driving laws vary in different jurisdictions, the program illustrates that it is every driver's job to try and prevent a collision regardless of who violated the law.

Safe Operations of Corporate Vehicles Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: All drivers This video gives driver safety tips on intersections, changing lanes, speed, parking lots and proper use of eyes and always have an escape route.

Safety On Our Highways Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1980 Audience: General This program informs drivers on highway design, safety features built into highways, shows various types of curves and interchanges and instructs the driver on the different types of lane markings.


Save a Second, Save a Life Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All drivers, instructors and students This video offers an information-packed overview of visual techniques and strategies for drivers. It includes facts, theories, tests and tips to help optimize visual skills to create a safer driving environment for you and others.

Semi Conscious - Driving in the Real World Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: All drivers, particularly teenagers Four teenagers demonstrate simple tips for sharing the road with trucks. The main message is to avoid staying in the "no zones” and the trucker's blind spots. The message is repetitive and is accompanied by music favoured by young people.

Sharing the Highways Length: 19 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: New drivers This video has a lot of good hints on sharing the highway with big trucks. It talks about city and highway driving.

Sharing The Road Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All drivers How can drivers help protect pedestrians? How could you reduce your risk of a collision with a bike or motorcycle? How do you safely share the road with big trucks and oversized vehicles? These are a few of the questions answered on this video.

Signs and Signals Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers This video identifies various traffic signs and signals.

Signs, Signals & Markings Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All drivers Traffic control signs, signals and markings give you advance notice of changes ahead. Knowing what they mean allows you to anticipate and react to changing traffic conditions so you can drive more safely.

Stomp, Stay, Steer Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: All drivers This is an instructional video on the benefits and usage of ABS brakes.


Street Racing – Danger! Length: 21 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers In this reality-based program, we come face to face with Tiffany and Julius who have little concern for the law and their safety. Viewers will get a sudden jolt when Tiffany is “arrested” for drag racing and Julius is “killed” in a race-related accident, both of which were staged. As well as getting an emotional punch they will never forget, they are moved by meeting the victim of a real street racing tragedy.

The 5 Deadly Driving Mistakes Length: 18 minutes Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1980 Audience: All drivers A study at Indiana University isolated five driving mistakes that account for more than 95 percent of all auto accidents. These errors along with the failure to wear safety belts are to blame for nearly all traffic deaths. In this program, six drivers answer for these mistakes in the court of heaven, while the judge explains how they caused fatal accidents.

The Ultimate Driving Challenge Length: 48 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All drivers A driving quiz program hosted by TV personality Craig T. Nelson (of Coach fame) features a number of well-known entertainment personalities. The question-and-answer format covers a variety of driving situations: following too closely, hydroplaning, right of way and dealing with other road users.

Think & Drive Length: 17 minutes Copyright:2000 Audience: All drivers (including professional) This video provides tips on various driving skills for both vehicle and driving conditions. Topics covered include good driving skills, anti-lock brakes, how bad weather affects driving, controlling skids and how to respond to emergency situations.

Uncurbed Drivers on the Spot Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: All drivers What do you do when there's an ambulance behind you? The answer, to pull over to the curb, should be obvious, but many drivers have trouble figuring it out. Mark Schneider goes for a ride with paramedics in Vancouver and puts drivers on the spot.

Using Your Eyes Effectively Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All drivers This video demonstrates the best way to use your eyes/vision while driving. It explains central and peripheral vision and the effects of alcohol on vision.


Water-skiing on 4 Wheels Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1982 Audience: All drivers This video reveals techniques for driving on wet roads and through deep water and advises how to react to skidding in such conditions. It shows how the condition of tread, tire inflation, speed and road surface affect road safety and how to know when your vehicle is hydroplaning.

What's Your Orange IQ? Length: 21 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers A quiz designed to teach motorists what to do under various road maintenance conditions (Saskatchewan uses symbols, not words).

Young Drivers - The High Risk Years Length: 14 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: Teen drivers This video shows how combinations of youthful age, immaturity, inexperience, over confidence and risky driving practices can prove to have deadly consequences.


Impaired Driving

Alcohol and Drug Interactions Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 1980 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers This video offers a good description of the effects of mixing alcohol and drugs. Prescription or illegal drugs, when combined with alcohol, may produce a synergistic effect on thinking, judgment and routine activities - including driving.

Avonlea Graduation Length: 26 minutes Date Produced: 1982 Audience: Adults, grades 6-12 A recent high school graduation in Avonlea resulted in tragedy. Host Sherv Shragge explores how students feel about graduation parties and drinking. The concept of participating in and promoting safe graduation activities is discussed with students, parents and teachers.

Behind Bars Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers This dramatic video follows an impaired driver from arrest to police station to jail cell. There is very little dialogue.

Blurred Lines Length: 27 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: All drivers (mainly adults) Victims of drinking and driving-related collisions share their grief and raise the issues of stricter laws and more punitive measures for impaired driving. Since this program is American, reference is made to U.S. statistics and the U.S. Criminal Justice System. Human suffering is shown to be a greater cost of impaired driving than the risk of being ticketed by law officials.

Choices: Don't Drink And Drive Length: 12 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Ages 15 to 18 and adults This anti-drinking and driving program is narrated by the lucky survivor of a drunk-driving accident. The program focuses on how head injuries, a frequent result of such accidents, ruins lives.

Drinking and Driving: Why Take the Risk? Length: 35 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers After drinking at a party, a young man drives his friend home. His car goes out of control, resulting in death and injury. This video asserts that drinking and driving can land you in the hospital, court or a funeral parlor, and suggests that there are choices.


Drinking and Driving Kills Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: All drivers In this powerful video, the impact of senseless death hits hard. The tragic deaths of the three teens are shared with young viewers in the hope that they will not drink and drive.

Drinking And Driving: A Deadly Decision Length: 16 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Ages 16 to adult These are true stories from three different perspectives. The first story features a young man convicted of felony drunk driving and manslaughter. In the second episode, a young woman vents her anger towards the teenager who killed her husband. A police officer illustrates the risks involved in driving while intoxicated and the subsequent court proceedings.

Drinking and Driving: An Alien Concept Length: 11 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers This animated program focuses on the absurdity of drinking and driving, as viewed by alien visitors.

Drinking and Drugs: Driving Under the Influence Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers (mainly adults) Regular use of drugs and alcohol is socially acceptable. How does this fact contribute to the incidence of impaired driving? Referring to U.S. statistics and laws, this program illustrates the risks of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Drinking Stories Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers When the party's over, the tragic consequences are left behind. Listen to the true stories of college students who were responsible for - or victims of - accidents and crimes because drinking destroyed their judgment. The stories are interspersed with other students bragging about their drinking habits.

Drinking, Driving, Dying Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: All drivers Gain an understanding of what blood alcohol content is and how it is estimated. Appreciate the critical difference between the legal BAC limit and the practical limit of alcohol in the blood. Learn the warning signs of someone who is driving while intoxicated.

Driving Drunk, Driving High Length: 32 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers and adults This program illustrates that, in the 32 minutes of victims' testimonials documented in this film, someone in the U.S. will die due to drinking and driving.


Drug Use And Addiction Length: 21 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Grades 9-12 Follow the lives of two teenagers for 24 hours, as their family and friends make an attempt to help them realize how the use of drugs is affecting them.

Drunk Driving: A Collision Course Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers Teaching young people to say "No" to alcohol is only half the battle. Teaching them to say "No" to friends who drink is just as important. This hard-hitting video explains how crashes can be prevented and how safe choices mean the difference between life and death.

DUI – It’s Just Not Worth It! Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 2001 Audience: Grades 9 to 12 The video shows how it affects the body, the ability to drive and clarifies the myths about drinking and driving while showing dramatic footage of interviews with the victims of drunk drivers. This program includes a sobriety test administered by the State of Indiana Toxicology Department that clearly illustrates how drinking, even below the legal limits, can affect reaction times and the operation of a car. Viewers are exposed to first hand accounts from victims, loved ones and police, of the senseless slaughter of innocents.

DUI: Dead in 5 Seconds Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers This program documents the experiences of a family who has lost their son in an impaired driving collision. The driver responsible for the fatality reveals the devastating effects his actions have had on the families involved.

DUI: Every 15 Minutes Length: 11 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Teenagers A vivid re-enactment shows the brutal aftermath of an alcohol-related car crash. Each haunting scene presents a different consequence of the crash.

DWI: The Dangerous Road Length: 17 Minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: Grades 7 to 12 This program takes an unflinching look at teen involvement in drinking and driving fatalities, which frequently occur after graduation parties, proms and sports victory celebrations. The video relates the heartbreaking stories of two DWI tragedies, documenting how police operate sobriety checkpoints and presenting how medical examiners conduct autopsies.


Fatal Story Length: 6 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers 17 year old Ryan Goldsmith died March 26,1995 in a traffic collision caused by drinking and driving. His family shares their story of losing someone to drinking and driving.

Final Choices: The Brad Shipman Story Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers This video tells the story of three young people who made the wrong choice. After drinking excessively, they were involved in a serious auto accident. One of the trio was killed, one was injured and one went to jail.

Friday Night: Five Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: All drivers This unique film-within-a-film demonstrates the difference between social drinkers who misuse alcohol and those who have begun the process of addiction. This video promotes awareness about drinking and driving.

Friends Don't Let Friends Length: 56 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers Filmed in the Northwest Territories, this video provides a realistic look at drinking and driving in northern Canada, including the dangers of operating snowmobiles, boats, all-terrain vehicles and even walking while impaired.

Getting Serious Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers Canadian laws on impaired driving are explained in a high school law class moot court. The video dramatizes a real drinking and driving incident involving students.

Heart 2 Heart “A Talk on Drinking & Driving” Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: All drivers A group of First Nation teenagers reenact a drinking and driving accident. The video shows interviews with victim’s friends and family, dealing with life long consequences of drinking and driving. Elders interviewed share experiences.

I Drive: It only takes a split second to change things forever Length: 17 minutes Copyright: Unknown Available on DVD or VHS Audience: Young drivers This video helps young drivers to recognize factors that contribute to unsafe driving and develop strategies to avoid them.


Impaired? Not Me!! Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: All drivers (Aboriginal production) The seriousness of drinking and driving and the consequences are examined. The video emphasizes that drinkers are not "okay" to drive even if they don't feel drunk.

It's Not An Accident Length: 41 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Jason Barber delivers a powerful speech to an auditorium of high school students the day before Prom. He shares with the students the consequences he has faced after killing his brother in an impaired driving collision.

Jane: A Film Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: All drivers The moving story of a young woman’s experience as an impaired driver and the impact on her life.

Just a Heartbeat Length: 49 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: High school students The decision to have 'just a few' drinks before driving results in tragic consequences for more than just the driver.

Just Another Friday Night Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1984 Audience: All drivers, especially high school students An 18-year-old faces a stiff sentence after driving impaired and causing the deaths of eight friends. The judge is forced to make a difficult decision. Just Another Saturday Night Length: 14 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: Teens In this video, a teen has to deal with the legal and personal consequences of drinking and driving.

Just Call Me Crash Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1998 ****Note: Extremely Graphic**** Audience: All drivers This extremely graphic video will be upsetting to some viewers. It tells of a victim of a near fatal car crash involving a drunk driver - herself. Not expected to live, she survived and tells about the life changing experience that was the result of her own actions.

Just Having a Good Time Length: 22 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: Young drivers A video from Northwest Territories describing the consequences of drinking and driving. The video features interviews with doctors, rescue personnel and victims of people "just having a good time."


Know When to Draw the Line Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: Teenagers This video features the documentary Drawing the Line done by YTV News and the 1997 Labatt's Road Scholarship video demonstrating traffic safety. An informative combination of the consequences of drinking and driving, alternative ways to drink responsibly and general safe driving techniques.

Last Call Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers Produced in Quebec, this video describes the effects of alcohol on the body, driving ability and discusses the law relating to sale of liquor to intoxicated persons. It provides perspectives of the waiter, bar owner, police, driver and victim.

Making A Difference Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: Youth organizations against drinking and driving Different groups of Alberta teens design programs to raise awareness of the consequences of drinking and driving. This film provides many examples of teens organizing to eliminate the occurrence of impaired driving.

Market Place: Drugged Drivers – CBC Length: 25 minutes Copyright:1996 Audience: All drivers A special report on drugged drivers which aired in 1996.

Missing You Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers This video describes the job of a police force photographer who takes pictures of car crashes involving alcohol. Still photographs of victims, with the background music of Tom Waite's Missing You are also shown. The mother of one victim tells how the crash affected the family, then and now. The narrator recounts what happened to the impaired driver in that particular accident.

No Time To Say "Goodbye" Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers Using Canadian statistics, this Manitoba production illustrates the life-altering consequences of drinking and driving.

Not Ready to Go Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 2004 Audience: Grades 9-12 The story of five teens who were killed and nine who were injured in a cannabis-impaired multi-vehicle crash as told by the survivors, families and emergency service responders. Recommended for teenage audiences.


Picking Up the Pieces Length: 26 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers This program features the moving story of a victim's recovery after being hit by an impaired driver. Her testimony explores the concept that no one walks away from the pain surrounding impaired driving collisions. Prisoners for Life Length: 18 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Adults Interviews with victims and with professionals (emergency doctor, police officer, ambulance attendant, fire chief, etc.) who are impacted over and over again when dealing with victims of impaired driving crashes. Rainbow Rap Length: 6 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Teenagers In this music video about impaired driving, six young people from Regina's Rainbow Youth Center rap and dance to the theme: "We want to have fun, but we ain't dumb."

SADD is Bigger Than Rock and Roll Length: 40 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Teenagers This video describes what SADD members have done to promote awareness of the problem of drinking and driving. The video promotes SADD to fellow peers and adults, and lets viewers know what SADD is all about.

Saskatchewan SADD Length: 22 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: Teenagers and professionals This video discusses the purpose of Saskatchewan's SADD program, including a typical meeting and a SADD conference. It also features personal accounts of collision survivors. This video's informal approach could encourage teenagers to start a SADD chapter in their school.

Senior Adults -Traffic Safety & Alcohol Length: 11 minutes Copyright: 1978 Audience: All drivers, especially senior drivers This video discusses how alcohol, when combined with prescription drugs, affects the mobility of senior citizens. This video uses animation to get its message across, and avoids stereotyping.

Shattered Lives Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All drivers This unusual video describes the effects that a traffic death has on relatives and friends.


Sober Graduation: Make It to Your Future Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: High school students High school graduations are marred by the consequences of drinking and driving. The personal experiences of surviving family members are shared.

Sober Thoughts on Drinking and Driving Length: 14 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers A young man confined to a wheelchair discusses his previous drinking habits and the events which led to a collision, rendering him a paraplegic. He and his friend’s state that an awareness of the consequences of drinking and driving can reduce alcohol-related collisions.

Something For Jamie Length: 16 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: General On November 10, 1994, 4-year old Jamie died in a tragic multi-vehicle collision. The driver that hit them was drinking and driving. Her family delivers messages to officers, data entry personnel, prosecutors, judges and drivers.

Steer Clear - DWI Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: All drivers This video emphasizes the loss of judgment, rather than impaired reflexes or motor skills, as responsible for most alcohol and drug-related accidents.

Ted’s Story Honoring Melissa Length: 48 minutes Copyright: 2005 Available on VHS or DVD Audience: All drivers Interviews with Melissa Hoeving’s family and friends. Media footage and interviews with Ted Gross regarding dealing with the consequences of drinking and driving.

The Aftermath Length: 24 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers An Olympic swimmer is charged with drunk driving and manslaughter after killing and injuring pedestrians while driving drunk. Discussions with the victims and their families show how they have been affected. Pop singer Carly Simon makes an appearance.

The Alcohol You Length: 29 minutes Date Produced : 1980 Audience: All drivers This video deals with the effects of alcohol on the brain, personality and perception changes, stressing how alcohol slows your ability to switch attention from one thing to another. Popular drinking myths are explored.


The Bad Dream Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 1984 Audience: All drivers (Aboriginal production) This video follows a young man's celebration of a new job and new vehicle to a tragic conclusion.

The Designated Driver Length: 20 Minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: All drivers It is not only the chronic alcoholic who should not drive, but also the impaired social drinker. The solution is available: choose someone from your group to abstain from drinking for the evening and be the driver.

The Last Dance Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: Grades 9-12 Teens, officers and trained medical staff reenact a single vehicle crash caused by drinking and driving.

The Mourning After Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 2003 Audience: Ages 15+ Produced by MADD and the Saskatoon Police Service, this video is an honest look at the aftermath of drinking and driving. Through interviews with survivors of this terrible crime, as well as the police officers who investigate, viewers will get a sense of the impact drinking and driving has on people’s lives.

The Party's Over Length: 23 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: Teenagers The problem of drinking and driving among youth is examined in this dramatic, modern presentation.

The Power of Choice: Drinking and Driving Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: Teenagers This video examines choices and emphasizes that people have the power to take control of their lives. A comedian/teen counsellor chats with teenagers about how to stay out or get out of drinking/driving predicaments. The audience is encouraged to anticipate when a drinking and driving situation may arise and to plan alternatives.

The Truth About Drinking (DVD Format) Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: Teenagers The physical effects of alcohol are demonstrated as the teens discover in this program. They are then involved in a moving role-play of the events surrounding drinking and driving deaths. By the end of the film, all four teens realize the danger of alcohol abuse and make decisions to change their lives.


Traffic Safety & You Length: 17 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers Statistics on motor vehicle collisions, drinking and driving and professional drivers.

Under the Influence II: A Decade Later Length: 27 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: All drivers A group of adults maneuver a driving course while sober and after drinking and individuals comment before and after on their ability to drive. This video shows dramatically how alcohol affects physical skill and judgment. Hosted by William Conrad.

Victim Impact Panel Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers This video shows victim impact panels in action. Victims explain the loss they've suffered due to drinking and driving to a group of impaired driving offenders.

We Weren't So Lucky Length: 22 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: All drivers (Aboriginal production) This video looks at the consequences of drinking and driving through the eyes of the victims of impaired drivers.

Wheels Length: 29 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: Teenagers There are cars, parties, friends - and risks - in this dramatization of peer pressure among a group of high school students. This video focuses on the facts and issues surrounding drinking and driving that teenagers most often overlook, showing that making the wrong decision, even once, can cause irreparable damage.

Who's Driving? Length: 23 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: Adults A dramatization of a roadside check demonstrates the process of an impaired driving arrest. Interviews with law officials, counsellors and drivers who have faced the consequences of impaired driving discuss the effects of alcohol and the dangers of drinking and driving.


Motorcycles & All Terrain Vehicles

An Owner's Guide to ATV Rider Safety Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All ATV operators This video discusses ATV safety rules.

Guide de Securite Pour Les Proprietaires de VIT Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All ATV operators This video discusses ATV safety rules.

Helmet Laws: Whose Freedom? Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All motorcycle riders This video illustrates the consequences of riding without a helmet. When motorcyclists crash, the results can be disastrous. What can help reduce brain injuries? Helmets can!

Polaris ATV Safety Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: All ATV riders This video will help riders recognize the dangers and risks involved in operating ATVs. Produced by Polaris, this video demonstrates how to ride safely and responsibly.

Your Ultimate Nightmare Length: 8 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers A test demonstrates the influence alcohol has on your driving. Laws and messages of safe driving are emphasized.


Older Drivers

Aging and Driving Video Length: 22 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: Seniors Video discusses perceptions and problems related to older drivers. Also included is a section on the benefits of seatbelts and airbags.

Hanging Up The Keys Length: 20 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Seniors This video shows the Magazine, CBC Special News, reports on senior drivers, the freedom of having a car, examining laws and statistics and testing older drivers.

Looking Ahead Length: 21 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: Seniors This video describes how the aging process can affect driving skills and how seniors can cope with changes and continue to drive safely.

Roadwise Review Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 2004 Recommended for: Windows XP, Audience: Seniors 2000, or ME. Created to help seniors drive safely longer. This easy to use CD-ROM will help you identify health and fitness issues. Steps to reduce your risk and how to monitor your driving health in privacy.

The Mature Driver Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Seniors A discussion of reduced vision, hearing and slower reaction time by older drivers. Seniors themselves discuss their changed attitudes to the task of driving.

The Older and Wiser Driver Length: 22 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: Seniors This video explains what seniors can do to continue driving while coping with diminishing eyesight, cognitive skills and reaction time. It also provides an excellent section on the effects of medication on driving.


Pedestrian & Personal Safety

Be Your Own Traffic Policeman Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Children Through everyday children's activities, this program defines traffic rules and their application. A combination of animation and photographs helps children understand safe attitudes and habits.

Children in Traffic: Why are they Different? Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1983 Audience: All drivers This video shows drivers how children differ from adults in their perception of traffic and that children cannot be expected to fully comprehend traffic rules or the reasons behind them. It cautions drivers not to rely solely on traffic regulations to protect children and to remember that children are spontaneous.

Dangerous Games Length: 24 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: All school age This video discusses brain and spinal cord injury prevention. It touches on drinking and driving, helmet use and traffic safety.

Elmer's Road Safety Video Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: Children 9 & under This 1994 video uses a combination of cartoons and real scenes to explain Elmer's seven basic pedestrian safety rules.

Hogey: Hooray for Sandbox Land Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: Children Animated characters Hogey and friends practise traffic safety as they go about their adventures.

I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: Children This video begins with Jiminy Cricket singing "I'm No Fool." The focus then switches to storybook character Geppetto explaining pedestrian safety rules to Pinocchio. His narration is illustrated by footage of real children in traffic.

Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: Children A friendly computer and a combination of live-action animation help Mickey and friends examine street


safety. They touch on checking the street for cars before crossing, taking shortcuts and much more.

Otto the Auto Series Length: 10 - 15 minutes Copyright: 1956 - 1958 Audience: Preschool and kindergarten An animated car offers kids tips on: Video A - safe street crossing Video B - street lights and raincoats Video C - playing in the street and riding bikes Video D - crossing at intersections and on icy roads Video E - seat belts and school bus Video F - bicycles

Pedestrian Safety Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: School children This Regina City video demonstrates the hazards posed by children who do not obey pedestrian safety rules. It explains pedestrian corridors, half-signal and basic pedestrian safety practices.

Pedestrian Safety (Willie Whistle Pedestrian Clips) Length: 8 Minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Elementary-grade children Animation and actual street scenes are combined to teach children basic pedestrian safety.

Pedibus Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Children Using an animated character, Pedibus (meaning "on foot"), this video illustrates dangerous situations and emphasizes the importance of respecting basic safety rules. Its goal is to promote thoughtful and long-lasting behavior patterns among pedestrians. The video points out safe places to walk and how to cross the road. Traffic signs are also explained.

Play it Safe Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1985 Audience: Children Viewers watch their peers play in their own yards, near busy streets, on the playground and in a pool. They learn safe ways to enjoy bicycles, skateboards and playground equipment.

Reduce Your Risk Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: All drivers This National Safety Council video demonstrates personal safety techniques to guard against mugging, car theft, car jacking and other vehicle-related crimes.


Safety on the Street (3rd Edition) Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Children This video helps prepare children for dangers they may meet on the street - both in and out of the car - by demonstrating that safety is often a matter of choice and forethought. The importance of wearing seatbelts, understanding the driver's point of view, pedestrian safety and handling the advances of strangers.

Safety Rules and You Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Children This program teaches basic safety rules and, equally important, stresses the fact that children are responsible for their own safety and for that of others around them. It explains why safety guidelines need to be followed, and what can happen if they are ignored.

See and Be Seen Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: Young children Children are playing ball on the street when a passing car hits one child. The video discusses traffic rules and shows traffic situations from the pedestrian and drivers’ viewpoints.

Speak Out & Make Noys Length: 37 minutes Copyright: 2001 Audience: Grades 9-12 Successful student organizations and projects from all over promote driver safety. It also includes tips on how you can start you own project or organization.

Street Smart Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: Elementary students Although showing U.S. statistics, this excellent video covers bicycle, skateboard and rollerblading safety. “Strangers” and hitchhiking dangers are also touched upon. (Presentation guidelines available upon request.)

The Lone Female Driver Length: 22 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: Women The video examines techniques that can be used by women to reduce risk of attack when driving, walking or parking.

Walking Through the Years Length: 12 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Pedestrians (Seniors) This video includes safety tips for senior pedestrians such as crossing the street, walking in parking lots, etc.


Winter Safety Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1981 Audience: Children Winter can be a hazardous time of year for children. Cars skid more easily and drivers cannot see as clearly. This film discusses and demonstrates safe practices around cars, snow and ice, including what to do if someone should fall through a frozen pond. While encouraging children to make the most of wintertime fun, the film suggests ways to minimize the dangers that cold weather creates.

You Can Make A Difference Too Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 2005 Audience: Teenagers -Seniors An introduction to Operation Lifesaver (OL) used for recruitment and orientation of new volunteers. Also familiarizes community groups with OL. A bilingual presenter addresses a community group in English and Spanish.


Professional Drivers

Accident Procedures Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: Professional drivers This video provides overview of critical procedures to follow in the case of an accident and reminds and refreshes drivers of their responsibilities on the scene.

Alive and Trucking Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 2003 Audience: Truck drivers This video contains important safety tips that can help drivers avoid a tragedy at railway crossings. Instructor's Guide, Student Notes, Safety Quiz available upon request.

Avoiding Accidents at Truck Stops Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Professional drivers The focus of this video is on protecting drivers, vehicles and property. Driver material covers: backing and scanning techniques, appropriate speeds, parking tips and security considerations. Truck stop operator material covers: proper lighting, clearly marked traffic lanes, dividing barriers and what to do if an accident occurs.

B-Train Braking with ABS Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Professional drivers This video explains how antilock brakes work, how they prevent skidding and reduce stopping distances. It demonstrates braking tests.

Backing Safety (Professional) Length: 17 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional drivers This is the most important part of backing or any other driving movement. This video shows blind areas around the unit and how to control the unit as you back. It shows the eight points that protrude as you back and how these affect safety. It also shows how to control traffic when backing off streets and includes many safety tips for drivers.

Bobtail Operations Length: 6 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Professional truck drivers It takes more time and distance to stop a bobtail than it does to stop a fully loaded tractor or semi trailer and bobtails are twice as likely to be involved in fatal accidents. This video tells drivers how to handle bobtails without getting into accidents. Proper braking methods, speed control and stopping distance are some of the topics covered.


Bus Evacuation/School Bus Safety Length: 20 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Bus drivers A school bus driver's guide on how to plan and execute the evacuation of students from a school bus under three different scenarios. Recommended for any bus driver transporting physically disabled and/or mentally challenged passengers.

Bus Evacuation For Special Education Bus Drivers Length: 20 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Bus drivers This video shows you the skills needed to evacuate a special education bus. Key points are techniques for evacuating ambulatory and non-ambulatory students, and knowing your circumstances, order and passengers.

Changing Lanes Video Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Professional drivers This video shows truck drivers how to change lanes safely. It also includes laws and regulations.

Controlling Slips and Falls Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video teaches drivers about common hazards and the right way to enter and exit the cab safely.

Danger Zones II Length: 12 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional drivers This video deals with the importance of preparing a commercial vehicle for different kinds of weather and road conditions. It begins with pre-trip vehicle inspections and proper trip planning. It also talks about hazards related to both winter and summer driving conditions.

Driver Fatigue Length: 22 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: Truck drivers Wake drivers up to the seriousness of driving while drowsy! Learn Hours of Service regulations; fatigue on the road sleeping habits; problems and solutions causes of fatigue; mental/emotional exhaustion, eating/drinking habits, and stress.

Driving Mountains and Grades Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video teaches drivers the proper procedures for descending and ascending grades. It includes trip preparation and planning, speed control and proper braking techniques.


Driving Safety - Night Driving Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: Professional drivers Night driving requires that both driver and vehicle be prepared. This video provides quick tips on how to avoid the hazards that you encounter as well as how to avoid being a hazard to others.

Driving Techniques Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: All drivers This video deals with the importance of maintaining and enhancing good driving techniques with an emphasis on defensive driving, changing lanes and passing and driving grades.

Emergency Manoeuvres: A Driver Training Program Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: Professional drivers The best way to prepare yourself for emergency situations is by improving your driving skills. This video covers evasive steering, preventing emergencies, braking techniques, skid control, brake failures and tire blowout.

Entrance Ramps Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers This video shows demonstrations on how to enter/exit ramps safely.

Extreme At The Scene! Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: Professional truck drivers The video reviews the “how” and “why” of remaining calm and composed after being involved in an accident, attending to the injured and collecting data all at once. Memorable footage and real world interviews combine to drive home the importance of staying in charge of your emotions.

Extreme Danger! Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2001 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video illustrates the temptations (sex and drugs) and physical dangers (assault, hijacking or worse) many professional drivers face every day. Memorable footage of “close encounters” combined with eye grabbing graphics and insightful interviews make for an unforgettable training session.

Extreme Mountains! Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2003 Audience: Professional truck drivers The video explains why drivers must be prepared to ascend and descend steep grades safely, how to deal with brake fade and failure and how to avoid specific hazards that are typical in mountain driving situations. Computer generated animation and real world interviews combine to drive the message home.


Extreme Rain Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: Professional truck drivers Illustrates why drivers must be prepared to react when heavy rain reduces visibility, interferes with good traction and, at times, causes mechanical difficulties or failures. Actual severe rain footage combines with exciting animation and interviews to drive the message home.

Extreme Road Rage Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: Professional truck drivers Defines the problem of road rage, explains how it affects professional drivers and covers what they can do to avoid the problem and keep from contributing to it. Fast action and intense music combine with exciting graphics, animation and interviews for a powerful training experience.

Extreme Road Work! Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2001 Audience: Professional truck drivers Reviews how and why drivers need to manage their vehicles in and around road construction areas, including what kinds of special hazards to be on the lookout for. Actual footage through work zones combines with exciting animation and interviews for a powerful training experience.

Extreme Rollover! Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: Professional truck drivers Covers the situations that can lead professional drivers to experience a rollover. Driving too fast, cornering too hard or simply being inattentive or falling victim to fatigue are all covered in this fast-paced video. Computer generated animation and real world interviews combine to drive the message home.

Extreme Traffic! Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: Professional truck drivers Explains the challenges of the increased amount of traffic on our roadways, ways to deal with it and techniques drivers can use to avoid an accident. Computer generated animation, eye-grabbing graphics and insightful interviews make for an unforgettable training session.

Extreme Weather Conditions Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: Professional truck drivers How you handle extreme weather conditions can keep you on the road and out of trouble. This video discusses the effects of rain, low temperatures, snow, fog and heat.

Extreme Wind! Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: Professional truck drivers Explains how high wind affects driving a tractor-trailer and why professional drivers must know how to proceed safely and when to call it quits and pull over. Memorable footage of actual severe winds in process


combine with graphic animation and interviews to drive the message home. Following Distance Video Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Truck drivers How do you know if you’re following too close or too far? Time and point reference method and other useful tips are explained.

In the Blink of an Eye Length: 8 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional drivers A driver recounts his experience. He relives this fraction of a second over and over again in his nightmares. This video asks drivers to re-examine their driving habits to make sure that they are as safe as possible.

Intersections Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Professional drivers This video describes how to turn in intersections safely and includes demonstrations, rules, and guidelines to follow.

Live to Help Another Day Length: 20 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional drivers The information in this video brings awareness of the potential dangers that exists at highway railway crossings and the steps to ensure the driver’s own safety as well as the passengers. Instructor's Guide, Student Notes, Safety Quiz available upon request.

Make It a Round Trip Length: 12 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: School bus drivers The information in this video increases driver awareness of potential dangers at highway-railway crossings. It also teaches procedures to follow to ensure the safety of the passengers and themselves. Instructor's Guide, Student Notes, Safety Quiz available upon request.

Making Right Turns Length: 5 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Truck drivers This video covers the proper way to make a right-turn and rules to follow for safety.

Personal Safety in Trucking Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video provides safety tips for truckers working in and around their vehicles. It raises awareness of the importance of physical and mental health and discusses how to handle dangerous cargo.


Portrait of a Professional Truck Driver Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video emphasizes that it takes skill, competence and a positive attitude to drive a big rig.

Pro Driving Attitudes Length: Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional drivers Help your drivers develop an improved safety record. This video introduces four key attitudes - alertness and preparation for the unexpected; wariness of other drivers and pedestrians; patience with other drivers and road conditions; and consideration for others on the road. It covers defensive driving and road rage.

Proper Backing Techniques Length: 17 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional drivers This video shows the correct techniques for straight backing, angle backing, and jack-knife type backing. It stresses the importance of using the mirrors properly when backing. It includes many helpful hints for the driver to use when backing and stresses slow, careful movement when backing.

Recommended Driving Procedures: Left Turns, Specialized Turns, Safety

Length: 14 minutes

Copyright: 1989 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video shows the technique tractor/trailer drivers should use when performing left turns or other difficult vehicle maneuvers. Topics include encroachment, correct pivot points and sight patterns.

Road Rage Driver Training Length: 27 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: Professional drivers This video demonstrates how aggressive driving often precipitates road rage and what measures to take, as a professional driver, to take control of the situation.

School Bus - Driving Techniques Length: 10 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: School bus drivers This video covers techniques to use to drive school buses more safely. Topics range from defensive driving and railroad crossing to negotiating intersections.

School Bus - Passenger Safety Length: 10 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: School bus drivers This video covers managing the situations that often result in accident, such as entering and exiting, emergency evacuations and passenger conduct.


School Bus - Seeing Hazards Length: 10 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: School bus drivers This video discusses techniques for scanning for hazards, using mirrors effectively and restricted vision situations.

School Bus Collision Tests Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1984 Audience: Adults and professionals Using dummies in bus crash tests, this video shows that seatbelts in buses would not result in fewer injuries, and can actually cause more serious injuries.

School Bus Driver Length: 45 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: Drivers and students Officer Miller and his animated sidekick, Willie-Whistle, help train new bus drivers and students dos and don’ts of road safety.

School Bus Driving I (2nd Edition) Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: School bus drivers Drivers are shown how to calculate stopping distances, follow at safe distances, use the turning point of the bus to make safe turns, use multiple mirrors, enter a freeway and buckle up safely.

School Bus Driving II (2nd Edition) Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: School bus drivers This video presents defensive driving techniques for common school bus driving situations: hills and winding roads, curves, potential hazards near or on the roadway, parking on inclines, crossing railway tracks and driving at night.

School Bus Pre-Trip Inspection (2nd Edition) Length: 19 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: School bus drivers This video stresses that pre-trip school bus inspections are not only crucial for safety reasons, but are also a legal requirement. Drivers are taught how to inspect mirrors, wheels, tires, body, underbody, lights, signals and flashers. It also demonstrates how to check the engine compartment, dashboard instruments and gauges, safety and emergency equipment, bus interior and hydraulic, electric and air brakes.

Seven Minute Solutions Driving Techniques Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: Professional drivers This video explains how defensive driving techniques can increase awareness and reduce risks. Topics covered include backing, expressway entering and exiting, driving in narrow areas and approaching intersections, railway crossings and overhead obstructions.


Skid Control and Recovery: Avoid Dangerous Skids Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video illustrates the proper techniques for skid control and recovery.

Speed & Space Management Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video covers the important facts about speed, stopping distances and adjusting speed for various road conditions.

Speed Management Length: 4 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Professional drivers Speed limits, laws, fines, and safety tips

Stopping on Shoulders Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Professional drivers The video gives tips drivers should follow if you ever have to stop on the shoulder. Also laws, fines, and safety hazards are given.

The Critical Factor: Handling a Blowout Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video teaches drivers the safe way to handle a dangerous situation and shows how to control a vehicle in the event of a tire blowout or rapid air loss.

The Responsibility Is Ours Length: 18 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: School bus drivers The video examines a bus and train collision in Fox River. Also warning devices regarding railway crossings.

Vehicle Backing Length: 15 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional / industrial drivers This video demonstrates the importance of making safe choices and using proper techniques when backing vehicles.

Volvo GM Heavy Truck Rollover Test Length: 1 minute Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional / industrial drivers A Volvo GM Heavy Truck Rollover test is demonstrated.


Winter Driving Length: 11 minute Copyright: 1988 Audience: Professional truck drivers This video includes actual footage of driving techniques. Key points include traction and vehicle control, the importance of good visibility, as well as defensive driving tips.

Your License or Your Life Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: Professional drivers Created as a replacement to Physics 101 after the tragedy at Bourbonnais. New federal penalties issued in October 1999 changed the scope of this video and made its message even more meaningful for drivers nationwide. (New penalties can result in a professional driver losing the required Commercial Driving License for a minimum of 60 days and longer for subsequent violations.)


Railway Crossings

Always Expect a Train Length: 4 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: Children, adults Six myths are discussed. Misjudging speeds of trains, trespassing and using railroad tracks for walking or other recreational activities have led to deaths and injuries.

Byron's Last Day Length: 12 minutes Copyright:1997 Audience: Middle school - adult A cast of high school students, along with several professional actors, reenact real trespass tragedies in an urban/suburban setting, such as Hopping a Train, Headphones on the Tracks and Crossing Between Trains)

Danger Zone: Railway Crossing Safety (CTV W5 Series)

Length: 12 minutes

Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers Since 1980, more than 700 Canadians have died at level railway crossings. This video presents Operation Lifesaver, a national program promoting railway crossing safety.

Dangerous Crossings - A Second Thought Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 2000 Audience: All drivers Tragic consequences can result when people fail to yield at railroad crossings. Through the voices of those affected, devastating results are illustrated. Suggestions for law enforcement officials are made outlining ways they can encourage railroad crossing safety and save lives.

David's Run Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: Middle School, grades 4 - 9 This video sends a strong message, dramatically illustrating hazards of trespassing on or vandalizing railroad property.

Die Hard if You're Dumb - Railroad Safety for Teens Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: Ages 13 - 18 Real teenagers helped research, write and produce this MTV-style video prepared by HR Productions. The video increases awareness for this age group of the potential dangers around railroad tracks, crossings and yards. Instructor's Guide, Student Notes, Safety Quiz available upon request.


Emergency Response: Your Safety First Length: 11 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: Fire fighters, ambulance drivers and other emergency responders This video is designed to increase emergency responder safety around railroad tracks and trains, especially railroad tracks while responding to incidents. It’s Your Call: Increasing Judicial Awareness of Highway-Rail Safety

Length: 12 minutes

Copyright 2000 Audience: Judges and judicial community This video is designated to increase judicial awareness of their crucial role in reducing tragic incidents at highway-rail grade crossing and along railroad rights-of-way.

It's Your Choice: Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety for Motorists

Length: 10 minutes

Copyright: 2000 Audience: Adult drivers, including professional crew drivers, and pedestrians This video is designed to encourage safe behavior at highway-rail grade crossings and to discourage trespassing around railroad property and tracks.

Look, Listen, & Learn Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 2003 Min. requirements: Windows 98 to Audience: Grades K-12, adults XP, Pentium II, CD-ROM, Sound Card. This interactive CD teaches everyone about railway safety. It offers lessons through video clips quizzes and reading materials.

Newly Licensed Driver Safety At Highway-Railway Crossing Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 2006 Audience: All drivers This video shows real dangers dealing with railway crossings. Laws, fines, charges and warning signs are examined as well as how to prevent a collision.

No Contest Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1997 Audience: Grades 9-12 This program provides general information of the operation lifesavers program. It also covers the scene of a train and automobile collision as well as fatalities with pedestrians and recreational vehicles.

Off Limits: Don't Get Caught Dead In Your Tracks Length: 20 minutes Copyright 1995. Revised 2001 Audience: Middle school A trespass prevention video, produced for Norfolk Southern Corporation, which reenacts four trespassing violations experienced and told by the railroad engineers who lived through them. Featured are teens who drink and then fall asleep on the tracks, a hunter walking along a trestle who narrowly escapes tragedy, a teenage girl walking on the tracks who fails to hear the train because she’s wearing earphones and two young boys whose mini-bike gets stuck on the track and who jump clear in the nick of time.


Operation Lifesaver Length: 5 minutes Copyright: 2001 Audience: Pedestrians and drivers This video contains six 30 second TV commercials on train safety. It deals with various aspects of safety around trains - walking or jogging on the tracks, railway crossings, racing trains and the danger of trespassing in train yards or tracks.

Paths Of Thunder II Length: 16 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: General This video has reenactments of vehicle/train collision and a pedestrian/train collision. Good information for all ages.

Paths of Thunder/Why Wait/Byron’s Last Day/Sly Fox Length: Unknown Copyright: Unknown Audience: All ages Four railway safety videos on one convenient tape.

Preventing Disasters At The Crossing Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: Bus drivers The community of Greeley, Colorado is devastated one December morning in 1961 when a school bus collides with a train. This video is about railway safety and buses. Made in memory of the 20 children who lost their lives in the accident. Good for all school bus drivers.

Roll Call: Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: Law enforcement Targeted to law enforcement, this video takes a quick look at the life and death reasons for Operation Lifesaver's long-standing and strong partnership with law enforcement and its importance at highway-rail grade crossings in communities nationwide.

Sly Fox and Birdie Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Grades K - 4 This video was created as a cartoon show, to entertain as well as educate children and teaches children to be extremely cautious around railway tracks.

Staying Alert and Alive Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers This video explains the causes of collisions at railway crossings and emphasizes driver responsibility. A collision between a truck and a train is shown.


They Shouldn’t Die This Way Length: 17 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: EMT’s, Firefighters, Police This video conveys railway safety for emergency response vehicles, learning from past emergency vehicle/train collisions. (Statistics)

Tracks Are For Trains, Not For Kids Length: 8 minutes Copyright 2001 Audience: Grades K-4 A teaching video produced by Michigan Operation Lifesaver for elementary school students in which three young people and the narrator meet a railroad engineer, a conductor, police officers and a school bus driver, all showing students why “Tracks are for Trains – Not for Kids!”

Trains Can’t Stop-Teens Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: Grades 10-12 This Canadian produced program illustrates hazards at highway-rail grade crossings.

Why Wait: Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Length: 24 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All drivers Actor Michael Gross (of Family Ties fame) explains train stopping distances and safe procedures for drivers at railway crossings.


School Bus & Safety Patrol

Building Safety Through Teamwork (School Bus) Length: two 8-minute videos Copyright: 1990 Audience: Children "Safe Way Out" shows the proper way to evacuate a school bus."My School Bus Video" shows children proper school bus behavior and what not to do on the bus. The package comes with a teacher's guide.

Les Bananes en Bus (French) Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: Children Elementary-school children explain school bus safety to an amateur musical band while sharing the bus ride.

Operation School Bus Safety - Be Cool, Follow the Rules Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: Grades K - 4 This award-winning safety video helps teach children the rules of school bus safety by demonstrating safe conduct on and around the school bus. Includes instruction on emergency evacuation.

Parent Parking Patrol Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: Parents Service video showing how parents set up a patrol to improve safety in the vicinities of elementary schools. The patrol helps to eliminate illegal parking, jaywalking, speeding and other unsafe traffic practices.

Payday: School Bus Safety Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: Teenagers This video deals with the consequences of junior high school students misbehaving on a school bus. The surprise ending is dramatic.

Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure Length: 14 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Children This video teaches important bus safety habits for children while they are waiting, boarding, riding and exiting. Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood demonstrate safety rules and proper behavior as they ride the bus by themselves for the first time.


Ridin' Cool to School Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1983 Audience: Children It is the first day of school and puppet Jimmy Joe is taking his first ride in a school bus. Miss Fae, the school bus driver, has a dream that all children will follow school bus safety rules this year. Miss Fae and her friend Bruce explain how to safely get to the bus stop, board the bus, ride to the destination and get off the bus. After each segment, Bruce reviews the safety rules just presented

Safety Rules for School Length: 11 minutes Copyright: 1985 Audience: Children The Safety Gremlin guides children through safety rules on the way to school, inside school and on the playground. Gremlin intervenes in a number of near collisions to help children understand good safety rules. Gremlin teaches kids that being safe doesn't mean not having fun.

School Bus Safety Length: 7 minutes Copyright: 1984 Audience: Children This Saskatchewan-made video explains rules and safety tips for school bus loading and unloading.

School Crossing Guards Length: 11 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: Crossing guards and children This excellent video provides basic safety practices for adult crossing guards and conduct for pedestrians in crosswalks.

School Safety Patrols Length: 14 minutes Copyright: 1978 Audience: Children This video discusses various safety patrols used by Saskatchewan schools, how each operates, what safety patrollers' duties are and what they should wear to be visible.

Thinking About School Bus Safety Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 1985 Audience: Children A boy on a school bus communicates telepathically with three friends who describe how school bus collisions can happen. Situations covered include leaving personal belongings in the aisle, leaning out of the windows, running on the bus, playing loud music and making noise which disturbs the driver.

Walk-Ride-Walk When They’re Not on the Bus Length: 9 minutes Copyright: Audience:


Seat Belts & Safety Equipment

Air Bags - A Crash Course For Rescue Personal Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: General This video explains how airbags work and includes demonstrations, deployment and myths.

Air Bags Now Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: All drivers Crash test footage demonstrates how airbags and safety belts complement each other. The video includes interviews with crash survivors. Facts are set forth.

Airbags: Today And Tomorrow Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 2002 Audience: All ages Follow a family on a virtual reality ride about airbags at an amusement park. Animated characters explain how airbags work and how to achieve the maximum safety benefits.

Ask Any Dummy - Seat Belts Make Sense Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: All drivers Using controlled-crash footage, crash dummies, Vince and Larry, demonstrate the physics of what happens to human bodies during an automobile crash. They compare the effects of collision on belted and unbelted passengers. And, stressing the importance of using child restraints, they show the special risks to infants and children who are unbelted.

Broken Glass – Seatbelt Safety Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1979 Audience: This video shows controlled collisions with crash dummies staged at UCLA to demonstrate the dangers of failing to wear seatbelts. Includes difference in injury between belted and unbelted crash dummies, common rationalizations for not using seatbelts and why excuses are flimsy compared to the dangers.

Buckle Up or Bounce Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers This video, sponsored by the Ontario Provincial Police, demonstrates the value of seatbelts in a vehicle crash. Doctors, police, professional and ordinary drivers discuss their experiences relating to seatbelt use.

Clic-tu? (French) Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1994 Audience: Adults and children This French language video illustrates the importance of seatbelt use for both drivers and passengers.


Crash Test Dummies/ “Get It Together” Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: Children age 8 and under Crash test dummies, Vince and Larry, give an interactive presentation to a Saskatchewan elementary school about the importance of seatbelt usage.

Cross My Heart Length: 10 Minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: Adults This video deals with the promotion of seatbelt and child restraint use within Aboriginal communities. Contemporary traffic safety issues are addressed. The importance of seatbelt use is emphasized by statistics, personal accounts of accident involvement and actual car crashes.

I Owe Him My Life Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: All drivers and passengers Collision survivors talk about how seatbelt use prevented serious injuries. A coroner describes her experience as a pathologist and medical examiner. A young woman describes her involvement in a serious crash.

Reducing Your Risks in the Crash Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 1996 Audience: All drivers This video summarizes the benefits of using available safety equipment correctly; seatbelts, airbags, child restraints and head restraints. Note: This U.S. video does not describe the use or purpose of tether straps when securing a toddler seat.

Room to Live II Length: 27 minutes Copyright: 1982 Audience: All drivers and passengers A spirited speech is given by former police officer Jack Ware on the tragic consequences of not wearing seatbelts.

Room to Live III Length: 33 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: All drivers and passengers In the third of a three-part series, retired U.S. police officer Jack Ware gives a dramatic and sometimes humorous presentation of the consequences of not wearing seatbelts. The incidents described are taken from investigations of actual car crashes.

Room To Live, The New Length:35 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers Seatbelt safety – an updated version of Room To Live III.


Safety Belts & Air Bags - 2 Decades Of Progress Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: All drivers This video examines seatbelt history, laws and commercials, and examines airbags and the controversial decision to make airbags mandatory in all vehicles.

Seatbelts - A Lifesaving Habit Length: 15 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: General Driving is the riskiest thing most people do! This video refutes common excuses for not using your seatbelt in an automobile. It includes nine typical excuses for avoiding seatbelts and great reasons the excuses are invalid. It also covers child safety seats: importance of using them, types available and inexpensive sources.

Seat Belts and Birthdays Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: All drivers and passengers This video starts with staggering statistics on traffic injuries and collisions in the U.S. and asserts that many injuries could have been prevented by seatbelt use. In a cameo appearance, singer Barbara Mandrell tells how seatbelts saved her family in a collision.

Seatbelts And The Family Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1986 Audience: All Drivers, parents, and adults This video shows shattering myths about seatbelts, demonstrations of pregnant women and seatbelts as well as the proper way to use child restraints.

Seat Belts and the Police Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1986 Audience: All drivers and passengers Featured in this video are personal accounts of police officers that feel seatbelts saved their lives. Also, from a morgue, a coroner talks about deaths resulting from traffic collisions.

Seatbelt Safety Length: 6 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: All drivers & passengers This video includes demonstrations, laws, statistics and myths about seatbelts.

The Control Factor: Seat Belt Safety Length: 17 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All drivers and passengers This video compares a pizza delivery driver who speeds to get the customer's pizza to him piping hot, to a race car driver who demonstrates and describes the amount of care that goes into ensuring his safety and his car's reliability. The message is that the same safety is needed for all drivers at any speed. The seatbelt is a necessary safety device and is a valuable tool for any driver to help maintain control of the vehicle.


Traffic Injury: The Medicine-Engineering Link Length: 30 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers, passengers and professionals This popular video explores the forces involved and the mechanisms of injury in traffic crashes. It graphically illustrates the injuries that result from different types of collisions and addresses occupants, motorcyclists and pedestrians. It also emphasizes the importance of occupant restraints and helmets. This video is useful for professionals in public health, public policy development, crash investigation, the news media and others who want to understand how injuries occur in traffic crashes.

Un autre P.A.S. dans la Bonne Direction (Promoting Seat Belt & Child Restraint Use) (French and English)

Length: 12 minutes

Copyright: 1994 Audience: All drivers, especially those transporting children An elementary-grade student becomes a police officer for a day, enforcing traffic safety rules, child restraints and seatbelt use.


Special Restraints & Wheelchairs

I Never Thought It Could Happen To Me Again... Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: Parents, care providers and transporters of people who use wheelchairs The video discusses correct methods of securing a wheelchair occupant in a van.

Safely Home - Automotive Safety for Children Program Length: 16 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: Parents, care providers and transporters of people who use wheelchairs This video demonstrates the use of three special devices to assist in the safe transportation of orthopedic patients (Spelcast Seat, E-ton and Swing or Car Bed). Although these devices are not yet approved in Canada, they may offer a safer method of transportation than the use of conventional seatbelts.

Sharing the Challenge: Crashworthiness of Wheelchairs and Tie Down Systems

Length: 2 hours

Copyright: 1991 Audience: Parents, care providers and transporters of people who use wheelchairs This video provides a thorough and thought-provoking review and discussion on problems associated with transporting passengers confined to wheelchairs.

Sharing the Challenge: Transportation of Medically Fragile Children

Length: 2 hours

Copyright: 1991 Audience: Parents, care providers and transporters of medically fragile children Using slides and discussions, this video describes the problems associated with transporting infants and fragile children and challenges people to develop innovative methods to transport these passengers.


Snowmobile Safety

No Second Chance Length: 14 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All snowmobile operators This fast-paced video packs a powerful emotional punch. It mixes first-hand accounts - permanently injured accident survivors and friends and family of people who died in snowmobile accidents, with life-like snowmobile accident scenes. "No Second Chance" states the facts: snowmobiling is a fun and exciting activity when you ride safely. Mix alcohol with snowmobiling and you might never get a second chance. The message is clear and simple: ride sober, ride safe.

Ride Right Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: All snowmobile operators This video demonstrates how to ride safely and responsibly. It is produced by Ski-Doo, and features and promotes Ski-Doo snowmobiles.

Safe Riders Length: 22 minutes Copyright: 1995 Audience: All snowmobile operators An excellent video for beginners and experienced riders. It discusses equipment, clothing, ride preparation, operation, safety rules and emergency situations. It demonstrates the basic skills needed to ride a snowmobile competently and safely.

Sled Smart Length: 25 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Snowmobile operators This video demonstrates how to cross bodies of water and what to do if you or someone else falls through ice. It also covers railway safety and drinking and driving messages.

Sleddin' the Right Track Length: 13 minutes Copyright 1999 Audience: Snowmobile clubs, companies who sell snowmobile equipment Targeted to snowmobilers, this video shows, in no uncertain terms, why it is unsafe and potentially lethal to operate a snowmobile on or near railroad tracks.

Snowmobile Safety & Snowmobile Operation Length: 13 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Beginner snowmobile operators This excellent video, for the inexperienced snowmobiler, reviews the required safety practices to start and operate a snowmobile. One scene shows a snowmobiler crossing a road without stopping first, which is required by Saskatchewan law.


Tracks of Winter Length: 24 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All snowmobile operators This video reviews the rules and good practices of snowmobiling. It promotes this winter activity while encouraging respect for the environment, wildlife and rights of landowners. The video describes appropriate attire, routine mechanical maintenance and trail riding. It also explains the effects of frostbite, hypothermia and alcohol and includes beautiful scenery.

Travelling Light Length: 11 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All snowmobile operators This video shot in Ontario describes the enjoyment of snowmobiling while being careful to protect the environment.


Traffic Collisions

Careless Driving Length: 9 minutes Copyright: 1998 Audience: All drivers Produced by the Calgary Police Service, this video shows the impact careless driving has on families.

Crash Course What to Know Before & After A Collision Length: 62 minutes Copyright: 2004 Audience: All drivers This video provides safety tips on how to avoid collisions, creating awareness and dealing with insurance issues.

Drive to Survive: The Mike Frogley Story Length: 14 minutes Copyright: 1989 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers Mike Frogley tells the dramatic story of the car crash during his teen years that left him a paraplegic. He stresses the importance of safe and responsible driving habits.

Life in the Death Lane Length: 18 minutes Copyright: Audience: Grades 8 to 12 This video is intended to help youth understand that they can and need to make life-saving choices. They can choose not to speed; they can choose a safe alternative to driving after drinking; and they can choose not to be a passenger in either scenario.

Lights On For Life Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: All drivers Help reduce accidents by using your headlights during the day and also benefit from money saved.

Make the Good Times Last Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: Teenagers This video can be used to stimulate discussion about injury prevention. It offers a realistic look at serious injuries that can result from traffic collisions. The story is about Tony, a reckless teenage driver who meets Derren, a teen who uses a head-controlled wheelchair.

Modern Technology & Driving Length: 20 minutes Copyright: 1993 Audience: All drivers The video offers important safety information regarding the use of such features as airbags, automatic restraint systems, anti-lock brakes, 4-wheel drive, cruise control and car phones.


UFO/Unrestrained Flying Objects Length: 14 minutes

Copyright: 1994 Audience: Adults The principal characteristics are a family of personalized dummies who demonstrate what happens in various types of automobile accidents.

Walking Away From It Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1988 Audience: All drivers, especially teenagers This Saskatchewan-made video offers dramatic and poignant personal accounts of traffic crash survivors, many of who say their seatbelt saved their life.

When Choices Collide Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: Teenagers A powerful docudrama illustrating the social issue of impaired driving. Actual interviews with people who have experienced tragedies are spliced with a moving drama featuring the difficult choices teens make when drinking. SADD students also share their efforts to prevent impaired driving.


Vehicle Maintenance

Car Care, Automotive First Aid and Safety Length: 25 minutes Copyright: 1987 Audience: All drivers This video discusses how to make sure your car meets safety standards and how to avoid costly repairs.

Shopping for Safety Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1990 Audience: All drivers Planning to buy a new car? This video describes various safety features and demonstrates their effectiveness in simulated crash tests.


Winter Driving

Anatomy of a Winter Storm Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1991 Audience: All drivers This video provides information about what the motorist needs to know when encountering ice and snow removal operations.

Get a Grip: Wet Weather Driving Length: 8 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers This video demonstrates how tires work on wet surfaces and offers tips for wet weather driving and skid control.

Make Winter Driving Safer Length: 12 minutes Copyright: 1985 Audience: All drivers The video explains how to prepare your vehicle for winter driving, demonstrates driving techniques on snow and ice and shows how to control skids and stop safely.

Think Snow Length: 10 minutes Copyright: 1980 Audience: All drivers An excellent review of conditions encountered while driving in winter, this video emphasizes preparation, caution and correction.

Winter Driving Safety Length: 18 minutes Copyright: 1999 Audience: All drivers This program focuses on driving in snow, fog and wet weather. It also addresses animal crossing and using ABS brakes in these conditions.

Winter Driving Safety - The Rules Have Changed Length: 12 minutes Copyright: Unknown Audience: Professional drivers This video demonstrates many simple tips to ensure safety is maintained during winter driving conditions.

Winter Driving Tactics Length: 15 minutes Copyright: 1992 Audience: All drivers This video shows safety precautions and preventions to learn for driving in winter conditions, methods for driving in the snow and on ice and being prepared for a breakdown is emphasized.


Winter : When The Rules Change (DVD) Length: 15 minutes Copyright: Audience: All drivers This video shows safety precautions and preventions to learn for driving in winter conditions, methods for driving in the snow and on ice and being prepared for a breakdown is emphasized.

Brochures To order copies of the following brochures and/or posters, call Traffic Safety Promotion at 775-6042 in Regina, or toll free at 1-800-667-8015 ext. 6042, fax your request to 359-0312, or email [email protected] All Terrain Vehicles The safety dos and don’ts of ATV operation are described in this leaflet. Booster Seats Keeps Kids Safe This leaflet tells you what you need to know to ensure that your older child is travelling safely. Keep Them Safe: Are you Securing Your Child Properly? A detailed explanation, complete with illustrations, to offer help on how to choose and install child restraints. Sharing the Road with Trucks The No-Zone refers to blindspot areas around big trucks. This leaflet shows where these blindspots are and how to avoid them as well as other tips for drivers to stay safe when operating their vehicles around larger ones. Safe and Sober This brochure describes the consequences of drinking and driving. Explains how federal and provincial laws work together to prevent and deter people from drinking and then driving. Safety First: The SGI Traffic Safety Activity Book This workbook for young children features activities and drawings that emphasize traffic safety points. Seat Belt Survivors' Club Application Form/Brochure The purpose of and eligibility for SGI's Seat Belt Survivors' Club are described in this brochure. It includes an application for free membership. Seatbelts Save Lives The reasons for using and the proper fitting of seatbelts are presented in this flyer along with information on what happens in collisions. Slow Down & Save a Buck Flyer presented by SGI and Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation provides information on deer-related collisions.


The Older and Wiser Driver As drivers age, they experience changes that can affect their driving. This booklet is to help drivers recognize unsafe driving practices and be aware of measures they can take to make their driving safer. Graduated Driver’s Licensing Program This brochure explains the Graduated Driver’s Licensing Program and how it is designed to provide new drivers with the support, skills and experience required to become fully qualified drivers. The Vehicle Impoundment Program This brochure details when and why vehicles are impounded in Saskatchewan, and the steps necessary for owners to have their vehicles released. Wear a Lid in Case You Skid This brochure informs cyclists how to ride safely, with emphasis on proper helmet use. It also raises awareness that bicycles are vehicles - making cyclists subject to the same rights and responsibilities as motorists. Whiplash - What You Should Know This brochure provides a definition of whiplash and provides several dos and don'ts for dealing with this type of injury. It also details the importance of whiplash prevention through the proper positioning of head restraints in vehicles.

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Posters

Always Plan a Safe Ride Home In an effort to address the problem of drinking and then driving, these posters are designed to encourage everyone to plan a safe ride home. Arrive Alive In support of our partnership with SHA (Saskatchewan Hockey Association) and SJHL (Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League), this poster was created to encourage families to travel safely at all times - especially to and from Saskatchewan hockey rinks. Booster Seats Keep Kids Safe The right restraint depends on your child’s size. While they may be too big for a child seat, they may still be too small for the vehicle seatbelt to effectively protect them. Country Roads A reminder to all who travel on country roads of the importance of wearing seatbelts. Is Your Child Protected? Child restraints are a necessity for your child’s safety. Life is a Gift-Buckle Up This poster, targeting Aboriginal communities, stresses the importance of using seatbelts and proper size child restraints in an effort to keep safe. Rural Seatbelt Poster This poster demonstrates the importance of using seatbelts and child restraints. Statistics illustrate the high incidence of injuries and death on Saskatchewan's rural roads. Seat Belts Save Lives These posters tell the stories of Gloria and Owen, Saskatchewan residents who each survived severe crashes by wearing seatbelts. Show Respect This snowmobile safety poster is intended for an Aboriginal audience. It lets riders know that safe riding practices can be achieved by showing respect for people, animals and the earth. Snowmobile Safety This poster encourages safe riding practices by listing snowmobile safety tips and rules. Wear a Lid In Case You Skid This poster is a reminder to all cyclists to wear a helmet. There are two versions of this poster, one targets school age children and the other, families.


Newsletters

ROADSMART REPORT SGI's traffic safety newsletter offers information on issues, events and programs affecting Saskatchewan motorists. Subscriptions are free of charge, and are available electronically. To be placed on the mailing list or to receive back issues, please contact the department at 751-1837.

Manuals Airbrake Manual Co-Pilot's Manual Driver's Handbook Motorcycle Driver's Handbook The Older and Wiser Driver Professional Driver's Handbook Snowmobile Handbook

Fatal Vision Goggles

Fatal Vision Goggles are a training tool used to vividly demonstrate the concept of impairment and the dangers of impaired driving. Alcohol and other drugs have an affect on the brain that result in a variety of impairments. The Fatal Vision Goggles distort vision and cause behaviours that are similar to behaviours exhibited by someone under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. The goggles are available for loan by calling Traffic Safety Promotion at 775-6042.


Additional Resources For additional information contact the following organizations: Saskatchewan Prevention Institute 1319 Colony Street Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2Z1 Phone: 665-2512 Website: www.preventioninstitute.sk.ca Traffic Safety Information Available:

� Child Injury Prevention � child passenger safety � seasonal safety tips

Saskatchewan Coalition on Bicycle Safety 1319 Colony Street Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2Z1 Phone: 655-2512 Website: www.preventioninstitute.sk.ca Traffic Safety Information Available:

� bicycle safety education � bicycle helmets � cycling safety information

Saskatchewan Cycling Association 2205 Victoria Avenue Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0S4 Phone: 780-9299 Website: www.saskcycling.ca Traffic Safety Information Available:

� bicycle safety and courses Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police 21 Fairford Street West Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan S6H 1V2 Website: www.sacp.ca

Saskatchewan Safety Council 445 Hoffer Driver Regina, Saskatchewan S4N 6E2 Phone: 757-3197 Fax: 569-1907 Website: www.sasksafety.org Traffic Safety Information Available:

� vehicle and trailer safety � 15-passenger van safety course � air brake refresher course � defensive driving courses � driving assessments � safe driving skills � child restraint � community traffic safety program � snowmobile safety and courses � ATV information � winter survival � winter driving kits � collision avoidance course (winter driving) � school bus safety � motorcycle training � older drivers’ course � railway crossing safety � professional driver improvement courses � seatbelt use � child restraints

Saskatoon and District Safety Council Box 8562 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 6K6 Phone: 955-4003 Toll free: 1-877-955-4003 Website: www.saskatoonsafety.org Traffic Safety Information Available:

� vehicle and trailer safety � safe driving skills � school bus safety � older drivers’ course � railway crossing safety � seatbelt use


Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) 2260 11th Ave. Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2N7 Phone: 775-6180 Information Available:

� enforcement blitzes � legislation � selected traffic safety issues

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) Website: www.madd.ca Traffic Safety Information Available:

� victim services � research library � local chapter information

Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) 1335 Wallace Street Regina, Saskatchewan S4N 3Z5 Phone: 569-9696 Website: www.sasktrucking.com Traffic Safety Information Available:

� professional driving skills � load safety � dangerous goods � professional driver improvement courses

Students Against Drinking Driving (SADD) Website: www.saddsask.ca Information Available:

� chapter information � programs � events

Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation 1855 Victoria Avenue Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3V5 Phone: 787-4804 Website: www.highways.gov.sk.ca Traffic Safety Information Available:

� winter road conditions � trucking � flagging traffic � transporting dangerous goods

traffic safety video resource catalogue

Documents