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Traffic Safety Video Library Catalog

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AAA Washington/Inland

Traffic Safety Department

1745 114th Ave. S.E.
Bellevue, WA 98004

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School Safety Patrol

At Your Post - Learning School Safety Patrol Skills (1996; 15 minutes): "At Your Post" is a videotape that incorporates the latest techniques and information for training safety patrols. It demonstrates how to determine a safe gap in traffic and what a patrol should look for at normal crossings, one-way streets, T-intersections, rural crossings, and signed or signalized intersections. (Two versions are available: a national version and one specific to Washington state.) For grades 3-6.
Between the Lines - Adult School Crossing Guard Training (1992; 21 minutes): This videotape reviews five basic adult school crossing guard procedures: working with a school safety patrol at a single crossing from the same corner; working with a patrol at a single crossing from the opposite corner; working a double crossing; working a boulevard; and working a one-way street.

Alcohol and Highway Safety

And These Our Friends (1992; 28 minutes): Designed for use in conjunction with high school prom and graduation safety programs, this video translates a live-theater play into a classroom discussion program. The play consists of 30 fast-paced vignettes that try to make teenagers think about the consequences of reckless and drunk driving to themselves, parents, and friends without preaching. It includes humor, pantomime, and drama to make strong emotional appeals regarding party behavior.
Hollywood Gets MADD (28 minutes): This is a recording of a TV program hosted by celebrities and sponsored by the organization, Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The program talks about how America's changing attitudes regarding drinking and driving are reflected in Hollywood's approach to movie making.
Inbound Mercy (11 minutes): Filmed in black and white, this video tells an intense, powerful story that backtracks a deadly series of events stemming from a young couple's decision to drive home after a wild night at a binge-drinking party. The video uses "real life" paramedics to convey its message of what really happens to victims of car crashes.
Just Another Friday Night (1984; 15 minutes): This video focuses on single-vehicle accidents involving teenagers, drinking and high speed driving with disastrous consequences. The purpose of the show is to trigger a discussion of how society is to deal with drivers in fatal crashes resulting from impaired driving and/or reckless behavior.
Just Another Saturday Night (1998; 13 minutes): This is a follow-up video to "Just Another Friday Night." It dramatizes the events and decisions leading up to a drunk driving tragedy. Courtroom dialogue encourages further discussion about the personal and legal consequences of drinking and driving.
Parents Discuss Kids, Cars, And Alcohol (1990; 20 minutes): This video is designed to be used as a tool to stimulate discussion among parents on how to cope with their kids' drinking and driving.
Where Are You Going After The Prom? (5 minutes): This videotape was produced by a student in New Jersey participating in AAA's National Senior High Traffic Safety Communication Contest. It is a brief snapshot of the joy of prom night, and the tragedy that can occur when alcohol is involved. It is designed to show to teenagers prior to special events, to cause them to think about the choices they will make.

Bicycle Safety

Be Safe on Your Bike (1989; 13 minutes): This video, produced by the Los Angeles Police Department, delivers important safety tips for riding bicycles on streets. Most importantly, it stresses the use of bicycle helmets. This video is intended for upper elementary grade students, but is functional for K-6.Biking:
Get The Big Picture (1994; 8 minutes): This fast-paced presentation for grades 6-8 emphasizes visual skills needed to ride a bicycle safely. It provides tips for riding near parked cars, intersections, and making left turns.
I'm No Fool on Wheels (1990; 13 minutes): This Disney video uses live action and animation to help young children learn that having safe, colorful equipment and following the rules can make bicycling, skateboarding or roller-skating more enjoyable. The importance of playing in safe locations is also discussed, as are properly fitting roller skates, bicycle safety checks, and safe skateboarding.
I'm No Fool With A Bicycle (1988; 16 minutes): Walt Disney's Jiminy Cricket, Gepetto and Pinocchio illustrate bicycle safety pointers such as wearing a helmet and bright clothes, having good brakes and hand grips, riding single file, crossing busy intersections carefully, and obeying traffic signals. This presentation combines live action and animation.
Otto the Auto on Bicycle Safety (1994; 16 minutes): A set of four presentations that teach children, grades K-6, about different aspects of bicycle safety. All use the popular Otto the Auto character in a mixed animation and reality setting.
The Ride Safe Way to Fit a Bicycle Helmet (1992; 9 minutes): This video gives a step by step process of how to properly fit a bicycle helmet. A Ride Safe Inc. Production.

Driver Education and Highway Safety

A Driver's View Of Motorcycling (7 minutes): A video produced in cooperation with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation for car drivers to help develop greater understanding and cooperation between drivers and motorcyclists in safely sharing the roadway.
Animal Awareness Driving (1995; 15 minutes): This educational program aims to reduce vehicle and animal collisions by teaching proper driving behavior when in an area with a high potential for animals crossing the road. Drivers will learn proper driving techniques for various road, traffic, and weather conditions and what actions to take when a collision with an animal is imminent.
Are You Reading Me? (1988; 9 minutes): This video from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety focuses on the important information drivers receive through traffic controls such as signs, signals, pavement markings, mileposts and delineators. A short explanation of the Interstate Numbering System is also discussed.
Breaking The Accident Chain Of Events (1994; 7 minutes): Dramatic vignettes show the chain of events leading to a traffic accident. Emphasizes the need to be a responsible driver by staying alert, being decisive, and being polite and reasonable in traffic.
Car Care, Automotive First Aid And Safety (1987; 26 minutes): A basic "how to" presentation for lay persons on how and when to perform simple and regular car maintenance checks to avoid breakdowns and costly vehicle repairs. Designed for any car owner's home use and as a classroom reference source.
Children In Traffic (1999; 13 minutes): This update of the AAA Foundation's classic video presents real-life footage showing how children's perceptions of traffic differ from those of adults. It provides insight on why children behave unexpectedly and is a must-see for all drivers.
Dangerous Crossings: A Second Thought (1994; 14 minutes): Dramatic real-life footage shows what can happen when drivers fail to yield at railroad crossings. Testimonials from people involved in railroad crossing tragedies reinforce the consequences of this risky behavior. Contains special information for law enforcement officials on promoting railroad-crossing safety.
Don't Let Up! (1994; 9 minutes): This videotape shows high school driver education students using anti-lock brakes (ABS) for the first time. Demonstrates the ability of ABS to prevent loss of control on a variety of wet and dry surfaces. Shows how even inexperienced drivers can brake hard in emergency situations and steer out of trouble.
Driving In Bad Weather (1994; 9 minutes): Using the setting of a television newscast, this video dramatizes the blinding effects of fog, dust, smoke, rain, snow, and ice. Stresses the need to slow down to maintain control or get off the road safely in adverse conditions. Also presents tips on maintaining a car properly to better prepare for bad conditions.
Drowsy Driving: Shattered Lives (13 minutes): Research shows that fatigue is a contributing factor in one million vehicle crashes each year and about 40 percent of truck crashes. This educational video, produced by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, outlines key issues related to drowsy driving.
Freeway Driving (1994; 8 minutes): This videotape demonstrates how freeways demand quicker thinking than conventional roadways. The presentation discusses how to merge onto a multi-lane highway smoothly and decisively, how to handle weave lanes (lanes used as both entrance and exit lanes), and how to know when you've reached your exit.
Freeway Phobia, Part I (15 minutes): This is an animated presentation from Disney Educational Productions about the evolution of modern expressways from primitive trails. It illustrates correct and incorrect procedures on high-speed highways, including proper use of on and off ramps, maintaining proper distances, reaction time and braking time, changing lanes, understanding proper speeds, and anticipating emergencies.
Freeway Phobia, Part II (15 minutes): In this videotape beginning drivers learn about problems on the road that begin off the freeway and are preventable, such as: correct car care, what to do in case of a breakdown, use of safety belts, faulty tires and brakes, and mental/physical condition of the driver. An animated Disney Educational production.
Get A Grip...Wet Weather Driving Techniques (19 minutes): The purpose of this video is to help viewers understand the risks involved in driving on wet roads -- the chance of injury, damage or loss -- and how to better manage these risks.
Getting Safely Past The Orange Barrels (1995; 11 minutes): This presentation promotes cooperation in protecting the lives of highway construction workers. It shows what construction signs, signals, and markings mean and how to adjust driving when passing through road construction areas.
Hazard Perception (1988; 15 minutes): This video highlights the problems involved in city, freeway, and rural highway driving. Special attention is given to identifying and reacting to adverse conditions and limited visibility. Interacting safely with pedestrians, cyclists, and other motor vehicles is also emphasized. This program uses vivid, realistic "through the windshield" scenes to illustrate how drivers can minimize risk when facing difficult, but common, traffic problems.
Heavenly Debate (1989; 7 minutes): This presentation, based on older and younger driver research studies, portrays the different perceptions that older and younger drivers have about each other. The setting is in heaven and two recent arrivals, one young, one old, debate whose generation is more dangerous on the road. At the end of the argument they agree that both groups must learn to share the road.
Make Winter Driving Safer (1986; 13 minutes): Outlines the adjustments in skills necessary for winter driving and the precautions a driver should take to prepare his car for cold weather. Emphasis is given to the proper techniques needed to anticipate and avoid potential winter accidents due to skidding on ice and snow, how to recover from a skid, and the proper use of jumper cables.
Managing Space And Time For Safe Driving (1991; 7 minutes): A driver education presentation emphasizing how good drivers continually adjust their driving to maintain a safe space cushion in traffic. It stresses the need for maintaining safe following distances and the active use of your eyes in knowing what is going on ahead, to the sides, and behind the driver.
National Driving Test (1990; 48 minutes): This celebrity-hosted made-for-TV presentation is an interactive driving skills program sponsored by Valvoline. The program illustrates driving situations and asks the viewer how to handle them using a multiple-choice test format.
Night Driving (1994; 9 minutes): Demonstrates how darkness limits drivers' vision. Includes ways to keep your car in shape for night driving. Discusses the biggest hazards drivers face after dark and the ways to adjust driving habits at night.
On the Scene: A Guide to Bystander Care at a Roadside Emergency (1995; 10 minutes): On the Scene is a guide to assisting at a roadside emergency. It covers the five basic steps you need to know to help at a roadside emergency -- recognize the emergency; decide to help; contact the EMS system; prevent further injuries; and, provide bystander care.
Paths Of Thunder (20 minutes): Twelve-thousand car-train accidents occur each year in the United States resulting in 4,600 serious injuries and 800 fatalities. This video was produced to make drivers aware of these statistics and other dangers surround-ing trains.
Preventing Road Rage: Anger Management For Drivers (1998; 20 minutes): Violent aggressive driving, or "road rage," is a growing public concern. This educational video addresses that concern by teaching viewers how to: avoid offending other drivers; manage their own anger; and disengage from an angry encounter.
Pro Driving Attitudes (16 minutes): This program demonstrates four attitudes characteristic of professional drivers: being alert; being wary of other drivers and pedestrians; being patient with other drivers and driving conditions; and being considerate of other drivers.
Ready...Set...Winter! Driving Safely On Ice And Snow (1996; 14 minutes): This videotape provides a brief overview of how to prepare the vehicle for harsh winter weather, describes several driving situations that require special attention, and explains how to handle common winter driving problems.
Riding With Control (1988; 18 minutes): This videotape identifies traction as a critical element in motorcycle control. The viewer learns how important it is to manage traction when the vehicle has only two wheels. Successful techniques for maximum stopping power and cornering are represented. This is further developed into a search-predict-act riding strategy that manages risk.
Right-Of-Way (1992; 10 minutes): This video focuses on drivers' etiquette. A wide variety of situations are encountered throughout this presentation. They help to illustrate to students the right (and sometimes the "left") ways to handle different types of stop sign intersections, lane changes, and signal light intersections.
Semi-Conscious: Driving In The Real World (1998; 12 minutes): In this informative video four teenagers demonstrate simple tips for sharing the road with big trucks, using music to reinforce the message.
Sharing The Road (1994; 8 minutes): This presentation helps motorists understand the special concerns and dangers faced by pedestrians, truck drivers, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and ambulance drivers. It presents specific tips on how to reduce the risks of sharing the road.
Sharing The Road With Big Trucks (1986; 18 minutes): This is a videotape designed to help promote cooperation in traffic and to prevent car/truck crashes. Intended for passenger car drivers, the film shows the driving scene from the view of a big truck operator, showing sight limitations and advantages and how other road users are affected by them. Specific suggestions are included to help motorists safely share the road with big trucks.
Signs, Signals And Markings: Understanding The Language Of The Road (1995; 16 minutes): Describes the underlying rules and logic behind traffic control signs, signals, and markings and why they are important to drivers. It is based on the national standards that govern most traffic situations.
Teaching Your Teens To Drive (1996; 50 minutes; video or CD Rom): These programs contain 13 lessons that should be viewed by the teacher or parent and teen before behind-the-wheel training begins. Clear and concise information is presented through the use of detailed video footage and computer-generated graphics. A quiz is included at the end of each lesson, which can be printed and used after in-vehicle sessions. The accompanying handbook contains more in-depth information and follows the sequence of the lessons.
Teen Driver (1991; 15 minutes): Three teenagers tell about their driving experiences including drinking and driving, driving when distracted, and letting others drive their car. The consequences they describe include loss of freedom to drive, embarrassment, court and attorney fees, and increased costs of insurance.
The Older and Wiser Driver (1996; 22 minutes): Award-winning video shows how to compensate for changes that come with age and continue driving safely. Learn about vision, cognition, physical fitness, and the side effects of common medications as older drivers discuss their strategies for safe driving in their own words. This engaging video is equally well suited for the home or classroom.
To Drive At Night (1986; 13 minutes): Using technological advancements in night photography, this video gives new and experienced drivers a realistic visual presentation of driving conditions at night. Major emphasis is placed on the need for drivers to modify daytime driving habits and maneuvers to meet specific problems posed by reduced visibility conditions of night driving.
Unlocking the Mystery of ABS (1997; 16 minutes): This video explains how anti-lock brake systems (ABS) work. It shows dramatic examples of ways ABS differs from conventional brakes, with special advice about steering. Drivers are encouraged to practice with their own cars and change their steering habits when using ABS.
Using Your Eyes Effectively (1994; 9 minutes): This video demonstrates how to best use your eyes when driving. It discusses the two types of vision, central and peripheral, and where to concentrate your attention. It also discusses the effects of alcohol on a driver's visual perception.
Vehicle And Personal Security (1995; 14 minutes): This presentation explains how to handle a variety of vehicle-related crimes by making security measures a part of drivers' normal routines. Includes segments on how to avoid carjackings, what to do when someone has intentionally bumped your vehicle, and how to approach a stop light at intersections in unsavory or unfamiliar areas.
Waterskiing On Four Wheels (1986; 13 minutes): This video observes from the view of the driver, pedestrian, and others on the road, the cause and effects of hydroplaning. Steps drivers must take to maintain control when driving on wet pavement are discussed; what types of tires promote it; and, which can help prevent it. The video explores the technical reasons for hydroplaning in a manner that makes the danger and its prevention readily understandable.
Young Drivers, The High-Risk Years (2002; 16 minutes): This videotape, produced by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, focuses on ways to reduce teen driver crashes by limiting higher risk driving.

Pedestrian Safety

I'm No Fool As A Pedestrian (1988; 15 minutes): Walt Disney characters Jiminy Cricket, Gepetto and Pinocchio combine animation and live action to illustrate important techniques in becoming an "expert pedestrian." Their tips include stopping at the curb, looking both ways, responding to traffic signals, and being visible to drivers. Appropriate for grades K-4.
Otto the Auto on Pedestrian Safety (1994; 16 minutes): A series of four presentations, using the Otto the Auto character in a mixed animation and reality setting, designed to teach K-6 graders how to behave in various pedestrian situations.
Otto the Auto on Being Seen in Traffic (1994; 12 minutes): A series of three presentations designed to teach children, grades K-6, how to dress and act in a way that makes them more visible as pedestrians. The video uses the popular Otto the Auto character in a mixed animation and reality setting.
See And Be Seen (1988; 9 minutes): A video presentation for children five to seven years old teaching safe street crossing techniques. It tells the story of two young boys who are involved in a traffic mishap while playing. One boy is then taught safe crossing rules by a friendly talking car.
Walking Through The Years (13 minutes): This videotape, produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation, uses a combination of animation and live action to summarize major traffic risks and give advice for older adult pedestrians. The video targets older adults, but is appropriate for all pedestrians.

Safety Restraints:

Air Bags Now (1990; 10 minutes): This videotape of crash test footage demonstrates how air bags and safety belts comple-ment each other to provide the best available occupant protection in car crashes. Interviews with crash survivors attest to the life-saving benefits of air bags.
The Back is Where It's At (17 minutes): This videotape features Bill Nye, The Science Guy, with the message that the safest place to ride in a vehicle is in the back seat, buckled-up.
Booster Seats - OK Approved for Older Kids (2000; 6 minutes): From the first ride home through the pre-school years, most parents understand the value and importance of using a child car seat. Recent technology has become available to help give our older, taller and heavier children a more protective way to ride in vehicles.
Booster Seats - How They Work and Why They Are Needed (2001; 11 minutes): This video from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission is designed to help educate parents about the need for booster seats. Parents, nationally recognized injury prevention experts, and law enforcement officers discuss first-hand why a booster seat is the right choice for children ages four to eight and from 40 to 80 pounds.
The Control Factor: Seatbelt Safety (1993; 16 minutes): This presentation uses a teenage pizza delivery driver and a professional racecar driver to compare neighborhood driving situations. The racecar driver demonstrates and describes the great deal of care that goes into insuring his safety and how that same care is needed to insure the safety of drivers at any speed. The video shows that the seatbelt is the everyday driver's key to staying in control of the vehicle.
Otto the Auto on Wearing Safety Belts (1994; 8 minutes): A set of two presentations that teach young children, grades K-6, about different aspects of school bus safety. Both use the popular Otto the Auto character in a mixed animation and reality setting.
Precious Cargo (1994; 11 minutes): This video covers why children should be in a carseat; choosing a carseat; using it correctly; and the basic types of carseats available.
Protecting Your Newborn (1997; 26 minutes): Motor vehicle occupant injuries - injuries that occur to infants as passengers in cars, vans and other vehicles, are the primary focus of this video produced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Child safety seats, the appropriate type of restraint for newborns, reduce the risk of fatal injury by 69% for infants less than a year old.
Seat Belts And The Family (Shattering Some Myths) (15 minutes): This presentation from the American Medical Association and General Motors Corporation stresses the importance of safety belt use by pregnant women and shows how pregnant women should wear safety belts properly. The video dispels common myths that cause pregnant women, as well as other family members, not to buckle up. It includes a section on buckling up infants and children.
The Winning Combination (1988; 9 minutes): A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration video that uses crash test dummies Vince and Larry in a new-car showroom setting to introduce this feature on seat belts and air bags.

School Bus Safety

Otto the Auto on School Bus Safety (1994; 16 minutes): A set of four presentations that teach young children, grades K-6, about different aspects of school bus safety. All use the popular Otto the Auto character in a mixed animation and reality setting.
The Safest Way Out - Driver Versions (1997; 16 minutes): These videotapes demonstrate emergency school bus evacuation procedures for bus drivers. There are two versions: one for general drivers and one for special needs drivers. The videos show drivers how to properly prepare for and conduct an emergency evacuation. They demonstrate how to assist children in evacuating the bus quickly, how to use all types of emergency exits, and how to secure the scene once the bus has been evacuated. The special needs version explains in detail how to release wheelchairs from modern restraint systems, how to properly lift mobility-impaired children, and how to assist hearing and visually-impaired children.
The Safest Way Out: Emergency School Bus Evacuation - Student Version (1997; 12 minutes): This videotape shows children, grades K-9, how to properly prepare for and execute an emergency school bus evacuation. Demonstrates how to safely exit from front, rear, side, and multiple exits, emergency windows and roof hatches, and when each exit is appropriate. Designed for classroom use.
School Bus Driving: Controlling Skids (15 minutes): Skidding is one of the most dangerous of driving hazards, but it is controllable. This program gives bus drivers the information they need to make skid-control techniques second nature.
School Bus Safety - Bus Stops and Danger Zones (11 minutes): A presentation on student school bus safety featuring segments on: danger zones; safety at the school bus stop; and front-cross procedures.

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