1970s-80s stock footage - driver safety

[Music] every time we drive there are factors that work that could contribute to an [Music] accident the minor driving errors that we all commit are factors they can build gradually or suddenly pop up anywhere anytime in any type vehicle most drivers can handle at least one such Factor many can cope with two even three successfully and some even more but these drivers all experienced and cautious are about to face emergencies emergencies not necessarily caused by violations of the traffic laws but by the addition of that one factor that they cannot handle [Music] safely this is the final Factor we can get an idea about how factors add up and combine by looking at this familiar situation two drivers at the scene of a minor Collision many of the factors that led to this accident will never even be known by the drivers involved let's see what those factors really were Factor one was contributed by Jane Hoffman Jane is always nervous driving her expensive car especially when getting on an expressway and is often just a little too careful the driver of this car already on the Expressway is not honoring the merging traffic sign and allowing Jane to enter the flow of traffic he is creating Factor 2 Jane edging up decides at the last minute that she can't make it and stops meanwhile behind her Bob Kaplan assuming that Jane did enter the expressway turns to check traffic for his own entry and that's factor three following closely behind Bob Kathy Brewer now adds the final Factor she chooses this moment to change cassettes in her tape deck at the exact moment Bob hits his brakes finally seeing her opportunity Jane entered the expressway unaware that she had anything at all to do with Bob and Cathy's Collision if any of the four drivers had eliminated the factors they created the accident might have been avoided factors do have a way of building up watch as they build for Benjamin Walker returning with his wife from a weekend in the country Factor one Ben Walker is tired it's been a long day he's been on the road since late morning he knows he should stop but he has to get home it's also dark and that's Factor two factor three Ben's wife who's all o tired is resting on his shoulder this limits Ben's control of the steering wheel factor four Ben's wagon is overloaded Ben doesn't know it but that extra weight is causing his low beam headlights to shoot High blinding the oncoming drivers they respond by flicking their Bright Lights trying to Signal Ben to dim his Ben doesn't understand his brights aren't on and then the final Factor One driver retaliates by blasting his brights at Ben momentarily blinding [Applause] [Music] [Applause] him fortunately it isn't serious but if any or all of the factors that caused this had been eliminated Ben and his wife would have gotten home a lot [Music] sooner often an emergency situation develops and there's no one but yourself to blame for contributing all the factors take Neil Burman for instance Neil is a pretty good driver but he occasionally takes risks up to now he's been lucky in dealing with these factors safely this time however it will be different Factor one the weather has made the road slippery and treacherous Factor two Neil anxious to reach his destination sees no need to slow down factor three he's also unfamiliar with these roads and that Mapp clutching is a distraction from his full attention to the road