Signal 30

Signal 30 shocked everyone everywhere it was shown,and as such is one of the most remembered of the breed.Great detail in each crash is given to describe what went wrong.Two fiery crashes end in the occupants being burnt to a crisp (very gruesome).A young trucker crushed against the steering wheel/dash because he was travelling too fast for the road....a young father crushed in the door of his 55 Pontiac...overall its very sad.Future films raised the bar up,but Signal 30 set the tone for all the rest.May all the victims shown rest in peace,and may their deaths not be in vain.Lets hope at least one life was saved by viewing these horrific scenes....the original intent of the films producers.

It's not that gruesome as it appears to be: a series of car accidents, sure, but we've seen all of that before; however, the thing which keeps it shocking is the gruesome background information the talkshow host is informing us of, thereby making us identify with the victims and,once again, believe we are equal to their same situation... It is here, though, that Hollywood very keenly pulls our leg again: we don't know what the narrator is telling us is true, but we assume it to be; likewise, we assume on similar accounts that the Germans were the enemy during the second world war, but who might say for sure?? When we believe the words of the leading man in this documentary we will feel awful at its ending: but never forget all is equal to one big love. Who cares about traffic accidents!?! Well, if you listen to the words of this man and accept them as the truth, than you will. But is it worth it??!

What can I say, "Signal 30" is the benchmark of what was over the next 25 odd years to follow in the course of the life of "Drivers Ed" films.

Designed to shock teenagers and adults alike into being better and more competent drivers, by showing them death after death after death, and narrated with sarcastic quips about the burned and crushed bodies "This is the final exit for all concerned" etc they do not make for easy viewing and they are not meant to be.

Clinical and precise this is what happens when you are involved in a fatal crash, those are the sounds of people in their death throws, screaming and begging for help, it is as brutal as it gets and total unapologetic, every learner driver should see this film. Followed by "Mechanized Death" "The Last Prom" and numerous others

I saw this film in its entirety in the 1960s & 70s, yes it IS gruesome, and could be the progenitor of the "Faces of Death" series popular in the 80s & 90s. Considering the state of so-called "driver education" these days, this one should be required viewing for everyone preparing to learn to drive. When you see violent death in all its gore & horror, you certainly (if you have any sensibility at all) get a truer perspective on the responsibilities required to drive safely, what one instant of thoughtlessness or inattentiveness at the wheel can do. I worked for Bell Telephone in the 70s & 80s, and at one point was assigned to conduct a safety class. I found this film in the company library, showed it at the session, a number of people got physically sick and had to leave the room! Incredibly, most of them later said "I never knew a car accident could be so terrible!" This film, and another, "RED ASPHALT", is certainly reality in its most graphic form. I'll never forget it, I only wish I could have found a copy when my children were attending "driver's ed" in high school!

If you took a high school driver's education class when I was in school in the late 1960s, you got to look some movies showing the results of bad driving. The most famous may be BLOOD ON THE HIGHWAY, but it was by no means the only one. Because they were dealing with teenagers, who are immortal, they seemed to glory in showing their audience scenes of what happened when you were in a crack=up.

This one is the most graphic one I've seen. It starts with an accident between a truck carrying cattle and a passenger car; the cattle are still twitching. Other charming images include someone burned to death, and a young man crushed in half by a car door that came loose, and a young man whose corpse has been crushed by 20 tens of steel tubing.

Charming.