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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1972 color film from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety presents cautionary advice on avoiding the perils of a number of common roadside obstacles, using real world examples from Towson County, Maryland’s Interstate Highway I-146. The audience for this film is not just drivers, but government agencies that are responsible for providing and maintaining a safe highway system, presumably to promote the installation of safety barriers and guardrails (TRT 28:17). A roadside sign: “Thank You for Driving Carefully” and a flashing title, “Boobytrap!” (0:08). Slow zooms on various roadside obstacles intercut with car crash photos and the same bold red title overlay. The montage intensifies (0:16). Our host Ben Kelly, a man in glasses, walks along a grassy expressway embankment. His address continues in closeup (1:10). Ben introduces a series of lethal roadside
