1 | * {{Anvilicious}}: The short is hilariously unsubtle and unashamedly ScareEmStraight. |
2 | * BrokenAesop: While Trooper Hal's message is that most accidents are caused by small mistakes, the fatal collision occurs because of over-the-top idiocy which could have put Frank Jr. into the ditch ''long'' before he met the train. |
3 | * FairForItsDay: The movie's melodramatic tone has caused it to age poorly. While at the time of its release it was lauded as a sober lesson about driving safety in the early 1950s, the excessively maudlin elements of its plot have caused it to become comedic to modern audiences who were raised on [[ScareEmStraight far more brutal safety films]] like the later ''Film/Signal30'' and ''Film/RedAsphalt''. |
4 | * {{Glurge}}: Listen to Trooper Hal or you'll die. Horribly. |
5 | * {{Narm}}: "Why don't they look?" |
6 | * NightmareFuel: |
7 | ** Watching your brother driving obliviously towards an oncoming train while you futilely try to warn him of the danger. |
8 | ** Made worse when you find out that the short is based on the experiences of an actual family. |
9 | * ValuesResonance: In spite of the story's excessively narmy construction, the overall message of being careful behind the wheel of a car is still relevant and at least the film isn't full of gory mangled corpses as later Driver's Ed films would choose to do. |
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