This film “Emergency Driving” was part of a “Roll Call” series of police training films created by Motorola Teleprograms Inc.. This film was executive produced by Sid Davis, an famous director and producer of non-fiction who specialized in social guidance films. It was written and directed by the team of Norman Rose, Denis Sanders and Arthur Swerdloff. The film demonstrates the techniques, which police academy students are taught to safely operate patrol vehicles during emergency driving. The film was made in cooperation with the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department.

Motorola’s logo (00:09). “Patrol Vehicle Operation – Part 2” title banner (00:20). “A ‘Roll Call’ Film” – “Emergency Driving” title banner (00:24). Police officers train emergency driving at a practice track (00:38). A Plymouth Belvedere and a Plymouth Fury are used for the training (00:38). Officers demonstrate safe fast turnarounds (00:57). An officer provides theoretical instructions on safe fast turnarounds for students in a classroom (01:03). He explains proper road positions of the car (01:15). A police car makes a turnaround on the practice track to demonstrate the instructions given to the students (01:47). The classroom lesson continues with detailed instructions on navigating in reverse and correct piloting of the steering wheel (02:03). A police officer is filmed inside the vehicle to demonstrate this (02:14). A semi bootleg turn is demonstrated on the practice track as students observe (02:22). The classroom lesson continues with instructions on safely orientating in a semi bootleg turn (03:20). A police officer is filmed inside the vehicle to demonstrate this (03:29). Students observe from the sidelines on the practice track (03:41).

One police car overtakes another car while the sirens and emergency lights are on (03:44). An officer speaks on the car radio inside the car, while a student observes in the back seat (03:56). A demonstration on the practice track reveals that police sirens aren’t dependable in alarming other vehicles on the road at certain speeds (04:25). The sirens are only heard when the police car is driving alongside the other vehicle (04:35). Cars are struggling to drive on a part of the track called the ‘Skid Pan’, which is covered with soap and water to make it slippery (04:53). A classroom of students learns about safe emergency driving on ‘Skid Pan” conditions, such as road position, steering control, etc. (05:17). Students attempt driving on the ‘Skid Pan’ track while instructing officers overserve and comment on the mistakes (05:58). Another classroom lesson is held on precision driving at high speeds (07:34). An officer demonstrates the lesson on the practice track with a student in the passenger seat (08:00) A narrow lane is formed by cones as a precision driving-challenge (08:14). An officer instructs on lane changes followed by a demonstration on the track (08:18). A student car is trained by an officer inside a police car in speed control and road placement when making turns at high speeds (08:52). Acknowledgements (11:20).

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