Quite relevant even some 40 years later, don't you think?

Mr Blunders

Mrs Blunders

Billy Blunders

Professor Weetos goes for a spin

Amber Gambler

The only thing thats changed is back then you could get your car resprayed for free

hmmm the problem seems to be caused by all those people not wearing seat belts

Some good dtuff there though - (who's the actor playing innocent driver in that Billy Blunder one )

People would cry "nanny state" but perhaps we should have more of these just to remind the dimmos of some basics

I can't watch these as at work, but I agree there should be more informative ads on mainstream tv. I've seen a couple on cable channels for instance Customs and Excise, warning holiday-makers not to bring back certain foods.

We need some telling people when to use fog lights, and not to hog the middle lane!

Hmm, not sure the the cross-ply & radial argument is still valid.

I love these old films, even the non motoring related ones are great.

The Crossply and Radial one is classic, aside from missing the obvious safety issue - don't hoon around wet housing estates in BMC motors of the mid 1960s.

After watching the ads above I trawled a few more. Now this I call a "don't drink and drive" ad. Not for the squeamish, but very powerful.

What started out as a light hearted thread is now going to give me nightmares.

The Amber Gambler commentary commits the gambler's fallacy:

"Every time he gets away with it he's shortening the odds.."

No he isn't.