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Quensel, Warren P.Summary: Presented by the All City Stick Driving School in San Diego, this video will help drivers new to manual transmissions get moving. After covering the basics-starting the engine, putting it in gear, accelerating through the gear changes, and coming to a stop-the video calmly demonstrates how to handle uphill and downhill stops and starts. Reverse is also illustrated, and the questionable practice...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: An interactive driver education course aimed at teens. Includes quizzes at the end of each section, road sign tests, practice exams, a virtual driver feature, and graphics that show difficult maneuvers such as parallel parking from up to 6 different angles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Jumby Bay Studios 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 RulesSummary: This program brings the real-life consequences of mixing alcohol with driving into the classroom. Hard-hitting footage helps young adults realize the consequences of drunk driving, for the victim and the driver. Bereaved parents and friends, permanently disabled victims, and young inmates convicted of vehicular homicide explore the relationship between alcohol, death, and prison. Members of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Quensel, Warren P.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Safety Enterprises 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 QuenselSummary: Going beyond basic training, this video takes driving students into the real world-where road conditions are not always favorable. NASCAR celebrity David Reutimann examines a wide range of environments containing potential driving hazards, including tunnels, bridges, mountain roads, rough or uneven terrain, and harsh weather. Featuring detailed procedures for coping with rain, snow, icy...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: According to insurance statistics, distracted drivers are responsible for almost 80 percent of all car crashes and 65 percent of near-collisions in the United States. In this video, celebrity psychology researcher David Strayer, a driving instructor, and other experts underscore the hazards of driving while texting, while talking on a cell or using an MP3 player, while eating, and while...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: By serving up a variety of sobering statistics, this video provides a "crash course" on the perils of drinking and driving. In addition, two separate dramatizations involving "Bob" and "Marcy" take the viewer along on their high road to handcuffs as they're arrested for Driving Under the Influence. The video also trashes some common myths about drinking alcohol, demonstrates a number of visual...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What exactly is road rage? What can trigger it? And, most important of all, how can it be avoided? Experts in law enforcement and youth psychology answer those and other questions as the camera captures actual road rage incidents involving teen drivers. These same teens are also filmed in a group setting where they honestly express their points of view as frustrated drivers while openly taking...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Driving is a privilege and should not be taken for granted. This program is designed to help teens feel comfortable discussing positive and negative aspects of driving. Subjects covered include getting a driver's license; drinking and driving; the benefits of driving; being a defensive driver; driving distractions; cell phones; the potential detriments of driving; and how to be a responsible...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Thousands of people are injured or killed each year in auto accidents because they were driving unsafe motor vehicles. This video summarizes the most important things you can do to make sure your car is safe and reliable. Learn how to listen for "telltale signs" (noises, vibrations, smells) that indicate something dangerous could be wrong with your vehicle. You will also learn how to do a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Can you operate 3,000 pounds of heavy machinery powered by continuous explosions? You must be able to, if you want to drive a car. NASCAR star David Reutimann explains the basics of automobile control in this video, guiding students from their first time behind the wheel to the essentials of driving and parking on public streets. Highlighting mental as well as physical preparation, the program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A routine traffic stop can have any number of outcomes-from a polite warning to the use of lethal force. This video shows drivers the safest, smartest ways to interact with a police officer during a car stop. Written, produced, and hosted by a veteran patrolman, the program explains exactly how to park, behave, and speak when pulled over by a cop. Finding a nearby, well-lit area, staying inside...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: New drivers seem to learn very quickly about tickets, suspended licenses, and even a day in court, yet few appear to dwell much on safety. The fact is, traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among teens. This program opens a potentially lifesaving teen-to-teen dialogue on driving-related tragedies involving drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. Strong images of totaled cars, powerful...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: When it comes to driving, the basics are not just a "sometimes" thing. They play a part in every trip a driver makes, so learning them right is a top priority. Filmed on actual roadways, this engaging video systematically demonstrates low-risk methods of parking, entering traffic, steering, backing up, and turning around. The program's host, a calm and likeable driving instructor, reinforces...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: For every new car built this year, another will be involved in a collision, and more than a million people around the world will die as a result. This program vividly demonstrates what happens to the car and the passengers during a crash; using high speed cameras that capture crash sequences, it shows the three stages of impact and the resulting injuries. The video then introduces a group of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Provides the information needed to pass the written DMV test. It gives the fundamentals of safe driving without giving the specific rules of each state. Viewers can choose by state to see obvious differences in the driving rules of the states.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Powell Productions 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: What's the most important factor to consider when driving? Visibility? Engine performance? No-it's other drivers. In this video, NASCAR sensation David Reutimann focuses on defensive driving, the cornerstone of safe vehicle operation. Underscoring the danger of making assumptions when behind the wheel, the program stresses preparing for the worst possible events and circumstances, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: You're driving along and suddenly hit a patch of glare ice and start to skid. What do you do? You drive into a severe thunderstorm and water is left standing on the road. Do you adjust your driving in any way? You suddenly encounter thick fog on the highway and can't see beyond your headlights. Should you switch on your high beams? These and many other situations are discussed and demonstrated...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program shows why repeat drunk driving offenders are still on our roads, endangering our lives. On the street, a man caught driving drunk three times insists that he is being harassed and does not have a drinking problem. In a hospital, we visit a 16-year-old victim, run down by a repeat drunk driver, on a breathing machine, fighting for his life. In a courtroom, we see a four-time repeat...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Poppy is a life-loving and irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher. She is thirty years old, single, and infinitely optimistic and accepting. She lives with her best friend and flatmate Zoe in London. She is tested by a repressed driving instructor with anger problems, and, in turn, she decides to test him. She has exciting flamenco lessons, an encounter with a homeless man, an argument...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HAPCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HAPSummary: Fatalities are the most tragic outcome of auto accidents, but in societal terms, injuries involving irreversible brain damage may exact a higher toll. In this program, a team of the auto industry's leading researchers reconstruct an actual side-impact crash to explore what happens to the human brain in a collision. Specialized crash-test dummies, high-speed X-ray cameras, and computer...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Viewers witness common driving behaviors like tailgating, not using turn signals, cutting cars off, and other inconsiderate behavior, from inside as well as outside the car. Not only do viewers see how dangerous such behavior can be, but experts give insight into how some incidents can escalate into violence. The SAFE process is explained and demonstrated: Scan, Anticipate, Figure, Execute....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Kelly loves to shoot videos, and on his high school graduation day, he kept the camera rolling straight through commencement and the party that followed. But what should have been a quirky keepsake turned into a record of tragedy as drinking and driving led to the violent deaths of two of his closest friends. This dramatization-made up almost entirely of true-to-life home video footage-unfolds...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In the summer heat of a small Arizona border town, sparks fly for three generations of women. 17-year-old Blanca discovers romance for the first time with the new bad boy in town. Lolita, her mother, had hit a dry spell until the husband of one of her customers husband pays her a visit. Blanca's grandmother, Doña Genoveva enlists her gardener Don Pedro to give her driving lessons and learns...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Entertainment 2008