It's Great To Be Alive

Sweet Jesus! Think I'll share this one with my rambunctious 12 year old. He'll grow old in his room.
Actual safety manual scans from days gone by that accompanied new bicycle purchases.





My personal fave!


Thanks go out to my buddy, rrick, at Does This Look Infected for the link.

The Grim Reaper Wants YOU!

These ran on British TV in the 70s - check the reader comments.

"I'll be back ..." Wait! What's Jimmy Savile doing here?

Six Murderous Beliefs

In lieu of a car accident tune this week, here's a whole movie chock full of accidents!

if player doesn't show up for you, click here.

Canadian Safety Videos

Not for the faint of heart, here's an almost-complete collection of current tv and radio safety spots.

Flying w/Lex10

I recently flew Frontier, a lovely airline with friendly staff and little maps of our progression across the USA! USA! USA!



I wqs impressed with their safety guide, which was rendered in lovely gradients, as opposed to the simpler fills used by the printers of other airline safety guides:



And their use of celebrities, as illustrated by this image of Quentin Tarantino donning an oxygen mask:



But what caught my eye was this "check to see if the coast is clear" portion of the brochure:



REALLY thorough don'tcha think?