I’ve been in the mood to see a bicycle related movie recently and since no theaters in my area are showing “The Flying Scotsman,” I’ve had to settle for the intense drama of “The Bike” found on the A/V Geeks site.
While there, I decided to poke around the site for some other bike related films and came up with a 1967 film from AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety – “The Day The Bicycles Disappeared.”
![AAA1967](https://campfirecycling-media.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/aaafts.bmp)
Now, it’s no “One Got Fat,” but it has some nice, common sense rules for us all to follow during Bike To Work Week and throughout the year. I don’t agree with everything they say, but it is fun to watch and some of the main points are still timely:
Oh, yeah, I can’t believe the stunts they had these kids doing. If they were filming this today I don’t think they could get away with having kids swerve into the path of moving cars or into doors being opened…