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At the Wheel: On the Road
198648 min 44 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michel Poulette
Production: Jacques NadeauGeorge PearsonBarrie Howells
Script: Hélène TiroleBernard DansereauMichel Poulette
Co-produced by the NFB and Idéacom Inc., with the participation of la Société Radio-Canada and Telefilm Canada, and with the financial assistance of the Insurance Bureau of Canada, le Groupement des assureurs automobiles, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Canadian Department of Justice, la Régie de l'assurance automobile du Québec, and Transport Canada.
On the Road follows two highway patrolmen on their daily rounds of the expressways surrounding metropolitan Montréal. With them, the viewer discovers the true perils of highway traffic and how quickly a seemingly innocent mistake can result in tragedy. Part two of the series.
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Subject categories
- Transportation > Car IndustriesRoad Safety and Emergency Measures
- Law and Crime > Police OperationsRoad TrafficSecurity forces
- Safety > Road TrafficTraffic Accidents
Credits
- director
- Michel Poulette
- producer
- Jacques Nadeau
- George Pearson
- executive producer
- Jacques Nadeau
- Barrie Howells
- script
- Hélène Tirole
- Bernard Dansereau
- Michel Poulette
- photography
- François Beauchemin
- sound
- Raymond Marcoux
- Richard Besse
- André Hourlier
- editing
- Monique Turcotte
- sound editing
- André Galbrand
- music
- Richard Gregoire