Bill Russo's video: Science Fiction Theatre - The Phantom Car S2 E 14

From more than 60 years in the past, this episode forecasts "Robo-Cars", which are still not a reality as of 2021, though we are getting closer to them. As of now, there is no vehicle currently available to US consumers that is self-driving- Period! Every vehicle sold to US consumers still requires the driver to be actively engaged in the driving task. But thanks to S F T, we do have a self-driving car for you in this episode, in which a sheriff ignores an old prospector who claims he was almost run over by a driverless car in the desert. Once a geologist's wife is seriously injured by the same automobile, he takes matters seriously. The lawman determines that the vehicle is radio-controlled, but don't know who's operating it or why it's hitting people. Before the Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, and the Outer Limits, there was Science Fiction Theater, which ran from 1955 to 1957. Hosted by Truman Bradley, a radio/TV announcer and 1940s film actor, each episode of Science Fiction Theater introduced stories based on scientific or pseudo-scientific Principles. The tales usually related to the life or work of scientists, engineers, inventors, and explorers. The program concentrated on such concepts as space flight, robots, telepathy, flying saucers, time travel, and the intervention of extraterrestrials in human affairs. Broadcasting a total of 78 25–26 minute episodes, I t was also known as Beyond The Limits for repeat syndication during the 1960s, and alternatively as