The episode takes its title from the traffic safety film that Pete is watching in his drivers education class.
This episode takes place in August 1966.
The shootings that Pete hears about from the young girl at the driver's ed class is a reference to mass murderer, Charles Whitman.
At the dinner party, Cynthia incorrectly refers to Charles Whitman as "Whitmore." Don corrects her, simply saying "Whitman," which is, of course, his (secretive) birth-name.
Lane is in the pub watching England beat West Germany in the final of the FIFA World Cup - this took place on 30th July 1966.