I watch a lot of MeTV and other nostalgia channels. Of the series from the 50s, Highway Patrol might be my favorite. "Rabies" is actually pretty realistic, probably because it does not involve bad guys who can't shoot, and who seem reluctant to put much effort into outdriving Broderick Crawford in a car chase. In "Rabies" a little girl is bitten by what turned out to be a rabid dog, and the search is on to find her, and inoculate her before it's too late. The trick is to find her as she is on a driving vacation with her mother.
As a silly point of interest and amusement, I count how many times car doors are closed in Highway Patrol episodes. One episode had 51 door closings. It's the kind of thing you notice when your life consists of watching Highway Patrol episodes, not to mention writing never-to-be- read critiques about them on the internet.