Medford mail tribune., June 14, 1959, Image 56

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A nation-wide program in traffic safety
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succeeded because a woman judge gave youngsters
a chance to prove themselves.
by Bob Allen
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Headquarters for Safe-Teen program, now spread
to seven countries, is in attractive judge's office.
Yofj dtiv etefcat Icfeb ftaaato patrolm.
Into the traffic court stormed an irate citizen
who demanded that Judge Frances Cook "arrest
the crazy and irresponsible teen-ager who just ran
me off the road three times."
The woman justice of the peace in Beaverton,
Ore., swore out a warrant, and in a short while an
officer returned with the "crazy teen-ager." Judge
Cook looked at the culprit. He was no teen-ager,
but well into his 40s. "
Then she lost her usual composure. "I'm tired of
this tendency among motorists to think every bad
driver is a teen-ager," the judge said. "Experience
in this court shows that some of our best drivers
are teen-agers.
"What these youngsters need is some way they
can be recognized for the good drivers they really
are. They need a label, something catchy . . . like
Safe-Teens."
This incident inspired one of the strongest forces
for safe driving that has ever been devised. It has
made teen-agers into missionaries for traffic safety
in their home towns and has sparked a revolution
in the public attitude toward teen-age drivers
wherever it has been put intq effect.
Today Safe-Teen programs are operating in 46
states and seven foreign countries. In three years,
the roll has grown from a meager 66 charter mem
bers to more than 75,000.
Teen-agers are proving they are the good drivers
that Judge Cook knew them to be. They are
popularizing smart driving not only among Safe
Teens, but also among adults, especially members
of their own families! '
In one town, reports were received on a Safe
Teen's car being driven about recklessly. "If my
son, or daughter has been driving that way," said
the father, "he won't be allowed to drive the car
again for six months."
But both Safe-Teeners denied abusing the auto
mobile and proved the guilty party was a brother
who had been home on leave from the Army. .
A short time later a letter was received from the
brother by the local Safe-Teen administrator. "I
have never received such a bawling out as every
member of my family has just heaped on me," it
read. "I thought Safe-Teen was just a joke. Now I
know differently. Please accept my apologies.
Congratulations on a top safety program!"
After the original idea had been born that day
in court, it took several months of work before
Judge Cook was ready to spring the plan on some
of her young high-school friends who often visited
her during their lunch hour. On December 10, 1954,
she casually mentioned to them that she had a
program for teen-age traffic safety. The boys and
girls discussed the plan and said they'd try it
The plan was explained to Beaverton merchants,
and they gave full financial backing to get it
started. Today the chapter has 440 members.
Incorporated as a nonprofit organization, Safe
Teen ha national headquarters in Judge Cook's
office t 220 S.W. First St., Beaverton. Membership
i opn to any licensed driver in the world who is
in th under-age insurance bracket and who gets
certified safety-chec of his car. Any police offi
cer is qualified to make the free safety-check
lShich includes brakes, steering, tires, lights, wind
shield wipers, horn, rear-view mirror, and muffler
Armed wifi these two documents, a teen-ager.
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