by Wendy Sizemore, Pickaway County 912 Project Liberty Group
The National Safety Council in partnership with an organization they created, the Ohio Teen Safe Driving Coalition (OTSDC), launched a pilot program for middle school kids to ticket their parents for “unsafe” driving behaviors. SADD and the Ohio State Highway Patrol, as members of OTSDC, were the vehicles for getting the program into three Ohio schools. Students were asked not only to ticket their parents for unlawful driving which would have been egregious enough but for legal driving behavior such as talking on a cell phone even if it were hands-free.
The students were issued mock ticket books for writing the tickets. Upon turning in their tickets at the end of the week they will be rewarded with a pizza party and the student who writes the most tickets will receive 4 movie tickets.
In a media release The National Safety Council is cited as saying that the hope is to start a conversation between parents and students about safe driving and for students to share what they have learned from in-class safe driving lessons.
This begs the question, why are 12-14 year olds taking driving lessons and what are they being groomed for in the future? As a matter of “safety” will they next be asked about what kinds of guns you have in your home or how you choose to store them? In this current climate of government interference and regulation it is not a stretch to think such a thing could happen.
In 1997 Edward Behrendt wrote regarding Hitler Youth, “in trying to capture the minds, hearts and souls of young children Nazi’s at first offered many incentives, things that would attract the children… Later, far different motivations were used…it was not that uncommon for kids to turn their parents in to authorities if they caught them doing something not approved by the State. Incidentally my information does not come from movies or books, it comes from actually being there and physically being involved…”
Enough said!
This needs to be stopped before it goes state and nationwide!
OH SADD: Ricky Birt: 937-308-5646
Ohio State Highway Patrol Public Affairs: 614-752-2792; email
To find your State School Board Representative and tell them you don’t want this program in your school go to: http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=575&ContentID=58806&Content=139505
The three schools that participated:
- Teays Valley East Middle School – Ashville, OH
- Northwestern Middle School – Springfield, OH
- Buchtel Middle School – Akron, OH
Thanks for the info and I have reposted on my blog!
Wow, “the student who writes the most tickets will win 4 movie tickets”. There’s your trouble. This is a total distortion of incentive for good behavior, and opens the door for trumped up charges against their parents to win the tickets. I wonder, do the parents get their day in court to defend themselves? Obviously, their names will be on those “tickets”. The program is a mistake to begin with, but a pizza party should be more than enough. How about the kids doing this on their own without reporting alleged offenses to “the authorities”. It would reinforce the importance of safe driving to parents (we all get a little lax with routine and when in a rush) and enforce the importance to these young teens who will soon be driving themselves.
Here we go. The Nazi brown shirt types are being trained in our schools to turn in their parents. It starts with a simple driving scenario and will expand to things around the house such as : Do your parents have guns, what programs do they listen to, do they attend political meetings, do they criticize the government?
I say amen bro. It’s Hitler all over again.
This is why more and more parents are choosing to homeschool or privately educate their children. I certainly have no problem with teaching children about safe driving habits at this age. Since many parents are choosing to wait until their child turns 18 before allowing them to get their license in order to avoid paying for driver’s ed classes, this might be helpful for the students. But they should be encouraged to discuss what they have learned with their parents, not write out a “ticket”.
12-14 year olds writing tickets for illegal driving? They are not licensed drivers, what sort of driver’s training have they had to determine was is unlawful. Ohio schools don’t even provide driver’s education anymore. When my 13 year old tries to tell me how to drive, I just laugh.
Our Schools are for Dumbing down our youth and that has been proven beyond a shadow of any doubt – The Government Wants & Needs Control of Young Minds
The Best Thing for all Schools – Get Rid Of the Federal Dept. Of Education . What a complete and utter failure and such a waste of Tax Payer Monies
All schools need to be run by the communities that the schools are in – not have curriculum , history , books etc dictated by Washington – Pledge of Allegiance and God Bless America – Throw the Communist Bastards Out
Get Washington Out Of Our Schools – Just wait til Obama Care Becomes Live – The People have No Idea how Health Care is going to become a Living Nightmare
It is important for residents to attend local board meetings to speak about this. We are a local control state. The decision to have this program is one made at the local level by your elected local school boards, not by the State Board of Education. Please be active in your local district if this is something that you believe is wrong for your students. Hold your local board accountable, they hired the superintendent who may or may not have shared the implementation of this program with them.