that officer well sir we've been watching this young man for some time committing little traffic offenses you know cutting in and out in traffic shaping the red light blocking process will she ever been arrested before no sir he's been stopped and warned a couple of times we seem to take the warning seriously but a few days later that sort of behavior means just one thing to us sooner or later the offender is going to have real trouble your last statement may appear relevant however it is a practice of this court in the case of young first offenders to deviate sometimes from formal procedure we do this in the hope of preventing future offenses by finding observation mind you have anything further to say welfare i did see this boy a couple of months ago at a demonstration given by the high school grabber education corps what happened there parents out what i said about is bad driving attitude the class was testing the stopping distances in reaction times with the brake reaction detonat joan you were going thirty miles an hour but that shows that to get your foot on the brake after the first shot like thirty three feet so jones reaction time is just average at thirty miles an hour car traveling thirty three feet the time she heard the first signal until her foot that's the break that represents just three quarters of a second about every i try to talk as i could to stop and to stop and then see all right jerry even though you wouldn't take the course we'll let you tried at the same  at thirty at the breaking about half a second that means that jerry's reaction time with better than average but it still took about ninety two feet for the car to stop that's almost a third of the football field but you see there's no such thing as stopping your heavy upon a dime no matter how fast your mind react when i heard that i figured it was only a matter of time that's all i have to say for sure well it would appear the jury missed the whole idea of the demonstration excuse me sir but exactly what are the charges against my son at the moment mr thomas speeding and reckless driving charge of manslaughter may have to be made later depending on the report of the accident you can't change that much i'd like to think so mrs thomas but he was only a little them with good walking habits but jerry seemed to keep that attitude while he was growing up in fact when he was twelve years old he wanted pride in the bike writing contest because he knew the rule so well jerry took no chances with his bike i guess it was because the teacher and i drilled into him from the start to obey all the rules and do our jobs for folks who don't i used to keep telling him that there's always some motorist who's going to do some crazy fool thing yes that's right you're starting out fine but did you follow through with those ideas when jerry began to drive there's no doubt mr thomas that jerry's early training made him a good pedestrian and a good bicycle rider result of the investigation i expect final word in a few minutes but perhaps not a caution and respect you had toward automobiles as a little by is beginning to take on a new meaning it was only yours to control nearly everywhere we look we see men controlling power in many cases human lives are valuable goods depend on how these men control and use that power you have to remember that a powerful machine does not do its own thinking you must do the reasoning for it the driver of a bulldozer for instance can't afford  or to forget what he is doing even for a moment and neither can you as the driver of an automobile sportsmanlike driving names that you drive with courtesy to others that you observe all traffic tried to make me look good to the judge nancy she'll never want to ride with me after being me i didn't judge a car you chose me i will dr again realize now what a dangerous situation you have been in because of your own sportsmanlike drive the evidence given here today together with other evidence of the manner in which you were operating a car makes you  guilty of reckless operation i hereby impose a fine of twenty five dollars in addition i'm recommending in accordance with our traffic laws that your driver's permit be suspended for a period of six months then if you get your apartment back and if your parents allow you to use the car well the rest is  one hundred horsepower in their borrowed the judge called it nothing that warm water for a brain can't think for itself that's where i communicate is i've got six months to do some real thinking thinking i should have done before from now on when i bought all this power our furnish the brain better to make it to the team a good safety