Tindle was president of the National Police and Fire Safety Education Officers Association from 1973-1975. The story states the bicycle voices were those of 9-year-old twins Shawn and Serena Brixey, whose mother was Mary Lou Brixey of Channel 10.Ī 1972 story states Tindle and Worsham planned to take the program to Junction City, Kansas. Nearly every safety rule is covered, down to and including how far a person should signal before making a turn.” Joined department in 1951 as motorcycle officer “Following the program, both officers open the discussion to questions and by this time the young audience has a lot of them. “From there, the two talk of correct procedures of bicycling, while Copeland fills in with discussion of signals and safety. “The boy bicycle, Danny, describes his summer in which he collided with a car while ‘popping a Wheelie.’
I suspect some of you readers know how the bicycles “talked.”) (It is unclear to me if the bicycle voices were pre-recorded or if someone unseen by the audience did the voices live. Copeland controls the voices of the two bicycles through his hand-held microphone.” “Each is rigged on a low table and has a stereo speaker in front of it. “Copeland takes over and the talking bicycles take the show. It started with Tindle explaining the purpose and joking with youngsters. The story described the program’s presentation. “In the time since the program first was presented, bicycle accidents in the city have decreased 50 percent despite a growing population.” For a short time the program had to be cancelled when equipment wore out and there wasn’t money to replace it. “… It was featured in the June issue of the 1969 FBI Bulletin, a monthly magazine put out by the FBI. “Since that time (1961) it has appeared in all of the major cities of Missouri, and invitations have been received from outside the state asking that it be presented there. Gleason said that since the program started, there had been only one traffic fatality involving a bicycle rider.Ī 1970 News-Leader story talked about the reach of the program: In a 1969 News-Leader story, Municipal Judge Gerald Gleason recognized Tindle and Grammer for the program.
Story continues belowīy Cory Matteson 14 mins ago May 12, 2023 Tindle also worked with Springfield officers Ira Copeland and Ron Worsham. Program effective in curbing bike accidentsĪccording to stories in the News-Leader, in 1961, the police department sent Tindle and officer Jim Grammer to Oklahoma City to meet Oklahoma State Trooper Don Cannon, who had a similar program, but with one bicycle.
Tindle, who died at 69 in 1994, worked with a handful of other officers over the years in bringing talking bicycles “Danny” and “Debby” to school assemblies. The program began in 1961 - a year after a girl on a bicycle was hit by a car and killed at Cherry Street and Jefferson Avenue.
“Buck” Tindle, who was once Springfield Police Department’s Officer Friendly, retired after a stroke in 1978, it was estimated 500,000 area school children had attended the Talking-Bicycles program. What else can you find out about this? - Charlie Fielding, of Springfieldīy the time officer C. The officers did not ride the bikes, but they figured out a way to make the bikes say things. Answer Man: Years ago, the Springfield Police Department had a “Talking Bicycles” program where a couple of officers would go into schools with bicycles that could “talk” to kids about bicycle safety.
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