ERPD Offering Simulator Experience

“In conjunction with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office’s S.A.F.E. campaign, the East Ridge Police Department will be offering East Ridge citizens the opportunity to safely experience the force generated during a 5-10 MPH crash in a simulator called the “Convincer.”

This force shows how effective a seat belt can be in keeping a person in their seat and reducing movement. The “Convincer” will be set up at the East Ridge Community Center on Thursday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to noon.

There is no cost for the experience, but participants will be required to sign a waiver. Minors will be required to have a parent’s signature.”

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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