Her grief turned to determination, from that point on Mother Ko made it her mission in life to foster the passage of the Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance Act. Moreover, in 1990 she founded the Automobile Accident Victims Assistance Association, which to date has helped over 20,000 accident victims handle their compensation cases.
化悲憤為力量的柯媽媽從此以推動「強制汽車責任保險法」為職志，並在民國七十九年成立「中華民國車禍受難者救援協會」，至今已經幫助過兩萬個以上的車禍受難者處理善後。