PAULITICS & PERSPECTIVES ‘THERE. WAS a time when British Cotumbia drivers were the most disciplined in ‘the nation, but that was back in the days when the earth »- Was young. - Now almost everybody speeds and the driver who sticks to the limit is likely to be the one causing accidents, +"! ‘Speed limits have become a “farce, Whether or not you are tick- " eted depends mostly on pure chance (there aren’t many traffic “policemen to g0,"round) and on the fficer’s frame of mind. ; The Speed that earns you a ~ frawn on Tuesday may net a $100 a fine and two demerit points on Thursday: ‘Trying to é ticket- free i is an AVjiation to dangerous frustration —— yours, your fellow motorists and. ; “even the overworked police force. \:” _ Stantly transmitting or are using Your object should be to mini-” mize the number of speeding tick-: els, ideally to one per year-so that * ape extra penalties from - ‘.*Tnsurarice Corporation of B.C. efore isting some Suggestions, one'above all is to be yemembered: Don’t be ruled by speed signs. ‘Drive stower-than the fast and: faster ‘than the slow. This will usu- . ally. be 10 kilometres an hour above. the fegal limit. When To Drive Fastest Oddly enough, you will make your best time on the Fraser Vi ley freeway during rush hour when the traffic flow is 15 to 20 km/h abave the limit. Uf there are no accidents (caused by high speeds) this is when you can make record time between the Fraser Bridge and Hope without the winkwonk lights shining. Just avoid too much switching from lane to lane. When To Drive Slowest Drive almost down at the legal limits on sunny Sunday mornings when the roads are almost emply except for Her Majesty's radar and laser traps. There is no better example than Second Narrows Bridge when you will be pinched on Sunday for dri- ving normal rush-hour speeds, When To Ignore Speed Limits There are places where speed limits can be almost totally ignored and, indeed, should be. Speed lim- its on approaches to the toll gates on the Coquihalla Highway are set so low that drivers who do brake to those speeds have apparently caused accidents, A special sign has been posted warning that the crawl zone is a high- rrisk accident ° _ area, Toll booth people say the police show up occasiondlly and ticket the first 20 cars that-pass and, after writer’s cramp lets up, the next 20. This is rare. Normally, until you are close to the gates, go-20 to 30 ‘ above the limil to avoid impeding - traftic. . . Rader Detectors . Radar detectors and laser detec- tors are sometimes useful if the police are using a radar that-is con- laser on cars ahead of you. _ Otherwise detectors merely let ‘you know that you have been “Pinched. _ When Puiled Over When pulled over, remember the policeman is doing a job that is pretty. frustrating, given the condi- tion that politicians and bureaucrats have created. | y recipients OF rom page 3 oT he donation came ‘from the stu- dents and parents of Montroyal school in North Vancouver. The school gathered clothing