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Time drivers wake up
before others are killed

think a little. Please.
J. Segal,
North Vancouver

Dear Editor:

On the front page of your
Sunday, May 5 edition is
another sickening example
of one of the poorest driving
habits. It is not my place to
judge anyone involved in
this incident — that is for
the courts to decide. But the
information your reporter
gives sadly reminds me of
the all-too-common but il-
legal practice of passing a
vehicle stopped for a pedes-
trian.

Speeding blindly through
intersections has needlessly
cost too many lives. I see
that Lonsdaie and 20th (the

crosswalk which cost my
friend her face, hips, and
knees) is getting a crossing
light. But, for God’s sake,
do pedestrians need a bloody
light on every corner to wake
stupid drivers up enough to
notice them?

Years ago, in my teens,
when I first started driving,
those in my age group cursed
the older generation for
driving lawfully and safely
(in other words too slow and
careful for our crazy, high-
speed style). Nowadays, it
seems that lousy, dangerous
driving has spread like a
plague, claiming all ages and

occupations. I am especially
disgusted when ! see police
drive across pedestrian-
occupied crosswalks,

When will this law be en-
forced? After how many
more warnings and deaths? {
propose law breakers of any
motor vehicle offense be
sentenced to assist in the
emergency room at a busy
hospital, such as V.G.H., on
accident-filled weekend
nights.

Perhaps then priorities
will switch, from keeping a
rat-race sche:":'2, to con-
sidering others’ lives. Let's
all try to slow down and

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Dear Editor:

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feared
defeat

Dear Editor: ;

_.. _It is sad. to’ see the North
- Vancouver. School. Trustees
and ‘their. staff: disapproving
of the Government of British
Columbia’s actions.

The School Trustees were
given their opportunity to go
to the voters with a referen-
dum for the.extra Five Mil-
lion. Dollars they wanted,
but the Trustees did not dare
risk defeat.

How many voters would
support a tax increase of
$150. on their home, just to

. support the. -Trustees. and

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became accustomed in’ times

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