THE SKID MARK

Pedestrian’s responsibil

By CONSTABLE
RANDY HERMAN
RCMP

With school back, nights
becoming longer and
weather turning foul, we as
drivers and pedestrians must
be more alert and aware of
each others’ actions. It is
true that pedestrians do have
the right of way whenever
possible. However,

pedestrians also have

the streets and highways.
You, as a pedestrian, must
not assume that a driver is
aware of your presence and
above all must use common
sense whenever you and
motor vehicle traffic is
present. When you are
involved in an accident in a
car you have some
protection. When your body
is struck by a car or other
motor vehicle you will be the
loser. Under the Motor
Vehicle Act, you may be

issued a ticket for disobeying
the pedestrian lights which
control pedestrian traffic at
intersections.

As drivers we must be
aware of the green
pedestrian lights which may
turn to red at any time.
Three of these lights are
located at 21st and Lonsdale,
27th and Lonsdale and 28th
and Westview. The latter

currently being monitored as
there have been a number of
complaints regarding cars
failing to stop when the light
turns red. When these lights
turn from flashing green to
red YOU are required to
stop. Failure to stop may
result m a ticket. As a
pedestrian YOU are
required to activate the
pedestrian light by pushing
the button located on the
light standard and _ cross
when given permission by
the WALK light. You as a

pedestrian must cross in the
crosswalk provided and at
no other point. If you are
found disobeying these
pedestrian lights, you may
be issued a ticket.

If you are driving im areas
of schools and playgrounds,
be alert for children, animals
and school cross walk
As a driver you

STOP SIGN. If you are a
pedestrian you MUST obey
the cross walk guard. These
guards copy down all licence

numbers of offending
vehicles and report them to

During the hours of
darkness and inclement
weather, pedestrians should
wear bright . clothing or
reflective type material.
Umbrellas should be of the
type which allow you to see

e :

lessened and if an
emergency situation should
arise a _ serious accident
could occur. If you have to
go out at night carry a
flashlight.

Whenever you have to
cross the street you must use
the cross walks provided;
failure to do so could result
in a ticket. As a driver, I find
the pedestrian who is un-
decided as to whether or not
he or she wishes to cross the
street, very annoying and
above all very
DANGEROUS. Pedestrians,
please make that decision
before you get to the edge of
the curb.

When a pedestrian is
crossing the street or
highway within a cross walk
and the pedestrian is upon
the half of the highway upon
which your vehicle is
travelling or is approaching
so closely from the other half
of the highway that he is in
danger, you as the driver of
the vehicle must yield the
right of way.

Where a vehicle is slowing
down or stopping at a cross
walk or at an intersection to
permit a pedestrian to cross
the highway, no driver of
another vehicle apporaching
from the rear shall overtake
and pass the vehicle which is
slowing or stopped.

Japanese told to limit exports

WASHINGTON (UPI) -
Labor Secretary Ray
Marshall says the Japanese
should respond to the plight
of | milion uncmployed
U.S. auto workers by
voluntarily limiting exports
of their automobiles to the
United States.

Marshall, who recently
returacd from a inp to
Japan, said he told
Japanese officials that tanffs
and quotas were the least
desirable of three possible
solutions to the problem of
imports.

“It would be much better

if the Japanese took some
action aot to aggravate Une
problem,” Marshall told a
news conference.

He said, however, auto
imports are not the primary
cause of unemployment
within the domestic auto
industry The main factor ts
the andustry’s
manufacture

fadlure to
vehicles
Amencans arc willing to
purchase . he said

He sand oa voluntary
agreement by the Japanese
to hmit production = and
cxports to the United States
was the most desirable
method to solve the import
problem

He said the “worst out
come would be that we got

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tariffs and quotas,” but said
there would be political
pressure for such controls if
the Japanese fail to respond
to the plight of the uncm-
ployed workers.

“It's not a threat,” he said.
“Its a statement of fact.”
President Carter Monday
also. appointed a_i wide-
ranging group of industry,
union and government
Officials to the President's
Auto Industry Committec
created to revitalize the auto
industry. Its organizational
mecting will be in Detroit
Wednesday

Marshall said while im
ports were not the reason for
the dechne im domestic
sales, they could make it
difficult for the industry to
rase the $80 bilhon required
to retool uself for smaliler,
more fuel-efficient cars.

“We have to balance
the long and the short,” he
said “The cost of | millon
people in
unemployed
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