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“yRADE TION ALLY:
heavy traffi¢ is good: ‘for
“shopkeepers: the mote
people driving and:

‘Walking by, the greater

| shop’s expos

this benefit comes with a
; downside

Goldsmiths, ar
stantly,

zed by the,
wtraffic tat-has-
4)

ing ofa big, |

Royal Bank on °°
the, southwest me
COMME ‘of Leh

fic' malaise pro-.
ides a. whi

i Increased the,

ear fist ane nd the
‘sickly-swe Piha of afender
bend
what's gong.
throu h'these people's
inds,” relates Smith, “

ae

iy he come screaming down

our alley al 8000 60 eticks

“ahd then appear tacally sure y

> prised by the present of tral!

fic anee they reach (8th. They
treat thks alley like winaly
road.” An interesting polit,
“this?! a

AVolks, the speed fit in an

or lane any here dn:

alley way
FACOUVET in fet,

North

Ye most lanes fi Wore is 20k:

sh (unless onterwise posted):

‘An alley is nota aaa ee te

e Furthermore aid appar!
‘ently contrary to popular:
belie, where’ valley meets a

cour Street Isn't an uncontrolled

intersection where you'ean
cexpeet (hope) carson yout

i dght to yield, Nosit.
“Like most a things in life, -

The LtAtelier andl,

Ny] ea uae *

swith an invisible (or
tas umed”) STOP sign, Every
{ley terminates with these or -
at Teast, at invisible, all- “power:
ful YIELD. sign.
Inits wordy kind of way,

“section :178(1) of the Mighty

Motor. Vehicle Act states dri

teolemeneemnanoh

"Ta time offer until May’ 31, 1997, win ; coliay requ ad by June 15° 1997. Leases “nave "3

aa 19200 jean ($2.10 est éxcvess). A down paymer

Ireight and POI, taxes, licence and insurance

eee tae eet ae”

north shore news .

ale a constipated neighborhood

ees ete tig, troman ally ten
which ei driveways, *
twuilelingas (parkacles Sand pd
valle Odds = sure requires to”
“stop the vehicle linmediately

» before lrivinng « an to the side.

__ walk or the sitewalk area ,
7

- ha ecanstitiiing an immediate
Humongous Bank ys both

& (area where people Walk)
caatnd yield the fightof way to
“a pedesuiun on the ‘ide aval
“or sidewalk area,"
“Please note, folks, that the
Act doesn't say stop 1 there,
is ¥ pedestrian, it says S11’ Or.
AND YIELDS oy BO
The Act continues with,”
subsection (2) and the
» absence, of'stdewalks aed sides
valk areas where drivers 7, 3"
+ emerging. (rane alleys are’
“required to yield to any, traftic

A

hazard,

BONEHEADS: ike‘this truck. river are creating havoc at the intersection ot -:
/16th' Street!and.Lonsdate Avenue in North Vancouver.'A shiny new bank has’ -
lume of parked cars in the area and, despite a new parkade te to
Be accommodat customers, drivers are e parking itegaily on the street. ;

“But that’ s not the end of,

the story. ota

oo It seems that the erection’
of Humongous Bank has cre-
ated a humongous parking ”

* problem. This is through no -,
” Ault of their own. Indeed,
“there | are 40-odd parking sal ‘

Ss

tasted Iva spit) new parkiaule

under the spilt) new f

Vhs investigative repay
discovered, ane tratf! Xt “logge d
aflemmoon, ‘hav sald i varkanle

Javasa yalte hallfall (halt
enmprydys ar juist tou darn big,
depending on your sense of
optimism...

* Yet again Heiiteas and
Smitlvare bemtise, :
belted by the number af
ear aiwners tho-not only

voud the. parkade but whi 7
een to think that the, “No
Stonplag Here ta Corner? * ts
sign located,a convenient car

» tength back from the (thi:

and Lonsdale intersection Is

~ jst a a plete,

Folks, that sign.(see photo)

_abs Shake, Use the parkade for "
ery out foul [t's tree and.

shall nent davase the vehicle 1
nove backward into an’ inter «
section oF overt erasatwillk.”
fan't that Interesting, but
here's the relevant pares P
cate shall not ie any ev eae

across thi street,

Vinvatly, suscl sui parkiiy
vo pohitedd, divers ‘whygling Wand’
_ wagging reversiiy and laurels
“ing ty andabioGt the area in:
allt effort to elifn oneal four

aay
M

“Hoy, poorlyedesined, overly" cor at ayy pliee cilise a vehicle

to move backword unless the
ce pitoventent can be made in
ssalety." "Geri.

While thiiongous Bank;
«would like to tagik you fe
otyur Money, the’ Uys Mt!
-AAtelier would like ta. ‘thank,
you. for both your patronage

and” you jentettahning’ driving: 4,

appreciated parklig spats sim
ply have to.give their heads a,

everything! “s

I'shoukl mention that
those of you. reversiiny aue of
“those clinky Httle spots, nist.
dase with extrenie-care =,
not for your. palit jabs s
but for other drivers. Sealon
2194 of the Mighty MIVA

7 4
“ “ul i et iif you'd just be:
reads! ‘The drive se

of ‘avehicle,, sah
a

ue

was set back from the intersee:.; :

thon beeatise trafic in the

has increased

_ considerably
em notice th

aa whale new <
ic. ane

exer tt. Fa, o i

sonedale, Cty

engingers ;
“thought ite!
sould be bet

; «Saba if these -..

rightstarnets
were given;
“vehntce toda

“so, often’and |

wfullyy the
by alleviating“

* at least soine *
of the’ conges:
tion:

“The message? We
Don’t park ;
there, bone!”

parkade,

i Then again,"

2 perhaps you.

enjoy giving Hemcon and

‘Smith a little chuckle when

’ the By-law Enforcement.’

_ Officer hands out’his 2,

_umptecnth ticket for the day.

» If you think about it, you" te
asy pickin's in that spor,

there’s a coffee shop just *

Sey ek

DeRosa gre

or equivaient trade Da on

ve extra, The kéisee

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