north shore news AU TO Friday. Octooer 16, 1998 - North Shore News — 37 Looking ahead to damp dark days HOV From pase 34 Immediate surroundings is obviously Important, to, but merely following the bumper in tront of you means that vou are oblivious to the trattic and the hazards you are about to encounter in the immediate future. There is alot of interma- tion out there. Absorb as much as vou can and vou will be a berter- Prepared, more deteasive driver. OF course, it helps if you know how to process the Infermation your eves lave given veu, Which is when my other simple bit of adsice comes mm handy, Don't be a bonehead. Durmg this wet tine of year, bringing you car toa screeching halt isn’t always an eption, A slip-shding haft isa possibihey, but an undesir able one. Again, one can avoid the slip-slide problems by looking thead. Et vou behold a hazard or passible hazard a block or | Frust Your Car to Cottman’s Transmission Physican™... c=] TUNE-UP 2 (nctudes: Anad Test * TransCheck 27 Plus™ emer the ae +R LOCATIONS COAST TO COAST * Remember this is a steventive maintenance service for most domestic and imported cars. 1 atready have a transmission oroblem, ask abou! our repair setvices. * "Where applicable B.C.A.A. - ARA. APPROVED CENTRE i E two away vou aw down before becoming part of said hazard. Never be na sush te become part ot the clutter, Hang back and veu fosc mught find that said clutter clears before veu EVEN arrive. There are other side eficets of cold North Shore rain. Driving though 2 big pool of water on the road is aa eventaalitv which is nor only dikely te stall vour engine, it may rum vour car — especialy when another driver plows into vou atter vou've stalled, Look ahead, avoid the puddles. Often, too, an innocu- ous-looking little pool or stream of water is likely to cause “hydroplaning.” This is where vour car res actually skim across the surface of water. ntuch like a water ski fora hydrophine, come to think of it), and causes you to lose some or ali control of your vehicle. Sedan or Wagon 142 HP, 2.2L engine All wheel drive Four channel ABS Air conditioning Don't panic, Dont slam on the brakes Domttry any sudden movement with the steering wheel. Ease off the vas pedai gently and as the car deceler- dies, genth, vour tires will break through the surface water and find the pavement again a it vour tires are tarned sharply or iocked up when this tinding of pave ment occurs, vou ll tind yourself travelling in an abruptly different direction, which is a bad thing. Of course, by simpiy fooking ahead vou shoukd be able to aveid puddles of water on the road altogether, if not reduce your speed before hitting them. It’s pretty basic, not being a bonehead in the damp dark davs ahead. Heady up. Look ahead. Use vour head and think about what vourve just looked at Deal with it. You know: Be safe. Power locks & windows Split rear seat 80 watt am/fm cassette 15” alloy wheels Pius much more VEHICLES carrying two or more people will soon be allowed to use special car pool lanes on a 16-kilometre section of the Trans-Canada Highway. And while the new stretch of highway —- to be opened tater dus month ~- won't directly affect North Shore drivers, the High Occupaney: Vehicle (HOV) lane between the Cape Horn interchange in Coquitlam and the Grandview Highway interchange in Burnaby should make driving trom here to there a litte fess crowded. The mwo-plus occupancy restriction will be entore hours a day. In addition te personal use vehicles under kilograms (12,125 Ibs.) with ive or more occupants, the lanes will be open to motoreveles, buses, taxis, HandyDarr vehicles, emergeney vehicles, row trucks and BC ‘Transit supervisor vehicles, “Many people say they are willing to shift to car pools over time, but they also sav that a three-plus restriction is toc ambiticus to start with,” said Transportation and Highways Minister Harry Lali, “A tea-plus requirement makes it easier fer Committers to switch to HOV. - The $62-million Trans-Canada HOV lanes are part of the governmenr’s proposed Lower Afainiland HOV /transit prior- itv network, which is intended to help che transportation sys- tem keep pace with population and traffie growth while help- ing te improve air quality. oPD.I& freight. MSRP. ALi. 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