'B15-Sunday News, November 16, 1980

THE SKID MARK

By Cst. RANDY HERMAN
N.V. RCMP Traffic

It is another work day and
just as luck would have it,
you're late. You run out to
your car and you _ find
another delay. Your wind-
shield is covered with frost.
You grab your ‘scraper’ and
scrape away the frost from
your side of the windshield.
You then jump into your car
and away you go.

Driving down the road you
are wiping the windshield,

it's sull fogging up; the car is
nol yet warm. All your con-
centration is on the wind-
shield and the traffic in front
of you.

A sounding of a horn and
then a collision with another
vehicle. A vehicle from your
right side has just come in
contact with you. As you get
out of the car your face
shows the embarrassment of
the situation.

You have just ran a stop

quite common at this time of -

the year. Drivers fail to take
the time to eliminate the
dangerous situation which
exists on their vehicles. A
dnver who scrapes only a
little “peephole” in his ice-
covered windshield is asking
for it.

You must take a few extra
minutes on these cold days
and clear your windshield
completely of ice and snow
(when it comes).

sign.
Incidents of this type are

Robin takes jet

south for

AUGUSTA, Maine (UPI)
A freezing, starving robin,
left behind when its relatives
flew south for the winter,
arrived in sunny Florida in
style Wednesday — in the
cockpit of a Delta Airhnes
yet.

The bird was found two
weeks ago in the middle of a
road in Kennebunk, Maine,
by Christine Panek, 55, as
she drove home from work.

After nursing it back to
health, Mrs. Panek arranged
to have it flown south to
rejoin its feathered fnends.

“T have a kind of a thing
about life. 1 don't hke to
destroy it,” she explained
after the robin had been put
in a cage aboard a Delta
flaghtin Portland

An arrlne spokeswoman
said the bird was put in the
plane's cockpit where if was
flown free of charge to Fort
Meyers. Fia It was to be set

free today
Panek, who tlved in
Poland dunng the World

War I] Nam occupation and
later became a_ pohtical
prisoner of the Russian army
before escaping to the
United States, sand she did
not think the bird would

winter

survive when she found it.

“I talked to him and I told
him to die in peace,” she
said. “I wanted him to die
quietly without being
mangled by cars.”

But the bird lived, eating
hamburger and apples out of
the woman's hand.

The bird stayed most of
the time in a cage in Panek’s
bathroom while it regained
strength.

“Once a day I let him out
to fly in my bathroom, but he
made such a mess, it was
unbelievable,” she said.
“The book said to feed him
worms and fruit, but [I didn’t
have any worms, sol fed him
hamburger.”

Jeanne Merrow. a local
travel agent who arranged to
have Delta fly the bird south,
called Panck “a fascinating
woman. that bird ate right
from her hand. Robins don’t
normally do that. That's the
kind of woman she 1s.”

But Panek said the 1n-
cident “1s just nothing.”

“T have saved a lot of little
animals lke ham. I don't
beheve in capturing wild
life “ she said “I beheve in
picking them up. giving
them life and setting them
free ~

Growth problems

CALGARY (UPC) Some
SOO Calgary streetlamps will
have been dented by errant
cars by the end of the year. a
city offteral preadi ted

Jack Speedie main
lenance manager ol
Calparys  clectre system
bascd his estimate on last
years pole bending total

when Calgary dinvers ruined

Vl tipbt standards Phe pole

fatahty rate has risen thas

year in congunction with an
expanding population

said there
only

reduce the cate as poles must

Speedie
hutthe the

was

could do to

be placed close to the road
on most cily sreets
metal

He sand) the laggtit

standards were designed to

break off at) the base to

minimize ipgury to drivers

The more you look.
the more you like

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cludes your rear windows,
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mirrors. It also helps if your

defroster is functioning
properly.

The Provincial Motor
Vehicle Act Regulations

require that no person shall
Operate a motor vehicle
when the windshield or any
window is in such condition
that the vision of the driver is

If observed by a police
officer or involved in an
accident those found driving

Don’t be frosted by your windshield

Saturday is a good do
advantage of our Winter Service Special

Teast battery. charging system, and ignition circuits.

the new

their cars with frost covered
windshields may be charged.

Northridge Service

open Saturdays
8 AM to 6 PM

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« Check operation of wipers, windshield washers, all fights, tum signals etc.

Pressure test cooling system, inspect fan betts, hoses, etc. ... flush out system including
radiator, engine block & heater core.

~ Refill system including up to 8 litres autopar antifreeze. Top up windshield washers with
winterized solvent.

(Remember antifreeze is only good for a maximum 24 months)

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