iw" we Fas a Tatas rt . yet : a? et wert, a of of aeat ats ie Page B7, September 30 1979. Sunday News A total of 2, 300 people i in ‘British: ‘Columbia have been convicted so. far this year for. : not’. using "their. seatbelts, Attorney-General Garde . Gardom. announced recently. o “This compares to 1,400 -people . convicted in all. of the offense,” 1978. for © Gardom- said.’ “Quite clearly... ~ Gardom said he has asked the Criminal Justice Division of the Attorney-General’s ministry, in .. consultation with police throughout the. ‘province, -to review: the use . these ~ figures indicate that. seatbelt © -legislation is ‘being enforced _ "by the. ‘police even. more: - firmly than it was last year.” mo showed a: _ decrease: in the use ~ of seatbelts,” he said. _indication from. the police of of seatbelts by the ‘motoring: public. - S “I am informed . that a survey earlier this year. of 3,100 drivers and passengers’ significant , “Yet I have had so far.no car near says GM DETROIT (UPD - General Motors Corp. is prepared to ‘announce it has scoréd a breakthrough. in battery ‘technology long: sought by _ engineers hoping to turn out aa Practical electric car. GM President Elliott Estes has called a news conference ‘in ‘Washington. today. and is. to . detail development of a new lighter, more powerful nickel-zinc oxide battery. _ expected _ The development, described by GM sources as a major Step ‘in the automaker's goal of marketing an electric car within five years, was to be outlined as part of a 1980- model preview Estes is ~ attending. The No.: A automaker has : been..working for years to replace the lead-acid battery used in current electric research vehicles with a power cell that weighs far ‘less and can go far longer between charges. _ The automaker apparently. has taken a major ‘step in ‘devleéoping a zinc-nickel - oxide battery that would give an electric car double the range between charges or current test vehicles. GM has said for some time it hoped to start turning out electric cars by the mid- - . 1380s, but cautioned it néed technological breakthrough to doso. 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Trucs Fron $1 4. 2 Day 987-7111 1826 Waich St N Van day Columbia as part of the. _ CounterAttack Program.” - 24,895 “over . province-wide _-terAttack Program. - change’ in the number of ., people. using seatbelts was ~. Feported. ae a decline in seatbelt use, “eventhough | thousands. of cars are being checked every ‘throughout British The . “Attorney-General pointed out that a total of .vehicles were checked by R.C.M.P. alone the Labour Day weekend as part of. the Coun~ “It j is for this reason that I have requested an analysis of _ the situation by ministry officials, ” Gardom said. “Incidentally, the 24,985 . vehicles ; checked by the No. R.C.M:P. is an increase of 3,182 in the number the - force ~ checked . over - the Labour Day weekend last year. “The - toil number > “of impaired . driving. charges laid by. the R.C.M.P. over . the. Labour. Day weekend - was 234, down from. 258 last year, and the total number of 24- hour roadside suspensions was 149, down from 176 last year. Also, there were 100 alcohol- related accidents, .from 109. last-year. — “Unfortunately: the total number of accidents in which people were injured on the Labour Day weekend was up about 10 per cent ., from 172 to 190. And the number of people injured _ WANTED down . increased about seven per cent — from 279 to 300. “But the R.C.M.P. reported that in their areas the number of fatal ac- cidents was unchanged at Six, and the number of people killed was down from seven to five,” the Attomey- General said... t - “It seems to me, & view of these statistics, that if the ‘use of seatbelts had declined to any significant degree, an ‘ increase in 10 per cent in the number of accidents on the— Labour Day weekend would have resulted in a more than seven per cent increase in _. the number of injuries.” YOUR ATTENTION Calling all our customers! Jeff and Willie are moving October 1st to 267 Pem: berton. 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