— Lae SETTER — 2 Se RS mecc cc erescrerrrres) 5 Thirty five percent increase VANCOUVER (UPC) - British Columbia's older drivers could be hard pressed to pay for a Minimum 35 per cent in- crease in their automobile imsurance payments, says a senior citizens’ spokesman. Evelyn Olson, president of the Senior Citizens’ on fixed incomes. “Any type of increase poses a hardship for many senior citizens,” said Ms. Olson. “The cost of every- thing is rising and seniors are definitely feeling the pinch.” Starting Jan. 1, 1981, more than 100,000 B.C. drivers over age 65 will lose their 25 is a byproduct of the govern- ment’'s year-old FAIR (Fundamental Auto In- surance Rates) program, which is in the process of outlawing age, sex, manital status and geographic location from rate-deter- mining formulas. Fhe aim of the program is auto Association of Tuesday a provincial govern- ment pohcy to remove age B.C. said discrimination from _in- surance rates could cause problems for ciderly people Warranty OTTAWA (UPC) the Canadian branches of Chrysler and Ford have given extended = warranty protection for some auto mobiics, Consumer Affairs Mamster Andre Quelict said Wednesday. Quellet told the House of Commons that after talking to the presidents the Canadian branches the of of per cent discount on basic insurance premiums, said Bob Egby. spokesman for the publicly-owned In- surance Corp. of B.C. Egby said the rate increase to make an_ individual's driving record the principal factor im determining how much he or she will pay for automobile insurance. When the age discnmi- nation is removed next year, Egby said, seniors will pay the same amount as everyone else, at least 35 per cent more than they're currently paying. “That 35 per cent is based on this year's rates and doesn't even take into con- sideration inflation or ac- cident rates, which may force us to up the rates even more next year,” he said. An adult aged 25 to 64 living in Vancouver this year paid $184 for basic coverage, forexample. A senior citizen living in the city paid only $137. Egby said ICBC made government aware of a possible problem with rates for the elderly last year, but added “we haven't heard of any changes so far.” Jim Hewitt, B.C. minister responsible for ICBC. said if the government was going to remove age discnmination protection to be extended automotive giants the companies agreed to pay the cost of both parts and labor for the necessary repairs The of = 1976 77 Aspen and Volre auto mobiles will be able to have front fenders perforated by rust replaced free The owner must noufy Chrysler of Canada before Novo 1. owners 1980 or pmor to the auto being in service 42 months, whichever ts later. Owners in the United States have had = similar bene fils but Canadian complaints had been han dled on an individual basis Ford of Canada has agreed extend a providing to program free repar of certain engines in 1974-80 models that have had piston scuffing or camshaft problems within 36 months of the vehicle going service inlo Owners who have aircady paid for repairs themselves will be resmbursed if they submit’ receipts, Quellet said ICBC amendments proposed VICTORIA (UPC) In noccat wctms of hat and run dnven of stolen) cars who sustain damage to thes vehicles will no longer have to adentify the car and the dinver orde: in fo recover tcpair In the surance Corporation of B ¢ Agneculture qeosts from Mamastcr Jam Howitt says Hewitt. the minister e 4 K, 980-6521 Oring tn oe mamntion thie ad to receive S10 off 1 per Customer tioat intenor shampoo Boat exatenor polish 1123 W 14th St NV responsible amcndments surance Act ICBC the introduced in the legislature recently will for said to In allow the corporation to decal more cquitably with matters in tts yurtsdiac tion and provide more protection to the motoring public He said this provision of the act will be apply of retroactive will but RASSO from the date = the ments become law Another stipulates ameod amendmen that the COE poraton will pay a bodily injury claim “up to the full coverage cared by the insured. 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