rer aS lar Li ons Gate top of ‘Shaun AS PROMISED last week, here’s a list of the most popular car- crash sites in West Vancouver in 1994 as | compiled by the. : friendly folks.in . Operations ai Enginecring Technology... In fact, there are.two dif- “ferent lists fron i ent sources‘:.., West Van Police s stats note that the top four of five . crash sites involi highways beet proble: - 34 crashes, followed by that tion at 7 It's ironic. but I’ve heard drivers from out of town and even out of the country compliment the users of this bridge -— they are thorough- ly impressed by the amount of common sense and com- mon courtesy shown by dri- vers in this arca. It is mainly the motorists using the bridge on a regu- lar basis that have discov- ered the method which makes traffic flow as smooth as possible. Rounding out the cop's top five are merge lanes on the Upper Levels Highway at Taylor Way, 15th Street plus 21st Street (a tie, apparently), and Westmount (eastbound). : ironically, it is the West Vancouver drivers who complain the most when I. advise’ motorists to speed up (when merging) and.enter - ‘the highway at a speed equal to.the speed of traffic already‘on the highway. Too rany drivers are too easily frightened by high- way speeds and are bringing their vehicles.to'a halt on what is technically cafled an acceleration lane. The drivers who merge properly, that is, who are accelerating and checking for an open spot at the same ing these pathetically timid drivers. This is one of the very few cases where a good dri- ver takes the heat for some- one else's ineptitude. Within West Vancouver District itself there are other noteworthy hot spots gath- ered from a compilation froin the Ministry of the Solicitor General. At Mathers Avenue and 17th Street, for example, there appears to be a prob- lem with drivers running the stop signs for both north- and southbound traffic. Some motorists aren't expecting a stop sign, an absolutely ridiculous excuse that is, nonetheless, used quite often. Other drivers are learn- ing, the expensive way, that running a stop sign or shooting Way over a stop line is nol a safe driving practice. Same story at Fulton Avenue and 14th Street. Mathers Avenue at 15th Street managed to rank as well, There is a four-way- stop at this location. I don't wetit. What's so difficult about the first-come, first-go rule? And finally, J had a good chuckle when J noted that the Park Royal parking lot has a fair sized tally of its own (as does Park & Tilford's in North Van}. A parking Jot? Please folks, heads up. Pay attention. Be safe. 4,174 PEMBERTON AVE WVAN, yaa TT LORTMGTIVE’ COLLISION CENTRE SERVICE Liv, 1.C.8,G. - 8.0.44. + &. RA. APPROVED CENTRE OUR COLLISION SPECIALISTS 38TH YEAR FREE COURTESY CARS FOR COLLISION our TALKIN S VERLOW UPETIFAE GUARANTEE *See aes e Weep 98074 Vaaiet. ‘time, are the ones rear-end- CG TOYOTA 1996 PREVIA SC L61 borsepower ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SERVICE & USED PARTS VANS ON THE MARKET! (MECHANICAL & BODY PARTS) Rated No. 1 for Comfort & ously “7 passenger, Dual Air Conditioning mercenary CHOICE USED VANS