20 - Wednesday, May 25, 1988 > North Shore News

Road safety major “poheern of BCAA |

BCAA |. RECENTLY taunched a!
zprovince-wide campaign to educate:
road users about the need to share!

the road,. and in’ particular, to’:

draw attention to the kinds of
behavior. that cause problems for
others. ~

‘We want people to be respon:
sible for their own safety, and to
be conscious of the hazard they
may represent to themselves’ and to.

Ratel,

marketing and public affairs.
Ratei” said that road safety is a

major concern of the 480,000

.member auto club. ‘Motorists and
“otherroad users need cducation,
“both to improve their awareness of

the problems ‘they may inadver-

“tantly‘cause for cach other, and to

develop new skills for cooperative
driving. as they share the road with

BCAA's - vice~ president of

pedestrians. ee
“When truck meets car; or. car
meets cyclist, the larger of the two
usually. gets the better of the en-
counter, No. contest! Such acci-°
dents may occur because of the in-
compatibility of the types of vchi-
cles found in the traffic, mix, but
because everyone has a right to use
the roads, there will always be suc

a mix, and the greater the variety

for conflict," Ratel said.

ra 7 :
Drivers of some vehicles, par- :

ticularly trucks, sometimes have

limited visibility. Similarly, not all.

vehicles; are equally visible to other
drivers.
Motorists who travel in the blind

spot of a truck area danger to:
themselves and to the truck driver,
= /Ratel pointed out, and cyclists who

ride between lanes, or pass on the
not

motorists will always be" aware of
them... - .

“The campaign theme was: No
Contest. Advertisements. depicted

ay

the results of situations in which. . :

conflicts . between: different road
users had occured, and urged co-
operation between drivers with the
message: Share the road — It's big

right, ‘should | -. expect that.

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