AUTOTOPIC

SINCE BECOMING ICBC's
’ president nearly three months ago,
I have had many opportunities to
discuss the state of our public
auto iusurance system with the
Corporation’s management and
staff and with many individual
B.C. motorists.

By Robyn Allan
President and CEO

What I've learned in this rela-
tively short time is that parties on
both sides of every Autoplan poli-

Del Sol is stable

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cluding tachometer, is mounted
behind a flat piastic cover, and
heater and ventilation controls are
positioned in the center of the
dashboard.

The radio and cassette player

are hidden behind a flip-up panel.

in the lower console and two small
lockable bins are iocated behind
the front seats. A driver’s side
airbag is standard equipment. |
didn’t like the. small visors which
won’t swivel 90 degrees to block
out side-directed sunlight.

‘Like Hondas in general, the
Civic Del Sol achieves excellent
fuel econcmy. Highway mileage in
the. base model is a misezly 5.5
litres per 100 kilometres (51 mpg)
while city driving consumes 7.0
litres per 160 kilometres (41 mpg).
The Si's city/highway ratings are
6.3/5,1/100 km (34/43 mpg)

. ‘Yhe Del Sol follows a current
trend among Japanese automakers
to move upscale. Suggested retail
prices of the Civic Del Sol are
considerably higher than the
CRX. The base mode! starts at
_ $16,795, while the Si is priced at
$18,895.

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| Achieving affordable car insurance is not easy

cy are in fundamental areement
about one key issue. The ‘“‘first
party’’ — that’s you — doesn’t
want to pay higher rates to ICBC.
The “second party” — ICRC —
does not want to charge you
mere.

With that kind of agreement,

you would think that achieving
the goal of affordable car in-
surance would be pretty easy.
However, that’s not been the case,
and the reason might be nothing
more than the lack of a clear vi-
sion on boih sides as to how to
make it happen, and a solid

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commitment to turn wishes and
intentions into results.

Over the past two months,
ICBC’s staff and management
have been challenged to clarify a
vision and a plan for success. If
the goal is affordable insurance,
what can we, ICBC, do to bring

that about? Furthermore, if we
can show the strength of our
commitment, what can we ask
others to do?

The first thing ICBC has done
is to examine its operating ex-

See ICBC page 28

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