page 10 - _ April 21, 1976 - North Shore News

Letters. cor

inved_

. Dear Sir:

The Canada Safety Council .
conference, held in Vancou-
ver last year, endorsed a
resolution by a vote of 79 to
12 to make use of seat belts

‘mandatory.

The ICBC Traffic ‘Safety
. Workshop, March 24.and 25,
1975, endorsed a resolution
: favoring the use of seat belts

to reduce traffic fatalities on :

the road.

Oniario legislation. makes . .
. it mandatory to wear'a seat —

- belt. B.C. government spon-:
sored television and news-
paper ads encourage drivers”

‘and passengers to wear ‘Seat
belts. :

A survey by psychology.

‘Professor Edward Hannah,
of Memorial, . University,
Nfid., suggests that drivers
- who shun seat belts are the

type of drivers ‘inclined to...
barrel down the highway.
to”

over the speed limit,
‘smoke or eat while. driving,
to have thé radio’ on: and
generally be regarded’ ‘as
thrill-seekers, and to have
been _ underachievers - -
school.

1 am one of those drivers

_. who don’t buckle up seat
' belts, smoke, eat or have the

‘radio on. I have been driving

for the past 50. years and

in

worhen and. children

men, | :
who are trying to. cross the
road from being killed? ,

In my view, seat belts 1 may

reduce killing to a small. «
. degree, but will not prevent.

accidents. Only: good drivers .
will. -

not on the. ‘seat. belt but” on

"responsible : ‘driving, ‘vehicle
-maintenarce, right of. way: ‘to.

all pedestrians | ‘and - proper
signalling. .

‘The’ Traffic. Safety’ News-°

‘letter, December 1975, states
in part; |

“It has been calculated

that ‘more than 95 | per cent of

all accidents in a two-year
period would still happen if
all individuals who had three
or more. violations in the
preceding two years “were
removed from the.road.”” -

~L_ suggest that if ‘ alll |
individuals who had one. or

--more : -violations . were re-
. moved ‘from the. road: for a”

period of time and: “were »

_ required to take driving
lessons and rigid . driving

tests, the Fesults could _ be
enormous... ;

The vast majority of B. Cc.
drivers are good, responsible
and mature drivers, includ-
ing. those ‘under the age of .

_ 25. Yet the B.C. Government

The émphasis. should: ‘be ne

: would: have: no’ " alternative. .
but. to. repudiate.
gentlemen. at. the ' ‘election.

duly: Peres see aay:

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and ICBC choose to penalize
all drivers under 25 instead —
of only | those with ‘the
violations. - a

"If. some. 25,000 licenses __
with ‘bad - driving records
were.. lifted, and offenders
were required to. ‘undergo: as
- tigid retraining. “and
. education at
expense, ‘lives and. ‘property
would be ‘saved.

Py: ‘Pawliuk’“-~ a 7
° 380. W.23rd St,
“North Vancouver

have about 2,000,000 miles

behind me. I never had any
” points or paid any - traffic
violation fines except parking:
- tickets.

Wearing a seat belt will

- not i improve my. driving but it

- does restrict my freedom. of |
movement.

be Y cbalone.

Regardless, I would sug-.
gest that the mayor and
council . -members : -heed the.
voice well, as we do not:
kindly. to. their dictatorial -

‘In 1974, 7,000 persons
were killed and . 220,000 |
injured on Canadian roads. «*:
_ will ‘Seat belts” > help. those

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