tails for
action

A call to continue the ban of
long combination vehicles in

B.C. was one of the chief
issues highlighted in the
British Columbia
Automobife Association’s
(BCAA) recently released
annual. “Brief to
Government.”

Extensive investigation and
research involving 700,060-
plus BCAA members resulted
inacall tor legislative action on
these and other issues relating

) Supports:
elimination of [CBC's
Responsibility” charge; ©

§ cducation and awareness of
the hazards of hand-held ceil
phone usage while driving;
@ the provision of financial
incentives hy ICBC to moti-
vate enrolment in driver train-
ing courses approved by the
“Graduated Licensing
Program;
WW. the legislature's appaint-
ment of an all-party committee
into the fluctuation of

sment of all

driving;

® the avoidance of punitive

carbon taxes in meeting B.C.’s

Kyoto Accord targets of gre

house gas emission seductions.
The 1999 Brief

Governmenc has been ci

ed to the premier and al! mem-

bers of the cabinet and legisla-

tive assembly.

rs convicted of impaired

» Power windows,
locks, drivers seat
Keyless remote,
anti theft system

©2229 HP. 3.0L engine

°4 sneed automatic

¢ Automatic climate
control

y 2000 Pathfinder

Came in and browse
on Sundays

- buckling up is
than another time of day.

for your ‘buck!

signals

FOLLOWING up on
last. week’s wordy and
witty diatribe on the
use of seat-belts comes,

well, this week's sont

spanky law. Seat-belts save

live. Period.

_ When yor think about it,

there is no time of day that
fess important

No one plans to crash,

TANGLED seaf-belts are
no excuse for not buck-
ling up — it’s the law!

* 120 watt stereo,
CD/AM/FM cassette

« Shift on the fly
part time 4wd system

* Power steering

¢ Air conditioning

« Power windows
and locks

* Cruise control

« Keyless remote,
anti theft system

* AM/FM/CD with
cassette

Friday, October 22, 1999 — North Shore News - 43

openroad:

You are resp

after all and, in the grand
scheme of things, you are just
y to need restraining
ing down the block to
pick up a pack of smokes as
you are pulling an all-nighter
along the boring straight-
ys of Saskatchewan.
he odds of crashing
might differ somewhat, but a
crash withour a seat-belt has
the sante effect regardless
where you are and how far
you've travelled: You get
hurt. You die. Wear vour

Sr
‘Mount Ph

: Gj E
seat-belt.

Having said that, it is
interesting to note that there
are a few exemptions to the
seat-beit law. The first is of
the “down the block to pick
up a pack of smokes” variety.

You see, couriers, for the
mast part, don’ t have to wear
a -belts at all times. A
courier is defined in the

mighty Motor Vehicle Act as
anyone who “is actually

See Under-16s page 46

Balance

Special

a | 2?

Per tire: Most vehicles.

Se ES
MARINE OF

™ 2000 Aliima

Nol enacty 38 daasiated

+ Ceuise control inf

« Power windows
and locks
° CD/AM/FM stereo

en,

wag,