B16-Wednesday, November 12, 1980 - North Shore News

Drive according
to road conditions

‘FROM PAGE B16

complacency with no
lightning, thunder or black
sky to make them alert. If in
the final analysis it’s not bad
weather that causes ac-
cidents. It’s just plain bad
driving.

Now that we've discussed
the weather conditions and
physical distractions of
driving without due care and
attention there is one
remaining factor YOUR
MIND. How many times
have you got behind the
wheel of your car and driven
off down the road and before
you realize you arrive at
your destination? Funny
thing was you could not
recall the time spent getting
there. Obviously your mind
was somewhere else.

Were you thinking about
the grocery list, your son ar

daughter's birthday,
listening to a Canucks or
Lions game? When you get
behind the wheel of your car
you must have CONTROL of
your MIND. Your mind
must be on the business at
hand. Driving is a full ime
job (that’s an old safe driving
Maxim you've surely heard
before). Driving demands
complete concentration.
When you're in the driver's
seat rid your mind of all
other thoughts and occupy it
with thoughts about the
driving scene in genera] and
the other drivers aroound

you.
Most accidents involve
two or more. vehicles,

however there are a great
deal of single car motor
vehicle accidents. ALL
accidents occur because the
driver or driver involved
were not driving according
to the road conditions.

Storing the car
requires planning

Storing a car is something
like storing a fur coat,
suggests the BC
Automobile Association If
you want to find it in one
piece when you return, you

Must observe aie few
precautions.

In the’ engine. tor
example, acids formed by

the combustion of fuel can
attack such parts as the
cylinder walls, piston mngs
and bearings. says the auto
club.

Condensation of moisture
in the transmission can lead
lo corrosion of any gears
protruding above the onl
level and tires feft ino one
postion may detenorate

The length of storage
period determines just how
extensive precautionary
steps should be.

If the vehicle will be left
for any penod under a
month, the BCAA advises
the following steps.

e Wash the car and if it will
be stored outside, protect tt
with a securely tied cover of
a matemal that can breathe
and will allow for air cir-
culation

elf the weather is) cold
check the radiator coolant
level, the strength of anti
freeze and the level of the
windshield fluid

washer

CONTINUED ON PAGE BI?

Winterize

_ your car now

We will powerflush
with Wynn’s

engine
radiator
heater
cooling
system
test all

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Call 985-0591

- pressure test
cooling system
install fresh
antifreeze

- install rad flush
- install rust
inhibitor

- install stop leak

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plus parts

JUST AS IMPORTANT as some of the mechanical details are the helpful things like making sure your windshield

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washer container is kept topped up. A clean windshield makes a difference. (Ian Smith photo)

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Mayor repairs as they become necessary
var can provide its Owners with 160.000 kilometres or

more of road travel

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