LT MEA SS or acioe ETT RMR ek SR ee aE ee enna NERA OY rene any ORL EI PLA OT BENE ETE NEIL VT ETE TITLE OR TEE sie NE MER TL - passe gers: | Nit ASSN aL PMU RON enn: ope pete barton et pmMNNE “steed tne yap b 7 | i i i e Sore etey Onaga STATISTICS SAY North Shore bridges safe NORTH SHORE commuters may complain about backed-up traffic on Lions Gate Bridge and Second Narrows, but statistics show slower driv- ing has made local bridges safer. Even though 22 million cars travel Lions Gate Bridge yearly, no fatal accidents have occurred in the past five years. From 1980 to mid-1985 about 204 persons sustained injuries in motoring mishaps resulting from collisions along the First Narrows route, but no fatalities oc- curred, documents from West Van police and Van- ‘couver City revealed, West Van police and ICBC spokesmen agree the reason. no fatalities have resulted on Lions Gate bridge is simply because of ‘the. low travelling speeds motorists drive during peak “pusli-hour periods. During: this same period, : an -estimated .745 ‘cars have been scraped, bumped, dented and crushed in acci- ‘dents that’occurred on Lions Gate’ or along: “access routes to the span: : $600, 000 DAMAGE Ingurance Corpo ‘B.C. resulting from “collisions: on Lions.. Gate., amounts :: to ‘about $600; 000; "over. ve year period... . Pat: - spokesma’ $600,000. figure vative and is based” rily-on estimated average. repair ‘i for: vehicles: involved bridge-type mishaps. She says. the per : car. average .repair cost. is about : int »'* more .costly.:kind of: ‘motor 3 vehicle ‘accidents which | ‘cause ‘Provincial highway ‘ department, traffic engineer- ing studies”show ‘that about 59,000: cats ‘use Lions: Gate Bridge every day, as, a com- Py host to ~ the hosts an hostesses of the Canada Pavilion ~, Ifyou are a North Vancouver resident with a single- -family home, you-re invited to play an important role in the enthralling ‘Canada Pavilion experience at EXPO 86. To open your home ind heart to out-of-town students from across Canada. Young en. and women who will be the hosts and hostesses at the National flagship pavilion 3 at the 7986 World Exposition i in Vancouver: ion’ of. officials.say the; - estimated - dollar™ damage By CHARLES MAYER muting artery between the North Shore and Vancouver. ‘In addition, traffic flow studies show that during the morning rush hour, an average Of 3,400 cars cross over the bridge hourly while in the‘evening about 3,200 vehicles queue bumper-to- bumper to get across the span. ° SPECIFIC ENJURIES Although speeds are low during rush hour, between 10 and 40 kilometres an hour, motorists involved in these collisions sustain very particular types of injuries.” Monk says that accidents’ happening on bridges usually leave victims with head-type injuries such as whiplash. She says this type of per- sonal damage could be avoided .most times simply ~ ‘by adjusting the. headrest - and wearing seatbelts. Narrows bridge show quite.a different © terh, Almost 30 million cars use Second Narrows annually as ‘a Means of getting across ‘Burrard: Inlet and in the period from 1980 to mid- {1 1985, closer to 1,100 acci- . bridges serving ; Fraffic studies for Second . vehicle-flow Pat. : : ‘accidents, far ‘below that of “DRAINAGE. ‘PROBLEMS? Don't wait for the winter rains, call us now and: have a nice, dry basement all winter. dents have occurred with one fatality. : Using the conservative ICBC estimated cost of auto repair, the dollar damage to cars has been about $900,000. The number of cars using the bridge daily is around $0,000. NIGHTMARE Vancouver’s Granville Street bridge, meanwhile, is a motorist’s nightmare com- pared to either of the two the North Shore. Although the number of cars travelling on the, bridge is significandy lower than the two North Shore bridges, about 14 million annually, the injuries to drivers ‘and . passengers are generally more Severe. _, - Granville Street bridge has also had six traffic-related fatalities since 1980. The reason :the- resulting from car: crashes are’ more. severe ‘on the ‘Granville. bridge is simply that. the‘ impact: speeds “are greater, a Vancouver: ‘police Spokesman said. -Since 1980 Granville ‘Street ; bridge lias had only-355. car both the Lions Gate and Se- cond Narrows bridges. _, Also the number of people . driving their cars across the Vancouver bridge is lower than the daily traffic-flow The benefits: You will recéive reasonable remun- eration for providing food and lodging to one or more students. You and your family will come to injuries averages for the bridges ser- ving the North Shore. According to data sup- plied by the traffic manage- ment branch Vancouver's ci- ty hall, about 38,000 vehicles use Granville Street bridge daily. But then commuters going into downtown Yancouver from the south-lying areas of © the city have more traffic _ corridors to use as