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SAFE DRIVING TIPS

These resolutions may save your life

JUST IN case you were looking for a couple of
easy-to-live-up-to New Year’s resolutions, here
are a few ‘‘for the road,’’ with our compliments.

They are specially design-
ed to keep you out of trou-
ble with the law, save you
some money, and perhaps
even save your life.

AutoTopic
Ken Hardie
] INSURANCE

CORPORATION

OF BRITISH CORUMBIA

1. Resolve to pay atten-
tion to your driviag.

Staying out of trouble in
traffic is a full-time job.
Heavy traffic is unforgiving
to those who let their atten-
tion wander to other matters
while their vehicles are hurti-
ing along at dozens of
meters per second.

2. Resolve to approach in-
tersections with care.

Most injury accidents take
place at intersections and it

takes 2 concerted effort to
avoid problems. Ease up on
the gas as you approach an
intersection ... even if the
light is green or if you have
the right-of-way.

3. Resolve to buckle up,
all the time, every time.

People who tell us they
don’t wear their safety belts
if it’s ‘‘just five minutes to
the store,’” wouldn't dream
of leaving their homes
unlocked during that same
wip. Yet their chances of
suffering serious injuries in a
traffic accident are
significantly greater than the
risk of being robbed.

Think of it this way ... if
your VCR is worth protec-
ting, so is your head. Ditto
for your passengers,
especially children, who need
to be secured in a properly-
installed infant or child
restraint.

4. Resolve to expect the
unexpected.

You can’t count on the
other guy to signal or even
look before changing lanes.

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You can’t guarantee that he
or she won't try to beat the
signal lights.

When it comes right down
to it, you can’t trust anyone
to act rationally behind the
wheel all of the time.

5. Resolve to give (wo
other motorists a break
every day.

Sure, you're just as busy
as the next person, but a few
seconds to let another
motorist into traffic or
change lanes safely could
Prevent an accident.

Courtesy has a ‘“‘ripple’’
effect. Your good deed
could impress the other
motorist so much that he or
she just might give someone
else a break. What a con-
cept!

Just think, if we all kept

‘these five simple resolutions

we could reverse the accident
trends, prevent injuries and
fatalities and save a ict of
money too. A big job to be
sure, but there’s never been
a better time than now to
Start.

If you have some traffic
resolutions of your own for
1990 -— some of your own
bad habits you'd like to

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