Study

drivers who use
radar detectors

ARE DRIVERS who. use
radar detectors less safe
than those who don’t?

ICBC followed the driving re-
cords of 174 drivers who, in the
late "80s (in 1989 ICBC ceased of-
Sering coverage for radar detec-
ters), had purchased coverage for
in-vehicle equipment including
radar detectors to see what effect
owning one of these devices had
on their driving habits.

The results were released earlier
this year as part of an interna-
tional conference on accident
prevention.

Past research has concluded
that vehicles travelling sigaificant-
ly faster or slower than other traf.
fic increases the risk of an acci-
dent as one motorist overtakes
another.

There are increased oppor-
tunities for sideswipe and head-on
crashes that simply don’t exist
when all vehicles arc travelling at
the same speed and holding their
position in traffic.

However, with speeding, there
is less time to react to changes in
road and traffic conditions, and
the faster a vehicle is going at the
time of impact, the more serious
the injuries suffered by the people
involved.

According to ICBC's research,
owners of radar detectors tend to
be men between 21 and 42 years
old who drive mainly for business
purposes or to and from work in

Currently
BC. ferry

THE FOLLOWING are the
current schedules for B.C.
Ferry Corp. routes between

the mainland, Vancouver
Island and Langdale: _
@ Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo
and Nanaimo tc Herseshve Bay:
In effect until June 24, 1993:

Leave Horseshoe Bay daily at 7
a.m., 9 a.m., 11 am., 1 p.m., 3
p.m., 5p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Leave Nanaimo daily at 7 a.m.,
9a.m., El a.m., I p.m., 3 p.m., 5
p.m., 7 p.m. and 3 p.m.
© Horseshoe Bsy toe Langdale
and Langdale to Horseshoe Bay:
In effect until June 24, 1993:

Leave Horseshoe Bay at 7:30
a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:15
p-m., 3:30 p.ra., 5:30 p.m., 7:25
p.m. and 9:15 p.m. There wilt
also be an extra sailing On May 24

‘at I] p.m.

Leave Langdale at 6:20 a.m.,

8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:25 p.m.,
2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m.
and 8:20 p.m. There will aiso ve
extra sailings at 10:10 p.m. on
May 24.
@ Horseshoe Bay (to Bowen
Istand and Bowen Island to
Horseshoe Bay: Effective Nov. 23
until further notice:

Leave Horseshoe Bay at 6:05

a.m., 7 a.m., 8 am., 8:55 a.m...

(the Thursday sailing will be
replaced by a dangerous cargo
sailing at which time no passen-
gers will be allowed to board),
9:50 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:05 p.m.,
2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:25 p.m.,
§:25 p.m., 6:25 p.m., 7:45 p.m.,
: .m., 9:25 p.m.

a ve Bowen Island at 5:45
a.m. (daily except Sundays and
statutory holidays), 6:35 a.m.,
7:35 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:25 a.m.,

Ken
Hardie

AUTOTOPIC

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medium. to high-priced vehicles.

When comparing the accident
and “conviction records, resear-
chers found that owners of radar
detectars were three times as likely
as non-owners to have had three
or four accidents during the
period in which the study took
place, and were three times as
likely to have been at fault,

In spite of the fact that most
people who buy radar detectors do
sO to avoid speeding tickets,
detector owners were at least three
tiems as likely to have four or
more speeding convictions.

Radar detector owners also had
a significantly higher rate of acci-
dent claims occurring on weekends
where only their vehicle was in-
volved — a possible indication of
drinking and driving.

What researchers could not
determine was whether owning a
radar detector encouraged people
to speed, or if the people who
bought them were likely to be
speeders in any event.

Either way, they concluded that
those who own them are probably
less safe than others on the road.

scheduled
sailings

10:50 a.m., 4:40 a.m., 12:30
p.m., 3 p.m., 3:55 p.m. (the
Thursday sailing will be replaced
by a dangerous cargo sailing at
which time no passengers will be
allowed to board), 4:50 p.m., 5:50
p.m., 7:20 p.m., 8:10 p.m., 9
p.m., 9:45 p.m. :

@ Herseshoe Fay to Bowen
Island: Effective Christmas Day
and New Year’s Day only:

On Christmas Day and New
Year's Day, the first sailings to
and from Bowen Island have been
cancelled.

From Horseshoe Bay the
cancelled sailings are at 6:05 a.m.
and 7 a.m.

From Bowen Island, the

cancelicd sailings are at 5:45 a.m.,
6:35 a.m. and 7:35 a.m.
@ Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay and
Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen: In ef-
fect from Dec. 18, 1992 to Jan. 3,
1993:

Dec. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, Jan. 2, 3
only: Ferries leave both terminals
every hour on the hour from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. plus a 9 p.m. sail-
ing.

Christmas Day: Ferries leave
both terminals 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 10
a.m., I] a.m., {2 p.m., 1 p.m., 3
p-m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and § p.m.

New Year’s Day: Ferries leave
both terminals at 7 a.m., 9 a.m.,
1] a.m., 12 p..m., I p.m., 2 p.m.,
3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7
p.m. and 9 p.m.

@ Tsawwassen to Nanaimo and
Nanaimo to Tsawwassen: Effec-
tive daily:

Leave both terminals at 5:30
a.m., 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., | p.m.,
3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 11
p.m.

© Premiums for most niotorists
will rise between $30 and $100. In
order to meet the cost of claims
antigipated against policies issued
in 1993, ICBC will need 9.5%
more im premium incame. Per-
centage changes oof individual
motorists will vary depending on
the coverages they choose and
their claim-related scale discount.

@ Premiums for comprehensive
coverage will rise an average $6
for most motorists, reflecting the
continued rise in the number and
cost of theft, fire and vandatism
claims. The minimum deductible
for comprehensive coverage will
be increased to $100 from $50,
(CBC will also offer $200 and
$500 deductibles. These deducti-
bles will now apply to claims for
fire and lightning damages and for

looks at Highlights of Autoplan changes for 1993

the total Joss of the vehicle due to
theft.

@ The minimum deductible for
collision coverage will double,
from $100 to $200. Reflecting an
improvement in claims, premiums
for collision coverage will fall —
the second vear in a row the cost
of this coverage has dropped, Sav-
ings for claim-free motorists will
average about $35.

@ Those making no-fault claims
for disability benefits (people who
caused accidents resulting in inju-
ties to themselves) will now have
their payments begin on the cighth
calendar day of disability. This
will bring B.C.’s system ia line
with other Canadian jurisdictions.

@ The coverage limit for
Underinsured Motorist Protection

(UMP) included with a basic
Autoplan insurance package will
be reduced to $1 million from $2
million, Before 1992, when !JMP
was an option, any coverage was
shared between all occupants of
the vehicle. Now, the $1 million
limit is available to each occupant.
Individuals may opt to purchase
additioncl UMP coverage to $2
millica.

© A new policy will allow most
motorists who have converted
their vehicles to run on propane
or natural gas to cover the
replacement cost of those conver-
sions in the event of a total loss.

@ All the above changes to
Autoplan are effective immediate-
ly for new policies from January
i, 1993 on renewal of existing
policies.

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