36 - Friday, September 21, 1990 - North Shore News

AUTONMOTIVES

Repaired fender passes
brutal [CBC crash test

THIS WEEK, a grab bag of
auto insurance news items.

By Ken Hardie
Insurance Corporation of B.C.

A few weeks ago, we told you
about the R-CAR_ conference
which brought together experts
from around the world to discuss
the extent of damages different
vehicles suffer in accidents and
new techniques to repair those
vehicles.

On Sept. 12, the group witness-
ed a crash test at ICBC's Research
and Training Centre which tested
the strength of a metal fender
repaired using a high-tech glue
rather than the normal bonding
system. The vehicle was pulled
tail-first into a concrete barrier at
50 km/h and, to the delegates’
satisfaction, the repaired fender
crumpled in the normal, controll-
ed fashion needed to absorb
energy from the crash and better
safeguard the occupants.

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Reports are coming in from

RCMP detachments around the
province with results of the recent

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speeding campaign. Although the
media, ICBC and the police went
all out to advertise the stepped-up
enforcement activities, preliminary
reports indicate thousands of tick-
ets were issued. More on this next
week,
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Motorists and civic officials in
Kelowna were shocked earlier this
week by a news report that their
city has had as many traffic
fatalities this year as Calgary. An
urgent meeting involving the
police, coroner, medical officials,
ICBC and the media was held to-
day to develop a coordinated ef-
fort aimed at reducing the carnage
in the Okanagan.

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The Vancouver Schoo! Board

has proclaimed next week as
School Safety Week. The idea is

to promote traffic safety in the
classroom to youngsters from
kindergarten through Grade 7,
and to motorists in school zones.

ICBC, along with the Van-
couver Safety Council, BC Tran-
sit, BCAA and the Vancouver
Police will provide teachers with
special activities and demonstra-
tions for the kids. All materials
are supplied free of charge and
are available to schools
throughout the Lower Mainland.

Please note that the police and
the City of Vancouver Engineering
Department will step up speeding
and parking enforcement in school
zones.

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Finally this week, congratula-
tions :o MacMillan Bloedel for
their outstanding safety record.
The forest company’s fleet of over
500 vehicles recently qualified for
an insurance refund of just over
$155,000 as part of ICBC's
‘*Retro Rating’” program.

The program monitors the
claims record of large fleets (350
vehicles or more) and adjusts the
final premium for an insurance
year based on that record.

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School patrollers return to duty

FOR OVER 50 years, safety-minded youngsters have
protected scheol crosswalks, and now that September
is here, school patrollers are back on street corners
around the province ensuring their classmates arrive
“at school safely.

The RCMP and local police departments organize
the School Safety Patrol Porgram in cooperation
with schools and the B.C. Automobile Association.

School patrollers take their job seriously.
Regardless of the weather, they are committed to

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Motorists can help too. Drive with extra caution,
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over the summer.

Help school patrollers by taking the responsibility
for obeying traffic rules.

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