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Buckling up

Wrong way can cause injury

IT'S a fet, Seat belts
and other restraint
devices save lives,

Ityou're fy a collision, they
Inerease your chances of walk:
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tia I fatal,

The food news Iy, More
pee de than ever before are
buckling up and racking sure
thelr cllren are buckled up
In approved car seats, The bad
news Is, for these devices to
work, they have ta be used
properly — and that’s where
some people are failing,

Seat belts, car seats, air
bags and head restraints are all
classified as restraint devices
and they'deserve a lot of ered-
it for the recent drop in traffic
fatalitivs in Canada.

Buckle-up every dime you
start up your car, even if it’s
just for a short trip,

A common mistake people
make is wearing the lap belt
too high where it cai actually
increase the risk of an abdom-
inal injury. Position it low,
siiggled over your hips. an
make sure any children in your
car do too,

Children over 18 kilograms
(40 Ibs.) are sometimes large
enough to use a seat belt, but
when it’s worn too high the
child risks abdominal injuries
in a crash or, they can even slip
out, feet first, in a collision.

{t's a cammon enough
occurrence that vollidon
Investigators fave name fer
Ih the “torpedo effect", and
It's a siguitioant fictor iin chil
dren's injuries inv coltishan,

Many children are satec dna
booster seat which ean ensure
the seat belt fits bets,

Many dar models now
Install alr bags for both: the
driver and front passenger
They work by indladiag tia
crash and preventing people in
the front seat from being
thrown forward against hare
objects (Le the dash, the
steering wheel or the wind:
shield),

They have proven highly
effective in reducing injuries
from frontal collidons,

Air bags work best when
used with seat belts and head
restraints, so never think
about them as a replacement
for seat beles,

Air bags and child car seats
can be a deadly combinarion,

If you have small children

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and you are using a rear-facing bh
infant seat, never use it on the .

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Act infraction, A charge of failing to remain
at an accident scene was dropped, Another
charge against ‘Taylor of failing to attend

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THE all-new Volvo (70 has joined the North Amer!can tuxury coupe category, in direct competition with

models from BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz. The C70 Is powered by a turbi charged and intercooled 236
horsepower 2.3-litre in-line five cylinder engine. The car is a 1998 model, bui want on sale this Spring.

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down a side street, In doing so the jeep’s fl
only licence plate on the back, was not vis-
ible to the other driver in the collision,

is equipped with air bags. When
the passenger-side bag inflates
in a collision, it can hit the seat
with enough force to severely
injure or even kill the child,

Play ix safe and use the ear
seat in the rear only, even on
short trips,

4. Burnaby yan who hit and ran
a News reporter in February was
fined last month.

Colin Warren Taylor, 29, pleaded guilty
to driving without due care and attention
on Feb, 8 near St. Georges and 29th Street
and was fined $250 for the Motor Vehicle

court on April 2 was also dropped.

Taylor was driving a red Jeep wagon
with a dealer ples. v ien he struck the back
of'a car stopped at a stop sign. The driver
of the car was News reporter Anna Maric
D'Angelo. Taylor abrupely left the scene
before exchanging diver information, He
sped off in reverse up St. Georges and

Ashort dime later, D’Angelo pulled into
a Lynn Valley videu store lot to find Taylor
par ed about five cars away, Taylor's
icence plate number was obtained and he
was subsequently charged. .
‘Taylor's criminal record was presented
in court, to North Van provincial court

Judge Bill Rodgers during sentencing,

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