on’t top up the gas tank. your gas tank is too full and contribute BFGoodrich Tes PERFORBIANCE ° SERIOUS PERFORMANCE, ee ee ae ee ee eee ee We have fhe North Shore covered 7 days a week CANADIAN TIRE (PACIFIC ASSOCIATE STORES LIMITED) 1341 Main Street 1345 Marine Drive (near 2nd Narrows) (near Lions Gate) 981-6018 981-6000 rake inspection puts safety first WHEN IS the list time you drove your vehicle into a repair facility for a preventive brake check? Probably never, since most of us don’t think about our brakes until they need attention: corrective vs. pre- ventive maintenance. The “free brake inspec- tion” frequently advertised by the auto repair trade is an offer usually passed up by the public, even though brake failure tops the list of mechanical failures feared by drivers. It also is the lead- ing cause of traffic accidents attributable to mechanical defect, says the Automotive Industries Association of Canada. Brake failure nearly always is preventable. A thorough braking system checkup includes inspection or: pads and shoes for lining wear, drums and rotors for wear, wheel cylinders and calipers for leakage; hydraufic lines and hoses for leaks, Kinks and blockages; fluid in master cylinder for tevel and condition. An ideal time to have this inspection done is wken the vehicle is on the lift for tire rotation or other service. If brake work js necessary, invest in quality. The “price” brake job sel- dom is a bargain. The better grade of friction materials (pads and/or linings), for example, will last longer and perform better than substan- dard grade. A quality job will include flushing of the hydrautic sys- tem and installation of new, heavy duty fluid. Drums and rotors would be resurfaced; parts worn beyond safe limits replaced. Brake hardware, which includes dozens of springs, bushings and other parts, are subject to rust and corrosion and should be replaced. If safety and peace of mind are not incentive enough for having one’s brakes inspected periodical- ly, try this: the cost of wait- ing too long to renew disk brakes pads could mean en added expense for replacing a pair of damaged rotors. ‘CAA backs initiatives B.C. AUTOMOBILE Association members give widespread support to the provincial government’s seven proposed initiatives to reduce traffic crashes and injuries, including using phoio radar cameras to catch speeders. A BCAA survey indicates members give the highest sup- port for a plan to impound vehicles of motorists who con- tinue to drive even though their licences are suspended (90% strongly support) and to automatically suspend the dri- vers licences of those who fail toad side bloecd alcohol tests SERVICE & USED PARTS. (MECHANICAL & BODY PARTS) pe Ry, as | atti or “refuse to blow” (85%). Two-thirds of members sup-\: _port plans to improve driver. J taining programs and to crack down on people who do not pay their traffic tickets. More ’ than half of members support.” stiffer driver iesting (57%) and an increased probationary |» period for new drivers (56%)... Many “members. hold: strong vievvs about speed’ ‘ management. Mort than. half.. (57%) feel that slow moving vehicles are more of a safety. : _ hazard than fast-moving ones. Even so, nearly two thirds of : members (64%) strongly. or - moderately support the plan to catch speecers by using photo radar cameras, This level of | support. increased to 70%: when those surveyed’ wer read a statement: explaining how the government’s current. plan for photo radar would | operate. This ‘increase. in photo radar support is of particular ‘ interest to BCAA,’ says John. Ratel, spokesman for ‘the: 685,000-member association. : - “BCAA — is convinced photo .radar will help curb’. excessive speeders, and will over: time, save lives: and money.”