20 — Friday, March 8, 1996 — North Shore News f 7A aYLORMOTIVE™ BRAKE SPECIALISTS U-Turn rules jj ee A 2D ee B.C.A.A. - A.R.A. - APPROVED 7 : BRAKES - LIFETIME WARRANTY . f t mone — (on shoes orpads) TALKING Stress Satety |gaem 3 ous an Semen, ARES | ANYONE REMEM- ; 4.176 PEMBERTON AVE.N.VAN, 985-7455 MLI41915~ 9 BER The Rockford Shaun Files? Particularly old Conlin Jimbo’s-handy way of 2 thus foiling his pur- I ei NSttuaeiny | | SERVICE & USED PARTS manot ee = i} ( AL ARTS) manoeuvre, tobe sure, aaa ae NEW 1996 900 4 DOOR | | ‘MECHANICAL & BODY PARTS watch, but Mr. RES tr ‘ Harchback, a air-cond., ABS, full Rockford’s U-Turn ‘power options ~ great selection technique should not be Now in stack, call today! considered a safe dri- obey the signs and we are | 195 Saab 900 S.E. 4 ’89 Saab 9000 Turbo | ij i safe . In fact, ving habit. Duh. heal oda per. | Convertible, auto, fully Auto, leather, A U-Tum, officially mitted to make a U-Turn loaded V6, executive woodgrain kit, called a “Reverse Turn,” can over a solid yellow line, pro- driven demo, 3 to ! owner be made almost anywhere if, viding we do not contravene choose from and only if the manoeuvre any of the above U-Turn can be made safely and with- laws — after all, a solid yel- ony 547,995 onl¥ v1 3, 875 out puterfering with other ey tines restricts the over- : traffic; if you cause other taking of vehicles, not the Ss: 4] vehicles to slow, stop, and/or turning of your back to ; Call Our a ae specialists wait (or crash into you, for them. .P: that tnatter) while you per- I foresee many a fruitless Ed Clements OI Bill Convery form a U-Turn, you are con- argument over that bit of . travening Section 170 ofthe — advice so | guess you'll be Saab Service Now Open Saturdays mighty Motor Vehicle Act. seeing a column properly AA S it S Vv Saturn Saab Ist ere are, of course, defining yellow lines and other areas where U-Turns how they’re meant to govern orrey a urn aa suzu are strictly prohibited: our driving in the very near 4451 Lougheed Hwy. at Willingdon, Burnaby Section 170(b)(i) and (ii) future, In the meantime, be | forbid reverse turns on a safe. _SALES | 294- 1 83 1 SERVICE curve and near the top of a hill. For clarity, the Act adds ‘that if you cannot see and/or cannot be seen by another vehicle for 150 meters then the move is considered unsafe; @ Section 170(b)(iii) tells us not to turn around “at a place where a sign prohibits mak- ing a U-Turn...” which is one of those redundancies J often mention; obeying traffic con- trol signs is covered by Section 130; Subsection (b)(iv) disal- a ; : lows the U-Turn at intersec- ae . ; : tions contol’ by traffic Toyota Camry <7 = Subaru Legacy Ford Taurus signals (defin low), rom @ 4 on * roa 1 Finally, and probably the fron $29,400 i "$19,495 $24,295 most complicated of these , : otherwise straight-forward prohibitions, subsection (b)(v) states that we cannot make a U-Turn in a Business ; District, except in intersec- teats. tions where there are no traf- Wagon fic contro! signals. —~ To clarify some of the aforementioned rules I __ should add that a “Business District” is defined as a terri- tory, connected by roads (at least 200 m in length), with- in which buildings or stric- tures are used for business, industrial or public purposes. The : mana doc th 1996 Subaru Legacy W Signal” is a device that tells 181 aru gacy agon us to stop and then proceed — in other words, a Stop . ; . we ct sign or traffic light, (Traffic The Legacy Wagon is the only car in its class with pat hang dos ge nna Control Devices are all the full-time All Wheel Drive — which means better Sravalate palated myrrh suiselod ta i “ - so a 1396 furbla Camry Wager Ad orbit nate nes signs and road mark traction in any weather, under any road conditions. ritalin sete meetin rane Barring Jim Rockferd’s unconventional methods, U- Tums are permitted in almost any cesidential area, Bon Dochetoeder Speciaty Subaru Richnvnd Subara Don Doctstaader Manne Drive Subant 2 * Subare 1735 ‘3511 No. 3 Road. certain areas of a business E530 Cambie Stow Noth Vancouver ond 333 North Road Richa : ; district and just about any- aE og ones nl Cae ash The Beauty of All-Wheel Drive: Ds north stiore. cag txt YE say Bipion Was A Whe where else outside of a busi- Dove oth Oewle: #5411 ness district provided we ‘94 OLDSMOBILE catasitbinun __ > . ‘95 CHEVY CAVALIER ASray isin CARS - PREOWNED \ "Fire,