A20 - Sunday, November 14, 1982 --North Shore News

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FRANKLIN, the-one-pictured-a ted engine prior to™ the Volkswagen. Many ofthe versions of the car had a wooden frame and often a dummy radiator. In 1934 the

Road crash costs near $1 b.

“For every one per cent increase in seat belt use the citizens of B.C. will realize a cost saving of a minimum of $1.35 million,” said Tom Holmes, President of the Insurance Corporation of B.C.

“According to our most.

recent study, seat belt use in B.C. is approximately 49%.

we. can increase the wearing rate to at least 10 percentage points, British Columbians will save $13.5 million. And those figures are very conservative,” Holmes added.

Holmes ~ was_ discussing seat ‘belts, drinking - and driving and a variety of other traffic safety issues now being addressed by ICBC's Traffic Safety Education Department.

The aim of the Traffic Safety Education Depart- ment is to reduce the severity and frequency of accidents in B.C. The department intends to ac- complish this by developing

and implementing long- term, systematic approaches to traffic safety problems on a variety of fronts.

“As the sole provider of compulsory auto liability insurance in B.C., ICBC has a social and economic responsibility to slow down the accident rate in the provice,” says Holmes.

By any measure - deaths disabilities or economic waste - British Columbians have one of the worst per capita traffic accidents records in Canada. Ac- cording to the July, 1982 report on Traffic Safety.in British Columbia prepared by the Committee on Crown Corporations, 859 people were killed and 44,123 people were injured on B.C.’s highways in 1981. The Report estimates that traffic crashes are costing B.C. citizens close to a billion dollars - more money than was invested in the pulp and paper industry, twice the level of provincial revenue

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“We are totally committed to our traffic safety programs. Committed to the reduction of senseless death and injury on our roads and the enormous cost burden that every resident of our province now shares,” said Holmes.

“In 1981 ICBC reinforced its committment to traffic safety with the formation of the Traffic Safety Education Department. This year our budget, for traffic safety is over $2 million and is ‘today the largest single and specifically identified contribution to the province’s traffic safety effort,” Holmes added.

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“We have been a co- sponsor of the Coun- terAttack Program with the Ministry of Attorney General since the program's inception in 1977. A senior vice-president of the Cor- poration also sits on the Continuing Committee for Traffic Safety established in 1982.”

“The solution lies with the

individual citizens and communities of our province. Personal and

community action are both required if we are to slow down the trend of ac- concluded Holmes.

ICBC and the Ministry of Attorney General are co-

sponsoring the first Provincial Conference on Traffic Safety for Com-

munity Leaders to be held at the Hotel Vancouver on November 18 and 19, 1982.

Community leaders and ational authorities on traffic safety are meeting in Vancouver November 18 and 19 to seek answers to the continuing problem of motor

vehicle crashes in British Columbia. The first provincial

conference on Traffic Safety for Community Leaders is co-sponsored by the In-. surance Corporation of British Columbia and the Ministry of Attorney General.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is among speakers and panelists who will address key issues including the driving age, the impact of alcohol and marijuana on driving, seat belt use, in- surance costs, highway and vehicle design, new regulations and enforcement issues.

Delegates attending the conference include elected officials from communities throughout the province and

representatives from _ the schools, health services, police, service clubs, the

workplace and concerned individuals. They will have the opportunity to share the views and concerns with

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conference speakers and fellow delegates. Conference speakers

include: Allan Williams Q.C. Attorney General of British Columbia; Dr. Robert Allen, President of the Human Resources Institute of New Jersey who will speak on the leadership role in shaping cultures; Dr. Herb Simpson, Executive Director of the Traffic Injury Research Foundation who will discuss marijuana and driving; Dr. James Swinehart on drinking

and driving: DR. Gerald

Wilde on rewards and punishment in road safety management; and special

guest. speaker Ralph Nader who will discuss the citizen’s role in traffic safety issues. The conference is’ organized -by-~-the Traffic Safety Education Depart- ment of ICBC. Established in 1981, the department is responsible for design and development of traffic safety programs. -

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