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Page 8, Thursday, January 13th, 1972t WHITBY, FREE PRESS" IMOTORING ---wi -Mike .-Burgess Government Prîority- Lives or Roads A w e I I deserved tip of the hat goes out to our friends and neighbours in the nor th country who wouîd rather pay fines than take off thei1r s tudded t ires. I don'1t u su alîly condone breaking the law, but t h e s e p e ople are drivers who KNOW how dangerous it is drivingon icy roads, and when you l ive in the north country you certainly get enough adverse weather TOknow! Those of us wvho have Iived, or evenbeen in the northern wvin- ter wonder land know. Those of you who h a ven'1t , weI11, the next good snowfal117 take adrive just five or ten miles out of town into the country. Thatwiîî give you a s1 ig9h t in ki1ing of what i tis 1ike "lup there". Save roads or save 1lives? The Ontario Governinent's part Apparentîy our representatives in theQOntario governmentfeel that the cost of repairing any possible damage to our ro a ds c au se d by studded tires is of greater importance than reducing win- t er t r agedi es. 1 mean, why spend our t a x e s on roads when tour represen ta- tives' can just give it away in the form of gran ts to American businesses and needy Canadians like multi-millionaire E. P. Taylor. And after ail1, the more peoplewhodie, the greater the revenue from death taxes, and we DOhave a housing problem.. weII the economists h a ve s u ch nice names for everything I i ke the mac ro-economic theory and Planned Unemployment, I wonder wvhether they wilI caîl this the studded T i re Ban Theory, or just plain Death on our Highways. A 'body shopt owner recently told me t h at busimess wouîd be good nowv that winter has set in. This is not optimism nor is it cynicism. It is simpîy a fact of ife. Ail you have to do is hit one icy corner, and if you are on regular tires, you may as wel 1 get prepared to do some body repairs. A schooî teacher I know w ho r es ides in Brookl in di djust that r e ce n ty to his beautiful Lotus El an, and to add insuit to injury, also had to corne good for a mail box. Before 1 get accused of not being im- partial and unbiased, although 1 am, let me r e I a te some facts and the discrep- ancy in this whitewash. Crnniitee tindinrs Firstly what I find hard to accept is that Qntario's committee, or commiss- ion, or whatever they calî1ed i t, can have actualîy tested studded tires and still have the nerve to say that there was i t- tîeorno difference over regular tires. I don 't know who was given this part- time job, but with ail due respect, I think the credibility (or Iack) of their findingsshouîdat least have been look- ed into, especial ly when everyone el sels findings are in complete disagreement. South of the border, "'Uncle Sam's"l Na tional Safety Council al so did some testing. Based on data complied by this couincil, studded snow tires have shown a significant 31 % improvement in stop- p i n g I e n g th overý ordinary unstudded tires, while traction (defined as puillng abili1ty) can be improved by as much as 200%. Reinforced chains stili present t he b e st traction anid stopplng advan- t ag es, however, the difficulty of fre- quent attaching and removing, particul - arlIy on the new, low profile models, does present somewhat of a problem. The ban-the-stud believers, 'Now i f t he Amer ican National Saf - ety Council iswvvro ng, and Ontario's 'l-don't-knowv-who comm itteet is right, then 1 guess a lot of people are wrong. At last count, for ty-one states and ail of C a n a dals provinces except Ontario approve or have approval pending per- mitting the use of studded tires. ln ail fairness to the 'ban-the-stud' bel ievers, I wili concede that studded t i r e s g ive less traction on dry roads t h a n r egul ar tires, but they were not intended for use on dry roads. Jus t because we Ire Iucky our weather conditions are tolerabl e i sno reason for us to be apathetic about our feîîow countrymen in the north. These people are not paying fines because they like to. They obviously have a cause which they strongîy believe. Cet involved So irrespective to whether we per- sona I 1 y desire to use studded tires or not, 1 feel the final decision should be up to the individual. If this law is arn- ended to excî1ude the w i nter m on th s, and you donitwvant to use studded tires, you still don't have to. But let's get invol- ved and back up our democratic rights. Cal1 your M. P. P. , cal 1 us, or write a letter, but whatever you do, take an in- terest, voice your opinion and CARE!1 'TiI next week, Happy Motoring! Heard's Taàxi 668-3732 Radio Equipped & Direct Uine at Arnoîd's Market 115 Brock St. N. 15 0 PE RRY SITe. u ovmme W HlrBY P.O. Box #250, Ajax, Ontario, Canada Business Stimulators 4p/at j4d«t"ifA M"<eaç Public Relation Toi lor Mode Features is L.J. 'Lou' Di.ckson~ 5-pin WNITBY MENS, LEAUE IWEINESDAY) HIGH TRIPLESo, L. Reed 885, 369; Hans Zîmmer 836, 299; B. Hewls 826, 311; A. Vanderende 819, 313; G. ChIlds756, 295; R. Chllds 746, 264; Horst Zîmmer 736, 259; P. Bremner 718, 279; D. Dun- can 713, 261 and R. Noble 705, 250. HIGH SINGLES: LesIiîe Reed 301,,A. Fil11ier 285, S . Rîce 282, 0. Jones 273, K. Laundry 271, G. Denyer 269, G. Houghland 269, 0. Moore 263, D. Ansey 262 & G. Chase 260. TEAM STANDINGS: Tony's Mens' Hairstyllng 4, Shorty & Son Bil11i ards 4, Duff 's Tow ing Service 4, Whltby Dodge Chrysler 4, Don's Spur Service 3, Hookers 3, Harold Hughes B. P. 3, Royal Hotel 2, B&R Transport 2, Mîtton Electric 1, Mifflin's Barber Shop le Gus Brown Motors 1, 'A&T Motors 0, Pickering G. S. 0, J. B. McMul lan Real Estate 0, Jimbo's Pub 0. Ladies' Flower league SINGLES OVER 200: Phyllis Warman 208, Willy P o vin s ky 2 37,e 209; Mary Reed 232, 207,e 241; Th elm a Keoghan 207; Audrey Bar ton 208, Mary A m el1 201; Marg Connel 1y 204, 219; Marie Val 1 - e res 202, 201; Ruth Weetherell1 218; Dorothy Le- Blanc 222; Marg Pescoe 250, 253; Doris Stannett 242; Ann Henderson 219; Freda McCoy 204. HIGH TRIPLES.: Marie Val1lieres 583, Ruth Wea- the r e 1l 573, Marg Pascoe 670, Mary Reed 680, Mary Areil 565, Phyllis Warrnan 578, Willy Pov- n sk y 619.e TF-AM POINTS: Lilacs 18, Bl1uebelis 22, Orchids 13, Carnations 28, Violets 5, Peonies 20, Gard- enias 14, Tulips 20. 2ND SECTION WINNERS: BLUEBELLS. ST. UBN THE EVANGEUI-T LEAGUE HIGH TRIPLES: Fran Schatzmann 687 (205, 214e 268), Ceacilia Huinink 647 (220, 172, 255), Mary Donahue, 639 (237, 246, 156), Len Broderick 636 (194, 193, 249), Judy Corcoran 608 (160, 230, 218 Anna Gaudet 603 (169, 256, 178)e Aillen Oerton 602 (193, 209, 200), Paul Frendo-Cumbo Sr. 578 (180> 21 4, 1 84, )Ag nes Schroer 575 (195, 203, 177), Lawvrence Myette 575 (242, 159, 174), John Frený- d o -C u mbo 6 71 (213, 185, 173), Sandra Hil11 567 (133, 124, 310). HIGH SINGLES: Matt Kol steren 234, Leonard My- ette 223, Til1ly Kirby 220, Gel ina Aucoin 215, Lina Mc Co mb 2 11, Robert Godf rey 208, Joe Frendo- C umblào 208, Ric Arbour 204, lina Bokkers 199, and Cathy Arbour 199. T EAM POI 1N TS TAKEN: Screwbell1s 7, Two+ Four 7, SixthDimension 7, Holy Bowlers 5, Fud- dies 2, Ups + Downs 0, Misfits 0 & Hurricanes 0. steering, power brakes, power windows etc. Loeded with extras! A truly luxurious car. Lic. # 34819A. $1495 19UEontac Strato-Chief. Economicel 6 cylinder, au-tomaic A-il! Lic. #36291A. $595 Grenfelt at King St. W., (2 blocks east of Oshawa Centre) 723-1970 Oshawa 728-5179 (Open Wll 9 p.m. nightly) THE FRIENDLY "lWetre young, but FLEA MARKET growing fast. I We 23 PRINCE ST. buy and selI any- OSHiAWA thing~, 725-9783 Mr. Harbînson, Regional Registrar Dated et Newmarket, Ontario this 5th day of January, 1972. Ir --