The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

WH]TY FME PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1992, PAGE 2J5 Graduated -drivers' lice nsing This year, about, 30,000 16-year-olds i Ontario will become licensed drivers. Most are responsible young adults who will do their best te drive safely. But,' about 5,000 will be involved in an accident within one year of receiving their licence. Thates one out of every six. For i7-year-olds, the risk is stil one i ten. Statistica like these have, led the provincial government'te seriously consider itroducing a gýaduated driverd~ licensing system-. This system, would essentially establish a two-year apprenticeship period for newly-licensed drivers. One proposaI would restrictý new drivers from driving after darkot on highwatys with speed limita greater than"80 kph during the first two years after receiving their licence. A-zero teerace blood alcohol level, not the standard 0.08 le-al limit, would also apply te new'divers. -These. restrictions would- apply..te -ail first-time drivera, regardless of age. - While-many soon-to-be first-time drivers may be upset atî the thought of such a change, the gra4uàtèd'licnsing systeém la a giant te moradýmiP mprovinghgwa safety., It recogizs, exp'rienoe as, an, Important factor i accidenat, prevention, and. *eF be ,n to, address the drivrid of the safe drivi g «equation. For decades, we have strived,,to improve <gafety by building better roada, and better .vehicli, while ai but ignorin g'he, role ,,of, the drivýer. This, despite the fact that'We' continually,,acknowledge that about 85 per cent ofalul accidents are ca used, by driver, error. _A:gnfcantreduction itratfc accidents,, caninot be achieved. without improvIng .the* way we learn to drive. The, firstý step, in learning, to, drive defensively is to learn to r econie dangerous situations far enough in avance -to have time to, react, appropriately. -Véry few,-ý of the, 5,00 16-yeair-olds who will be involved ini accidents thisyear will be driving recklessly. Most will be alert and payng attention to, the road. They simply won' recognize the danger facing them until' itstoo late. lI hindsight, the danger wiil probably appear te, be ail too obvious. A graduated licensing system would allow new drivers of ail ages te gain- experience under relatively siafe conditions. But this should only be the begiing. Learning 'on the road from our own mistakes, even under relatively safe conditions, stili has an element of risk. Some of this risk can be reduced by providing ail new drivers with improved driver training programs that place a greater emphasis on attitude and knowledge rather than skill and reflexes. The next step wiil be te, formally establish driver improvement as an ongoing process, rather than a once-in-a-lifetime-only, activity. lI the meantime, the most importantý thing for inexperienced drivers te learx- is, that ail drivers make mistakes. Be prprd. One in evry six l6-year-ýolds will learn he hard way thi s yeéar. Don 'f be one of them.« A. final word te 16-year-olds. If you appreciate 'ho"w',much, ,your manurance, Premims Wouldbli tranacietèn whether or not you could still afford te drive, a two-year graduated licence period may aictually help you drive more-often, not les often. Drive safely. 1960 AUSTIN-HEALEY' Car restored tro m ground',Up By Glen Konorowskl Can you believe this 1960 Aus- tin-Healey 'has just 48,000 miles on it? Yes- this car, owned by a locald*ewe ler- and his wife, Paul and due Dynes, is one beautiful car. Paul inherited the car from his father about five years ago. Paul's father bought t he car new from a dealer in Toronto li February 1960.. This Healey, is one of the four- seat modèescalled the BT-7. This particular model has- solid steel wheels instead of -the traditional spoke wheels found on most Hea- The car, was totally restored from the ground up li 1968, giving the carli my opinion a bettér-than-new look. To get tAIU. great finish, six gallons of lac- quer was applied to the body. The car is equipped wvith a 3-litre six-, and four-speed manual transmission. * ~~STAGE SP CA: 1 Oi Change & Filter P R RAC Al Cars & Trucks 1'l 4 IZI;ih t. 1751 Wentworth Street', ~ProIr.t - Whitby V- y IL-- - ~TDO ABOý THE EXPERT< UlT SATURN? 't'*-SATURN SL FROM$99 'Highest Rating. For Two Decades' 'Beat Out Toyota In Mechanical Reliability In CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAINE- Sales Per Outiet' MARCH AUTOMOTIVE NEWS 'Highest Customer Satisfaction In It's Class' *J.D. POWER MOTORCITY SATLRN BS&6R IM'-uzu SATRN.1520 DUND ASSTm. E. WHITBY 30.23 - t - j - À 12è ~ ~ ~ .S******* '~ê~~h~Ç# $f~4iI~,.»:~. - -- * *j&~ ~.~-~--- SATURN -SC FROM $ 95 AUTOMATIC & AIR UNITS READY FORIMMEDIATE DELIVERY 1 FREIGHT, LIC. & TAX EXTRA 1 M i -8 A