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Do you believe that Canada should adopt stiffer gun control laws? Yes: 16 No: 2 The economics of the move will allow truckers to carry 10 per cent more cargo and thereby improve their efficiency and competitiveness, considering the same dimensions are legal in 45 of the states in the U.S. The new sizing will also improve the linking of rail and road transportaâ€" tion whereby trailer units are carried on flatbed rail cars. The ministry may have made the proper economic decision but it remains to be seen at what personal cost to Ontario‘s motoring public. All of this is of little concern to the average motorist using the QEW, the 401 or other highways. They can now look forward to passing even larger convoys of trucks more than one third of which are unsafe. Add poor weather to the scenario and you have a recipe for disaster. The length of double trailer combinations will also increase two metres to 25 metres or 82 feet from the tractor unit bumper at the front to the rear of the trailer unit. This new legislation will see the tractorâ€"trailer units increase a further 1.6 m or slightly more than five feet, to 16.2 metres. Added safety feaâ€" tures, such as the use of more reflective markings at the rear of the units and bumpers preventing cars from going under the rear of the units will also be required. In 1975, after lobbying by the trucking industry, Snow permitted the length of tractorâ€"trailers to increase by five feet to 45 feet. Another five feet was permitted in the late 1980s during the David Peterson adminisâ€" tration to allow an additional five feet that saw the length increase to 50 feet. Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Colesâ€" Production Manager mOnkvileBeavenmbl’shedwelySund/,WMylndF‘ , at 467 Speers Rd., Oakvile, is one of the Mdro;‘qd Printing, P_nugz’mg , Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond HilThomhi/Vaughan Liberal, Mirror. All material published in the Oakvile Beaver is protected by %Any reproduction in whole or in part of this material is strictly forbidden the consent of the publisher. Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager As far as the ministry is concerned, the fact that trucks move about 70 per cent of the province‘s manufactured goods and predictions from the industry that longer units will save it $100â€"million annually, were enough for the ministry to make the changes. But former Oakville MPP and ex Ontario Ministry of Transportation minister Jim Snow doesn‘t think too much of the new legislation. It‘s pretty alarming stuff considering the actual number of tractorâ€"trailâ€" er units using our major arteries. Of course the ministry sloughs off any safety concerns by consumer groups, arguing that the economic benefits to trucking compames far outâ€" weighs any safety considerations. This past May a safety blitz conducted by the Ministry of Transportation found 34% of trucks checked were unfit for the road and were removed. A year earlier a similar blitz the ministry removed 37% of the trucks they checked from the road. And while the trucking industry are pleased with the move, other groups, notably the Hamilton Automobile Club, are not impressed. They cite a continuing safety problem with tractor trailer units in general and they see this new legislation as only exacerbating the problem:. With major changes in trucking regulations here, more trucks are using our roads than ever before, many of them originating in the United States. To try and combat this increased competition, the Ontario trucking indusâ€" try has lobbied the provincial government to increase the maximum length of their tractorâ€"trailers. And the province has agreed to their request by increasing the maximum length by two metres. highways. n increasing amount of goods passing through Ontario are carried by tractorâ€"trailer units. That‘s nothing new to motorists who have to deal with this massive vehicles on a daily basis on our major _ EDITORIAL Time will tell RESULTS OF LAST WEEK‘S POL 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Are you in favor of permitting longer trucks on our highways? Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 to vote. Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to register their vote. Results of the poll will be published in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. Her July 28th comments were brought to my attention by an acquaintance who thought I would appreciate how well it illustrates her lack of depth and comprehension. As usual, she completely misses the point on the issue of the recent acquisition by the National Gallery of a piece of Rothko abstract art. Dear Sir: Like most people I know by now I generally ignore Diane Hart‘s opinion column. Therefore, we are requesting your cooperation and hoping that you can form a mixed choir of at least 150 people to represent Canada and to particiâ€" Since the liberation of The Netherlands was realized by American and Canadian armies, it is our opinion that these nationalities should not be absent from the concerts. We are asking for participation from some renowned Dutch choirs like Vox Jubilans and Kamper Mannenkoor. We are also trying to get the participation of soloists like the soprano Riet den Hertog and trumpet players Herman en Henkâ€"Jan Drost. The choirs will be accompanied by organists and pianists Martin Mans and Martin Zonnenberg. Column missed the point on art acquisition These concerts will take place in big churches in Amersfoort, Arnhem, and Kampen, with the grand finale occurring on May 5th in De Doelen in Rotterdam. We are also negotiating having one conâ€" cert broadcast. Dear Sir: On May 5th, 1995, the liberation of The Netherlands is being commemorated. It is not every year that there are festivities involved, but in 1995 it will have been 50 years since The Netherlands was liberated from the German domination. This fact will be celebrated with lots of festivities. The "Committee Dutch Liberation Concerts 1995" is planning to organize a number of concerts in The Netherlands, between Aprit28th and May 5th, 1995. Dutch group looking for liberation singers The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. All letters must be signed and include the writer‘s address and phone number. Letters should be typed, doubleâ€"spaced and addressed to: Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 She like Nero â€" and our governments â€" fiddle, while Rome burns. While she, like some, foolishly debates its artistic merits, most of us are simply dismayed that the Gallery spent that kind of money at all in light of our current economic emergency. In a period when libraries and art galleries can barely afford to stay open at all... it boggles the mind. Of my grandfather‘s five children, I am the only issue and have no children myself. So I would like to be able to find some distant cousins who could help me fill in the blanks. My grandmother, Mary Wellings, married Thomas Jones in Knighton, Radnorshire (Powys) Wales in 1888. She had a sister who married an Evans and I believe there were also relatives named Cadwallader in the Oakville area in the 1920‘s and 30‘s. Dear Sir: I am the last of my family and trying to locate any relative of my father. The "Committee Liberation Concerts 1995" conâ€" sists of delegates from the organizing company TONICA and the Dutch International Societyâ€" Nederland. Those interested should send their names to William van Suydam, 190 Highway #7 West, Unit 5, Brampton, Ont. L7A 1A7. Can you help fill in the blanks? pate in the "liberation concerts" in 1995. We are also trying to get the participation of an American male choir for these concerts. Herman Drost For the Committee Liberation Concerts 1995 Dorothy Jones Bessex 5360 Lochside Drive Victoria, B.C. V8Y 2G7 David Bazar