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" by bh, Y BR ph A. I LOC AGATA ITO + A RAE CAPACI FAT F OU BIR 0) RA SUITE AVRO ANRC TTR ELA ON TADS FAN a 2 i " Ld BEFORE YOU TURN THE KEY, FASTEN YOUR SEAT shield in a collision or an emergency stop. And her seat- belts obviously do not interfere with her comfort or her "BELTS! This young lady has! She doesn't intend to get that pretty face scarred up by: hitting the dashboard or wind- More than 500 Ontario drivers and. passengers who died in automobile crashes last year would be alive today if they. had worn seat belts, and many thousands' more would have escaped derious injufy. This is the estimate of Dr. William R. Ghent, chief of surgery at Hotel Dieu Hos- pital in Kingston, and an at Queen t] University, He ref- erred to a university study 'which indicated that 35 per cent of automobile fatalities could have been-avoided by the use of seat belts. Dr. Ghent was one of eight 'medical and automotive exp- erts who spoke at an unprece- dented "seat ~belt seminar" in Toronto, called by the Ont- ario Department of Trans- port. ; ee .|ribed it driving, because they are properly worp. ~ Proper Use Of Seat Belts Could Have: Saved 35%) The session faunched a gov- ernmént-sponsored campaign to-try to overcome the "seat belt paradox", as Transport Minister Irwin Haskett desc- -- the fact that so many people still don't bother to wear seat belts despite their obvious value. ~~ Brought together for the seminar "were . 37 agencies. Despite the fact that many . associate professor of surgery GREAT (WHILE THEY LAST) HOME SHOW - SPECIALS Plastic Corrugated '| Panels 26 x 96° COLOUR - WHITE, YELLOW, GREEN PER x PANEL PHONE 985 - 7335 PLANS AVAILABLE FOR GARBAGE BAGS] * LOW& HIGH FENCES HEAVY DUTY, GREEN. * GARDEN SHELTERS PLASTIC 26" x 36" J). * PRIVACY SCREENS. 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Item: several ! panelists agreed ~ that in the range of speed between five and 46 m.p.h,, where 75 per cent of the: collisions take: place, seat belts save. lives beyond any question or doubt.. tb The safety experts knocked down many of "the myths, about seat belts. In case of automobile collisions involv- ing fire or immersion in water, some people worry about being trapped. Such collisions account for-only three-fifths of one per: cent of all auto: mobile 'collisions. Even in these mishaps an unbelted person is frequently knocked unconscious while the belted driver remains conscious and, can-react! - On frequently' asked q ques: oN tion was why there is nd legis- lation to enforce the use of seat belts. Transport Minter Haskett commented: "This is an unattractive suggestion. But I am afraid it would be ext- remely difficult to enforce." Dr. D8haa ¥. Huelke, prof: essor of anatomy at the med- ical school, . 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