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PAGE 16, WIIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25,1990 Motorist's The flrst Volkswagen Polo to be built in East Germany rolled off the assembly lime of the new plant near Zwickau on May 21.> The car was an Alpine White Squareback Polo with a 1.3 litre engine incorporating a proenviromental dosed-loop catalytic converter. The Polo was the firat of a total of 216 vebicles to be built by the summer. By the end of September, production will b. stepped up ta WOunits prday by theend of 1990. Volkswageln AG cf Wolfsburg, West Germany wiil be investing around about 60 million Deutoche marks in the initial stage of the East German, assembly project. The second stage, extending up to, the end cf 1990, projects raising capacity te, 400 cars per ' Codie of Practi ce' released The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) recently released 'The Motorises Env ironinental Code of Practice.' The code of practice was presented ta, delegates attending CAA!s 76th annual meeting in Vancouver during a workshop entitled 'Pollution and the Automobile: Clearing the Air.! The theme of the meeting was 'Reflections,' but the focus of business was on visions of the future. In keeping with that theme, the workshop and displays featured a . story Of environinental improvements incorporated . in the automobile over the past 20 years. The motorises code of practice recognizes that improvements are not in themselves enough, and thus turns the attention of CAA delegates ta, some common-sense steps that can be taken by virtually ail motarists wbich in the immediate future yield long-term environinental benefits. workIng day. This is the equivalent cf an annual capacity of 100,000 units. Further investments cf DM 240.million are planned for this second phase. After the third and final stage commencing in 1994, daily production is expected ta reach 500 units which corresponds ta, an annual capacity cf 125,000 units. Eventually daily production should reach 1,000 vebicles or 250,000 par annum. In the meantime, Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT are ready ta begin sales activities in East Gerrnany. Over 400 VW/Audi and 104 SEAT dealers bave already been appointed. The flrst dealer congress for VW antd Audi dealers from East Germaiiy was held in Wolfsburg, corporate bead- quarter-s, on May 13 and 14. Tif E WA1TING ROOM Late last Saturday night - early Sunday morning - I spent five hours in the emergency care ward of a local hospital. Fortunately, I was only waiting for a friend who was being treated for what turned out to be a relatively minor respiratary ailment. While in the waiting room I met several friends cf a young woman who had been involved in a traffic accident. Her boyfriend, perhaps 20 years cf age, was healthy and handsome and was trying very bard ta appear calm and composed as he reassured the vitm's younger sister that everything would be OK. The sister, age 16 or 17, was a beautiful young lady with long, shiningbair and sweet eyes that sparkled, even thoug they were redý fromn crying, and tear continued ta, stream, down ber cbeeks. ler own boyfiend and brother sat beside ber and also tried ta console ber. I neyer met the accident victim but by looking at the younger sister 1 imagined tbat she was equally as beautiful. lier parents were with ber the entire time and neyer emerged fromn the intensive care unit. Three cousins, two young men and one young woman, ail under 25, were alo in the waiting room. The young woman bad taloen charge of the situation. 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Although she was always under control, she was also always on the edge. Only once did she corne directly into the waiting room afler talking to the doctors without flrst stopping to wipe her eyes. The victimIs boyfriend was a nice guy. Heé camne over to me, a complete stranger, and started to tell me about bis girlfriend. "She was in an accident Ia"t night," he began. Her face was badfly, very badly cut an~d bruised - she would need reconstructite surgery to repair the damage - she may loge 'her sight ip one eye. But everytbing was goirïg to be 01C, everyting, was going to be 0Ks, everything was going to be 0K,, he said repeatedly, to convince himself more tban me.- At bis-suggestion, the younger, sist.r and her boyfriend went outside for a 1alk hoping the cool morning- air would help ease hér héartache. With the Young girl out of sight tlýe victim's boyfriend no longer feit compelled z act as strong and confident. Tears came to hýs eyes as he started to talk about how specuil she was, how much fun she was to be with, and how she bad neyer ever hurt anyone in ber life. Then in an instant bis sadness turned ta anger. Anger, a]most rage, àt the other driver. The driver who bad caused the accident. The driver who was not injured. He told everyone wbo would listen, including a recently arrived elderly couple who really didn't want ta hear <at least not in the language he was now using) exactly what he thought of the other driver. He slapped the arm of bis cbair - bard - then the wail, then the door, before the female cousin returned ta the waiting room. She hugged bim and they stoo d crying together for a brief time. Everyone in tbe room felt their pain. At least one other persan who bad neyer met the injured girl was openly crying and the rest <of us werent far behind. I didn't asic how tbe accident bappened. It really wasn't any of my business. But I understand tbe boyfriend's anger, the accident didn't have ta bappen. I suspect tbat it was preventable and, in hindsigit, probably ail tSo easily preventable. About 85 par cent of ail accidents are preventable. The police repotwiil record this collision as a personal ixiui accident with one Young female victim. It 1il not show ber parent's love; her sister's heartache; ber boyfriendis SEE PAGE 17 First Volkswagen Polo produced in East Germany 10 mumumm