Whltby free Preou, Wecdnesday, March 22,1995l, Page 21 I I - ~~.mwi .vsuva.i~mVIII1I.TJIIIJM.L~ THE 3Rs rLm a big beliover in the 3Rts. Not reading, Wrting and 'rithmetic, but « Reasonabbo, Responsibbe and Rational.' I like te believe that most people are responsible and act ia roasoned, rational manner.. However, throo recent incidents have put the. strength of my belief te, the test. Individually, these incidents may seem relativély coenron and unimportant, but conmddered togother the. uignflcanco ofoeach is evident. I the. firet incident, Driver #1inl stopped in an intersection waiting te, turn left. As a gap in the. oncoming tric approaches, Driver #2 honksa bis horn loud and lar (car ta&k for get moving) Driver #i immediately jumps inte tthe gaponb y tesélam on his brke an instant bater te avoid hitting two pedestrians in the. crosswaUlk Driver #2. sits safely in the same spot fbrmorly occupied by Driver #1, prababby smirking at how bad a driver is Driver #1. The second incident is simibar. Driver #1 is again-stopped in an intersection waiting te turn left. Driver #2 is stopped behind Driver #1. A DRI VING; SAFELYI; wîth RANDY RANDY UcLEAN 15 A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WHO SPECIALIZES IN TRAFFIO SAFETY. PA. MoLean has reviewed thousands of Individuai motor vehicie accident reports and his close working relatonshlps with police agencies, goverrimeflts, satety assdations, industry and the public, have given hirn a true overvieW of trafflo safety issues, problems and solutions ln Canada. I M BEHIND the wheel large truck in stopped on the other sido of the. intersection wa-idng-teotur-ileft in the. opposite direction,.T1%. truck complotely blocks-Driver #l'a view of approaching traffic. Driver #2 honka -hie horn and Driver fi almoot immodiately leape acrass the intersection. Luckily for Driver #1 thero was no oncomidng traffic. Lucky, bocause ho had n o idea whether other vehiclos were approaebinyg i the inside lanes beside the truck. Driver #2 again nits afely in theospace whero Driver #1 was., The. third incident in the key. A stroarn of vohiclos is approachinga red light at an intersection on a dividedhighway with a raised centre median. A lire truck, at loast a half-miIe bohind, Iigiits flashring, oien blazing (no pun mntendod) and horn honking (the loudeuthorn I have over heard) is also approaching the. sarno signal. What happons you ask? The cars 1i up ail throe lanes botwoen the. raised modian nd right- curb, loaving absolutely nowiere for thoefre truck to go. Forced to corne to, a stop, the f re truck chooses the shortest of the. four lanes and leans en his horn as if ho was going to afire. What happons? Nobody moves. Now recal incidents i and 2. At the prompting of'two impatient drivers, possibly lat for their favourite television show, two other motorists risked life and limb, their own and others, te, move out of the way. Incident 3, in response te a fire truck, perhaps on its way te, save someone's 1f. or 11mb, nobody moves. There are at least two bessons in those incidents. Moet obvious, when an emergency vehicle approaches, move te, the right and stop out of the. way.. Ensure there is a clear path for it to continue without delay. Second, think for yoursebf. Make the. beft turn, or any otiier manoeuvre, when you think ifs safe. Don't lot the driver bebind you take control of your vehicle. Act reasonable, responsibby and rationally yoursebf, even if no one else seemns te bb.. Drive safely. By Rob Poirier You'ro s 'hopping for a good used car. You are not aione. The used car busines bas neyer been stronger. Once youve found something sutablo at the right price,the. next thing you look for is some degree of assurance that tii. car is in good mechanical condition. Unfortunately, too many car buyers rely on the fact that a car sobd "certified' is reason te believe the. car is in satWsactory shape. Wrong. Very wrong. The fact that a car pase a safety check or certification onby provides coefort that the. car is roasonabby mafe te drive at timie of sale. in no way should you interpe a safoty certificate as a statement ofthe. cars ovorail condition.hI facet, the ca 'r you just bought could ho on the. verge of collapse. First of al, the. state of tiie engin. and transmission have practcally nothing te do with a cortification. The. areas that are insecedonly have te, pass certain miium standards. For examplo, dise brake pads noed only bo 1.5 imiflimetres thick to psas--that'sabout 85 per cent worn. iresa at 1.5 Ick these tires too, bard). 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