Page 12, Whltby Fr0. Preou, Wockiesday, ebuy 21, 1996 Trucking association begins tsting rogram fl'or drivers The Ontario Trucklng Association (OTA)- haî spearheaded an industry program that Its president, David Bradley, says "will reduce the number of accidents involvlng tractor-trailers and demontrates the indus3try's conmitment inves3ting ln safety." Under the program, truck driveris wlll b. subjected to post- accident, reasonable cause and random drug and alcohol tests. In addition, testlng for drugs wlll h tequirod for pre-employment Dug screening will ocur for five ilhicit druge , ncludlng amphotanilnes', cocaine, oplates and marijuana. Moreover, the induatry program will lower the allowable level of blood alcohol content; té 0.02, compared to 0.08 as is the present law in Ontario. The drug testing will b. conductod through urinalysis. Alcohol testing wiil be conducted using evldentiary breath-testlng equipment. OTA completed a lengthly search te select qualifled companles who will, undor contract, actually provide the services. These includo qualified laboraterles, a network of collection sites, medical revlew officers and substance abuse professionals. There does flot appear te hoe an y empirical ovidence that truck drivers as a *whole, are any more prone te drug and alcohol abuse than any other group in society. In fact, they xnay even been lesa likely te drive under the influence. Thie 1992 Ontario Road Safety Annual Report shows that of the fatal' accidents Involvlng tractor- trallers that year, alcohol was a factor in 212 per cent'of the truck drivers compared te, 24 per cent of drivers of ail other vehicles. 'IHowever," says Bradley, "we have an added responsfbility te, ensure our drivers and vehicles are safe. That is the responuibility the industry bears for sharing Its workplace with the public." While trucks are involved in a veiy mall percenitage, of accidents on our hlghways (in'fact, less than two-and-one-half per cent. of ai accidents), driver error ia the main contributing factor. $If a drlver's alertness, I h i i :1 a LUBE, OIL & FILTER a e .29 POINT INSPECTION NOPT NA a FREE l»IRE ROTATION PS ROALI j&i 'N - ST wR e Wh at do y ou do f you build agreat new car, but then forget to tell anyone -about it? You offer a deal that makes your scompetition cringe, their customers sorry, and your own customners smile a mile wide smile. the "stili" brand new now only $l99hOnth for the stripped d own base model (whoops - that's the competition's ad) We humbly offer, amnong ailer things, dual air bags, alloy wheels, P/S, P/B, rear spoiler, power wvindows, locks and mirrors, AM/FM cassette, sport buoket seats, tilt, omuise, 60/40 split rear seat, fog lights, tachometer, mud flaps, tinted windowis, full carpeting, remote trunk and gas releases, a 5 speed transmission, 115 HP, 51 miles per fuel injected gallon , bumper to bumper warranty, roadside assistance, oh, and a vanity mirror - so y0u can check your smile... *24 month lease with $1511 down, plus freighttaead security. Zero down. Leases available from 263/mon th over 36 months (taxes extra). Leases based on a sale price of $14,995. lu -41 i Members pay Tna Ke mAIên... L Ford and GnrlMtni : »Lndon are suing the CAW unions -imillions of dollars for illegally Ishutting them down. They will 3probal win their case. As usual the unioni members, because of the wrong tactice of their union leaders, will pay for it. They will dimninish their strike fund and lose their bargaining powers at contract time during the collective negotiating procesa. The employers will then use it to, their advantage, using it as a bargaining tool against employees for getting concessions. Union niembers do net need this hanging over their, heads when they bargain for a new contract. They end up-losing. This month in. Hamîtion, Basil Hargrove, Gord Wil son and Sid- Ryan are mobilizing a two-day illegal shutdown under the ruse of calling it a protest.ý It is net by any means. It is te disrupt the' citizen. of the city hoping tbey will support thoir illegal actions. T, as a union menihor of local. 222, holieve in a legal strike te back up the negotiating team for the membership after giving theni a strike mandate. However, I do not approve of those who are encouraging disruptive and fIlegal actions against. thé. public and te jeopardize the bargaining process of the union memnbers. Oni Sept. 15 tht. year General Méors workers inOshawa will ho negotiating a new contract. May they have a negotiating team, who know the rules of, the game, and' Pnet do anything stupid before- hand. Herman van der Veen Oshawa Column el To the. editor: Jil Mclntosh's column1 Jan. 21 Free Pros. brought i of ber pet peeves, for the. tume ini the last year or se. The column was rlght a button, with the. exception problomà with left Ian. bang In fact, she bas nover anyonelIn the far left Ian. goi kilometres, per heur - wouldn't last more thar minutes on the. 4011 sommoe drove them off the- What she sees are people driving 100 or 110 kibometi hour in the middle and left and someeese (JIl) abso determiined'te drive, 101 -c kilometres per heur. Furtheï thoy are going te bully me' the way if I don't drive theý tbat they want me to. It wouldn't mattor if you1 150 ilometres per heur, sot would want te go 151 kiboi per hour and they would ne patiently until you complotei ovortakng they -would ta you until yeu got eut of thei I 1 suspect the, reason th chose thespeed of 90 ilon per heur that the left lane -I was drîing was sseh.oeuld 100 kIlometres per heur to the. bandit and not break the- limit. What she is roally say that she wants te drive wha speed she choses netwlthstai that the speed. limit ls kilometres per. heur. Whai seenis te forgot is'that if ahý drive whatever speed ah. wi so can eve ryone.else. There are people eut there prlde ourselves on customer seirvice." Whitewall size P155/80R 13 P175/80R13 P185/80R13 P 185/75R 14 P195/75R14 P205/75814 Sale pnice $49.00 $57.00 $59.00 $65.00 $67.000 $70.00- --- ----i-- 'F -a Whitewall size P205/75R 5' P21 5/75R15 P225/75R 15 P235/75R 15 Sale price $72.00- $75.00 $78.00 $80.00 FREE wlth everfy tirs purchas SComputer Tire Balance Installation 4-Road Hazard Warran 1ty on ai passenger tires SAlignment Checkc DUNDAS ST 0Z WARRIEN RD. f n -the >tbfrd mn theo of hor dits. seen lng 90 thoy iÀ two before road. 3(met) ma P«r aian luteîyFR OM PAGRE >r. ýjj John marrieda Canadian woman Swho died of tuhorculosis hi 1901. eu1tm oi ollowing her death, he waa speed attracted both te b1is mother's housekeoper 'Isabelle Smiith, and drove te, Matilda Rausch,a new. meoeone secretary at hi. office who was' net res oqually atrcte ehm it watt Iae o ut and John, ci your marriod ber at a secret coremony igate in Ontarlo. Ho lnslstod that ah. r way. masquerade as'hi. housekeoper &t Jîl and ho denled the marriage;hI letrea, facti it remained a secret *for 80 >andlt years." The new Mrs. Dodge drive obvlously dldn't thlnk tee hlgbly ) pais ofthe plan and departed twe ypars apeed lator. In 1907, John obtalned an ring la equafly semrt divorce, and publicly itever msarled Matilda. ,ndlng Matilda gave .blrth, te a 100 daughtor, Frances Matilda. In t h,- 1982, -in a bizarre twist a Detroit le cen woman fllod suit. against John labos, Dodg.'a, estate, clalMlng te hoe Frances' Siamese twln, aurglcally a who separated et birth and adoptod te another family. Ti. lawsult was thrown eut, but. many belleved thut the woman wus actually the reat of an affair John Dodge had >bebind bis new wlfWis back. It wan't easybelng marrled te a Dodgo; the, brotbera plalinly preferred thé. company of eact other. They worked together ail %day and oapent- ioet eveninga dlnlng'-ad drlnlnzg with each other, sanswives. The two wo émen spent most of tholr days, alone ln, O their huge maýùùunio, amuslng thmaelves by buylng fiirxdture te' < decorate tbem.,Nevertiieos, botu', were at their hushanda'-ides when the, two brothers 'ldled Ini Do* buabandi really prefer their *cars te thofr -wlves? The. early oermakramlght lead -us te bellove * tat orwecan tae. tùrom RoUa Royco. 'Theluuycraè aurvreyed RoUa . owners -and O dlscverod some lnteret[ng.facta. MoatRoll wners are mlddle-aged * men wth very comfbrtale, ncms(thé. weal tlthowever,: .prefer Bentbsys). Matare - married., And moat cf dthem, no mv,,ê*v - hlv- if» iwx*ufl wmftWq judgment or drivlng sIclils are impsired, by substance or alcohol use - the- risks -are evident." According te Bradiley, drug and aicohol use may also b. assoclated wlth driver fatigue. No legielation requirng drug. and alcohol testing for safety sensitive, Industries presontly, exiets in Canada. The industry was promised -a, Canadian legal framework for substance testing bY the Progressive Conservativo government of Brian Mulroney. "But;" says Bradley, "thoy bast Intereat and-,tho whole thing died when the Liberals came te office." rred on bndits' shouldn't ho driving at 80 or 90 kcilometres per hour and Jil ls going te give them the right te drLive at 110, 120 or 130 ilometres per hour. Don't give- me the German autebahu excuse - this isn't Germany and nover will b. AIl of the foregoing Is my pet peeve. I really. do enjoy Jil's coluxnns. Gordon F. Faill >Whltby Loeore r A OOF muffler & brake centre 1 ', l M-77-M LAI Van Hemmen 'l'ire 1 il rr'W e ai 1