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TO: MAYOR « COUNCIL C 0 U N C

MAY 15 1972

For some time the Previncial Department of Highways have

been stress ing the problems of following too Closely. There is
of course good reason for this as "rear end” accidents account
for the second highest property loss factor of all collisions.
Every year 10's of Millions of dollars of property and hundreds
of lives are lost in Canada as a direct result of *Ollowing too
close. In the great majority it is the driver error factor that
is to blame.. The inability of the driver to judge the distance
batween himself and the car in front and sacondly his ; Ress

of the required stopping distance of his vehicle.

A number of methods have been tried to educate the driver

as to distance relativity and it is ebvious that to this point

‘little success has been achieved.

After, Several months of personal experimentation and
conducting personal inquiries of well over 100 people I am
convinced that we have a relatively inexpensive and practical

method of Solving the problem of following too close.

The present white zoken line, or yellow as the case May

be, are natural. guidelines if they were changed Slightly. at

present the Provincially accepted distances are a 17 foot dash

with 25 feet between. The uniformity ends at that level. From

personal measurement in a number of Communities the dash and space

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