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TERRACE — Terrace area
residents buckle up. less than
those who live in other parts of
B.C., according to statistics

compiled by.the Insurance Cor-

poration of. British: Columbia
(ICBC),

In 1989 the nuniber of drivers
involved in casualty~ producing

accidents. who said they were

wearing their seatbelts: was: 81
pér-cent in ‘Terrace and Prince

Rupert and. 80 ‘per cent in.

Kitimat,. ‘compared’ ‘with a pro-
vinciat average of 88 per cent..
“We're just hoping that they
have in fact told the truth,” said
ICBC’s ‘Kim Prissick,. adding
that most of the time the

resulting injuries point to

whether of not: the driver wore a
seatbelt.

But. “according to Corporal
im: Porteous of the Terrace

RCMP. detatchment's highway -

patrol; seatbelt use in Terrace is
probably lower than the ICBC
statistics indicate.

Suggesting the figures were
“a bit high’, he suggested;
““B0-85 per cent is probably true
for the open highway, but in the
city people who've got a five to
six block radius to go will not

buckle in, and the percentage.

would be much, much lower.”

He said he thinks the main
reason for lower usage within
the city is the misconception
many people have of the impact
at slower speeds.

“I think probably a lot would
be the driver’s attitude — that
well, I’m only going two-blocks
and (ll only get to go 50
kilometres an hour,” he said.

However, a collision at 50
kilometres per hour with a solid
object will slam an unbelted
driver against the windshield,

Big

TERRACE — One huge fire is
responsible for most of the
6,166ha of land burned so far
this year in the Prince Rupert

forest region, says a forest ser- :
- beginning Of August last year
' that things really dried out and

vice spokesman. ~

«We. have one up: in the

Cassiar forest district that’s out
in the middle of nowhere — it’s
on what they call Nakina River,
about 50 miles south of Atiin,”’
‘Al MacDonald said, ‘‘Out of
the 6,000ha (burned so far) it’s
probably 5,000ha.”

The fire, which has been bur-
ning since June, is being watch-
ed carefully, he added. ‘‘It
rumbled around there for
several weeks but it’s basically
dead now.”"

Another fire in the same area

burned some 500ha earlier this.

summer.

The 166 fires reported so far
this season in the region top the
number reported last year by 57
fires because of warm weather
early this season, MacDonald

.steering wheel or dashboard

fire boosts
‘area burn stats .

* OX: plained.
ney {ihis- week) last year 25
numbers will be catching up and,

“roared around.”

with the same impact as falling
from a three-storey building.

_ And if you think it’s safer to
be thrown clear of the car in an
accident. you’re wrong,
Porteous said. ;

“‘My comment to that would
be why. ‘would a racing driver be
wearing afour-point t belt: (secur-
ing both shoulders and hips to
the seal). and someone in a car
be buckled with a three-point
belt when the racing driver is

‘ going faster? >

“People that aren’t wearing
seatbelts are a lot more severely
injured,”' he continued. “In one
of our- fatalities last year a

gentleman was thrown from a

eehicle and crushed.’*

He ‘said the man was not
wearing a seatbelt when he
drove off the highway and his
car rolled, sending him out the
window before it.

Terrace RCMP check for .

seatbelt use in regular
roadblocks, and will write a $35
ticket for anyone not wearing
one — even for people who
snap them on at the last minute.

“TF we see them without the
belt we'li' charge them,”
Porteous said. ;

Seatbelts must.also be worn
properly, he added. ‘“‘If it’s a
shoulder belt it can’t be under
the armpit.”

in addition, there’ sa $50 fine -
for small children riding»
without a proper child restraint ©

— a car seat or special harness,

The Terrace. highway patrol

started this year to compile its
own stalistics on seatbelt use in
the area, and will have the first
figures in January, Porteous
said.

passing this year’s numbers,'”’
he added, ‘‘It was around the

a-whole lot of thunderstorms

Thunderstorms were also
responsible this year for a
number of fires in the Kalum
forest district. ;

“Our biggest number occur-
red in the end of June when we
had that lightning storm come
through, and that started about
25: fires,” said district opera-
tions manager Erle Holt. .

Except for the two in the

Cassiar district, fires this year #23:

have been small and easily con-
trolled because of cooler, wetter
weather than the norm, Mac-
Donald said

‘We're in a growing mode
this summer rather than a burn-
ing mode,

THE CITY OF

TERRA CE |

ans, Be ies: i i. ,
This city’s RCMP ehway-
how many Terrace area
Results for the first year s
cording to ICBC statistics,
than the provincial average.

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WATER SPRINKLING RESTRICTIONS |

~The summer weather is resuiting In very high water usage. which Is towering

‘the! level of water in City reservoirs. To ensure that adequate supply Is available.
“for fire. fighting purposes, the City of Terrace will be implementing: restrictions on |

water ‘sprinkling, immediately.

” Water sprinkling Is permitted during
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We request that all sprin
hours. Further restrictions, if necessary,

thank you for your assistance In sensible and moderate use of water at this tine:

“city OF TERRACE

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