“The Canada Safety Council con-
>". siders the new Federal breath
analysis law’ to bea: milestone

ee furlessn oo?
es “The law went ‘into effect Des
om cember 1, The Council has" been.

“urging Federal legislation pros -

oe tests for the .past 10. ‘years.
“Under the new law, drivers

per cent. of blood alcohol are
“guilty of a. Criminal Code of+”
“fence and subject to a fine of up
to $1,000, imprisonment for up
-:to.six-months,:or both.

=: Drivers who refuse to take the
_ . breath analysis test called for in
the law are guilty of another.

To help drivers steer clear
!gt-bad winter, driving advice,
allomative. experts Hist the

Sand compare them with what
AAO ve engineers: and fleet
, Saperators say. .

. Ant “An cene tine should Elle

wenther "Nop so, say (he exe
Soap an eniine to pe wk operat -
oo ding etlicic¢ neyo ds.tea drive the
tury easily, Just ddlitag the en-
wine Beeps thee choke clased

“‘fleoding.” Pumping the recel-

erator more than once vo cars
with automatic chokes nminy

flood the engine

“onto safety. “legislation ‘aimed - at: 7
reducing traffic deaths: and: ine

“viding for compulsory breath.

“> executive. director. of. the Safety

: Council.
found to: have more than. 0.08 ;

following Winter driving inyths -

; and wittnisip before the car.
“is driven. especially in cold .

“perta The: best way to-wit -

“Pump the aceelerater a
a few. times: before using the
o! starter so the engine will Start
~ the first time and prevent

=o The proper method isto de=: ~
“press the pedal slightly, hold

“it-there and stuart the motor.

he tries to start the engine. If

If the engine is flooded, a mo-
torist should. floor. the gas
pedal and hold it there while

the engine doesn’t start. wait

“afew minutes and try again.
7 repeating this method. every:

Drinking C Drivers Cause S
lalf Or More Accidents ©

Criminal Code. offence carrying

the - same. "penalty, In addition, .
guilty: drivers: can: ‘be ruled off.
the: road for up to three years, .

be: of. great help in attacking the =
grave problem. of deaths and in-

‘drivers,’’ said’,P. J. * ‘Farmer,

“AS recent esearch report.

“states that alcohol was ‘involved

in 54.5° per cent of 1, 163 Cas
nadian: driver ‘deaths investi-
gated. Of the total number of

“ovietims, .43 -per:cent had-blood -

“aleoho] concentrations . of 0.10
-per cent or higher...
_ The Canadian study concurs: ©

S Beware Those Myths

“motor vehicle deaths. | Rs
The introduction» of similar

aw blicity andstrict”
ith wide pi Heity ienees ‘legislation two years ago. has ree.

we enforcement, this:legislation will:

juries. caused by drinking injuries, | the ‘Council: said,

with other North. American re-"

-search indicating” that drinking ——

drivers. cause half or. more: of

sulted: ina ‘signiNcant drop.in =
British traffic deaths and serious

The -latest. figures. ‘available

from -the U.K. cover October, . _
-1968:-to May, 1969.-: “They. show.
a decrease of 14. per ‘cent in
- traffic ‘deaths and 10 per cent: ‘in’ ;
serious injuries'as compared.to

the same 10 month period prior
to introduction of.the law, oo

Even more striking is the 25
per cent decrease “in fatalities’
and serious” injuries’ in'the per-.
iod between 10 p.m. and four -
aim. over the same two-period ©
during which traffic increased by
seven per cent. and alcohol con-
sumption by about.’5 5 per cent a
year,

British authorities are quoted

“ag saying’ it appears that more

Of Winter Driving —

3. “Power brakes make your,
car safer: you can stop. quick~
er.” Nou necessarily. says the
Allstate expert. Power brakes
make you stop with less effort,
“but not in less distance. |

They © give some drivers “a -

false sensee taf security, She-
“cause LKE} power steering, they
don't give. the driver: enough
_fvel of the pavement, On wet
or icy pavement this: is’ dan-
perous..

Lo Cavs donut need as maelr
maintenanee as they used to.”
Daspite the improved oils and
lubricants developed. by” the

car manufacturers, drivers.
sonous”™ and -- sometimes deadly--

still are advised. to change
their oi! more often. under.
severe driving conditions.

City driving and winter

driving: may require a driver:

to change his oil more fre-

gests,

clude more than just required
oil changes and lubrications.
’ Periodic inspections should be
~made of the brake fluid in the
master cylinder, of the.air and
ail, filters,

quently than h his manual | sug-

Regular servicing should in-

steering system, -
shock. absorbers, the under- .

alcohol is. being consumed at.

“home and less in, the famous pubs
*-gince the introductionofthecome- — °

pulsory blood-alcohol tests,
‘In other words, there is less

driving after drinking. in Brie ~

tain,’’ Mr. Farmer said. “There
is “every reason - to. believe the .

0.08 “per. : cent: breath - analysis.“
legislation will) have: this effect

in Canada.’? »

. Good Idea To Keep
fe Window Slightly Open

“Carbon monoxide is odorless,

“put whenever you smell exhaust

fumes you can assume carbon
monoxide is present, -It is poi-

when contined in: places | like the
family. car. Make sure your

exhaust system is in good condi=:

tion, This is especially impor-
tant in.winter when driving with
windows closed, In any case,

it’s -a- good -idea--te - open..-your....-
windows slightly when driving .

in winter.

CUT IT OUT

"When passing another car, re- —

member that: it is moving too.
Don’t cut back in front of ituntil

you. can sev its. headlights in |

- few minutes until the ear “tems

am urage and the exhaust SyS-
your Tear-view mirror,

starts. “ty : m woe roe 7 7

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