He’s riding the other way

By MARK SULLIVAN

TRUMBULL, Conn, (AP) — Jeff Smith is a manwith a mission. He wants to con- vince the state General Assembly that it ought to change what he views as a “dumb law.’

Jeff is 11 years old.

’ He bas been gathering petition signatures to per- suade the lawmakers in Hartford to change the law that requires bicyclists to ride with the flow of traffic. To Jeff it seems more logical to ride facing the oncoming traffic,

“If you're riding facing traffic and a car is out of control, you can see it and get out of the way,” Jeff told a@ reporter. He had just returned home after a day of ma thering petition signatures in front of a local super- market.

He estimated he had gathered 175 names.

Jeff also said a lot of

Old ways prove

better

WINDSOR, Ont, (CP) — Although sophisticated electronic artificial limbs now are available to the handicapped, -it’s the ald faithfuls that are preferred, says Caroline Wright, chief occupational therapist at Windsor Western Hospital.

Ma. Wright says the handi- capped don't want to risk their money on expensive newer equipment that they might have to send out of town for repairs. She says if patients want the electronic limbe they have to travel to Toronto or Detroit.

Prices can go as high as $2,-000 for the forearm model and $3,000 for an artificial arm with a moveable elbow. A veined, flesh colored glove sells for $75.

The cosmetic value of the dectronic limbs just isn't a high enough priority for the

_ patients, says Ms. Wright.

Dr. Wallace Lotto, medical director at the Ontario Society of Crippled Children research centre in Toronto, champions the new developments in the han- dicap-alds industry,

However, he realizes that the small number of manufacturers creates problems.

One example is a delay in development of new types of wheelchairs. Lotto says manufacturers are reluctant to make them because they hecome involved in something that doesn’t fit existing manufacturing and marketing moulds.

He cites one model the re- search centre has developed, with tractor-type wheels for gutdoor use and modular parts that can be removedor replaced separately.

No manufacturer Is in- terested in making it, he says, but he hopes to find one who will take it on as 4 charity project.

“We can undersell Everest and Jennings (two major Canadian manufacturers) and smarten them up and they’ll update thelr chair," Lotto says.

He's also hoping to find a chain store that will stock re- Placement parts.

Lotto admits that there’s still much work to be done in artificial aids for the han- dicapped.

“Tdon’t think anybody can make anything as good as those things God made you.

But they're trying.

Shows faith

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CP) — Paralyzed fram the neck down in an accident a year ago, housewife Cathy Andersen Is defying doctors’ predictions by learning to walk again.

And with the help of money donated by clubs and individuals, Mrs. Andersen is having her home remodelled to accommodate the wheelchair she atill needs most of the time.

The story of Mrs. Andersen’s diving accident, her broken neck and a possible trip to the Soviet Union for surgery was carried by The Canadian Press last March.

Almost from that date, donations, letters and calla of encouragement began streaming in from all over the country.

Her strength has improved enormously. Using crutches, she now can walk across a gym floor and back.

people don’t understand the current law and ride facing the traffic anyway.

"Cops can just pick somebody up. There'll be a lot of people taken down to the pollce statlon for no reason,”

Jeff has a personal reason for wanting the law changed. His mother took away his bicycle when his family moved to Trumbull because she didn’t think it was safe. Jeff's older sister Laurie had been hitby a car while riding her bike several years ago.

Jeff, a sixth-grader, is working at his project methodically. He saya he studied statelaw at the town library and then obtained some petition forms from the town clerk's office,

He also got In touch with a state representative, Morag Vance, asking for her help.

“Pd be happy to put a bill in for him,” Mrs. Vance says. “Why not give it a hearing? I think it has merit.”

She told Jeff he didn't need the petition signatures, but he thought his idea might carry more weight in Hart- ford with some public sup- port.

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