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editorial
Distracted or drunk
it's same road to ruin
(t eys, please."
We say it to young drivers
this time of year, a response to
return of warm weather that heralds the
dangerous summer season on the roads,
when teenage calendars are crowded
with high school proms and after parties
and drunk driving crashes spike.
It's not that the young don't know
the sobriety sermons: For decade, their
demographic has been bombarded by
the public service announcements.
"Call home."
"Friends don't let friends drink and
drive:'
The problem is even the most sensi-
ble advice can lose its punch when it's
fighting the perfect storm of liberties
that the end of school brings — free-
dom from academic responsibility,
freedom to drive and, in parts of Can-
ada at least, freedom to legally drink.
Deadly as that combination can be,
however, it's only half the threat facing all
drivers. Even more menacing, especially
for young drivers, is the growing scourge
of distracted driving. Nationwide, dis-
tracted driving has become such a prob-
lem, it's now one of the worst killers on
the road. Almost every legislature in the
land has passed tough new laws cracking
down on such practices.
While earlier generations of drivers
kept their eyes peeled for police speed
traps and roadside sobriety checks,
this generation watches for undercover
police standing on traffic islands look-
ing for drivers talking or texting.
Why the young are especially impli-
cated in the illegal use of hand-held tech-
nology behind the wheel isn't difficult to
understand. Phones, tablets, iPods, ear -
buds and the like — to teenagers and
early twenty -somethings, these are not
distractions but a sixth sense through
which they interact with the world.
The evidence underscores that dis-
turbing trend. Insurance company ing-
enie Canada recently released a survey
that found 75% of young drivers report
they get distracted by changing the
music as they drive. They're also dis-
tracted by texts and e-mails, eating and
using their smart phones as maps.
What many young people don't know
is that the odds of a crash jump 23 -fold if
a driver is texting, with staggering risks
for other distractions too. That should be
as sobering as any drunk driving PSA.
"Phones, please."
K
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Turtle found in river in 1890
bears engraving
May 23, 1890
• William McNeelands of Atwood, while
down to the river one day last week,
fished out a turtle and to his surprise he
found these words neatly engraved on
the shell: J.J. McNaught, 1881. The owner
of the name and we supposed the turtle,
resides in Grey Township, and is well-
known to many of our readers. The turtle
appeared to be quite innocent of the fact
that he has been sporting an assumed
name for the past nine years.
• Three very suspicious looking characters
were in our midst in Kippen, for over a
week buying up old iron, etc., and they
slept out at night, which greatly terrified
some of our more timid. But they have
been removed to a more healthy climate
and we only hope they never return.
• The women of Kippen are wearing
more cheerful countenances now as
eggs are up to a cent each.
May 21,1915
IN For the first time in years there were no
cases entered for trial at the Assizes,
and the judge was accordingly notified
and did not put in an appearance. It
would seem that the was if affecting lit-
igation as well as everything else.
• Goderich Township Council is setting an
example in highway improvement that
ould be followed with profit by a number
of other townships, in the use of the split
log drag. The roads on which the drag has
been used are very noticeable smoother
and in better creation than they have been
formanyyears at this season of the year.
• On the evening on May 8, in Walker's
Hall, a very nice meeting was held, the
occasion being a presentation to the
soldier boys leaving for the front from
Brucefield and vicinity. Privates Stew-
art Knox, John Nesbitt and Harry Smith
(33rd battalion, London) and Gunner
Lyle Hill (16th battalion, Guelph).
May 24, 1940
down in a well Friday afternoon, a one-
year -old Logan child - Robert Brod-
hagen - was rushed to Scott Memorial
Hospital. He failed to regain con-
sciousness until the following morn-
ing. The boy had been in the well for
about five minutes.
May 23,1990
• As of June 30, the Seaforth catalogue
store outlet will be closing its doors at the
location that is has occupied for years.
Jean Edwards of the Sears office in Barrie
reports that the ordering services will be
centralized in Clinton, but that another
outlet will be opened in Seaforth where
parcels will be shipped. Here, Sears cus-
tomers will be able to pick up merchan-
dise, make payments, pick up catalogues
as they do know in the present Sears out-
let but ordering will go through the Clin-
ton office. Computers are being installed
in Clinton to steamline the order -taking
process, making it possible for customers
to find out immediately if their goods are
in stock
• A post mortem is being conducted into
the death of two area men discovered
floating in the water off Boiler Beach by
nearby resident on Monday. The men
were fishing in the Fish Kincardine
Salmon Derby. Kincardine OPP are
investigating the boating accident that
sent 34 -year-old Lorne D. McTeer of
Chepstow and 63 -year-old Theodore V.
Kumm of Brussles into the icy cold
waters of Lake Huron. They were pro-
nounced dead at Kincardine District
General Hospital. A post mortem was
conducted at the Grey -Bruce Regional
Health Centre by Dr. Sawchuk, OPP
said.
• The Township of Tuckersmith met last
week to go over the 1990 budget, which
was upped 3.88% for the residential
sector. The commercial sector will see
a rise of 3.9% for 1990. Ratepayers will
feel an overall increase of some 9%
with the Board of Education and
County of Huron levies figuered in. The
total budget came in at $1,983,404, up
slightly from 1989's actual budget of
$1,936,828.68.
As summer slowly comes to Seaforth,
bicyclists are preparing for their sea-
sonal sport. This year will need more
preparation as they are now laws cov-
ering cyclists. As of October 16, 1989,
Highway Traffic Act bill 219 came into
effect, giving police more power in
dealing with cyclists that don't obey
road rules. Cyclists must now identify
themselves to police if they are asked.
Failure to identify themselves to a
police officer could lead to arrest.
• Seaforth Girl Guides realized $59 as a
result of their first cookie day. Despite
the frequency of appeals in war time,
the Guides were given an excellent •
reception on each call.
• After conducting a grocery business 25
years in the same location, Ross Sproat
is moving his stock to larger, more
commodious quarters next to the Tasty
Grill, in the store until recently occu-
pied by Dominon Stores.
May 27,1965
IN Found unconscious and floating face