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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-05-20, Page 6Don't Let Poor C A R CAR E spoil your fun. Our complete PIC•NIE' NEED will help you have a good line o S time. Convertible? Get _ • a Commerce Red Convertible Loan Or, maybe your -wife would prefer a green sedan. Sedan, Convertible, canoe, piano, or wardrobe . . . please yourself (or your wife). Whatever it is you want, a Commerce Bank Plan Loan and can be tailor- ed to your needs. Phone or Visit the Loan Department of any Commerce branch. CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE Tune -Up Your Car The Vacation Season is just ahead! -.SPECIAL PRICES on our complete stock of New Dunlop and Remington Car, Truck and Tractor Tires Large stock of good used tires in all sizes FREE INSTALLATION PARTS FOR- LATE MODEL CARS and TRUCKS Rebuilt and Used — Installation and Service by Licensed Mechanics W anted! Cars, Trucks and • Tractors for- wrecking CLERE-VU AUTO WRECKERS Your B-P DEALER — PHONE 4824211 HWY. 0 HOLMESVILLE 1111.1.1111111 WANT ADS.BRING QUICK RESULTS.:. Dial '527-0240 Curs in our 4a—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., MAY 13, 1971, California Survey Iteveals Toll of Repairable Defects They studied the victim and nis car as part of their investigatioh of the relation- ship between mechanical de- fects and single car highway fatalities. A blood alcohol test showed. he h d not been drinking. A ' thor u check of the car showed the following: The power steering belt and fan belt were loose. The fan hub was loose on the water pump shaft, the I Phone 527-0990 l*FOOD MR118'1'54,1 Want to Buy a Red The accident report toes terse. Driver — Male — Age 49. Car ran off freeway — rolled down embanktnent. Weather clear. Pavement ,dry. D.O.A. (Dead on Arrival.) To those who read. about the single car accident in the . next morning's paper, that accident may have looked like another case of a drunk losing control of his car. But the California Highway Pa- trol wasn't ,satisfied with the explanation. right fICQ11!, lower ,balL joint shank failed at the edge of the right support arnt: This caused the suspension at the right front wheel lo Thus the driver lost con- trol 'of his car and left the freeway, causing the fatal acTcihdies anct. se was but one in a detailed study. of 409 fatal single - vehicle accidents where 29% of the vehicles in- ' volved had one 'or more me- chanical defects. Two out of three of these defects either caused the accident 'or con- tributed to it. -In 6.4% of the accidents investigated, a mechanical • deficiency was directly re- The two-year study dis- closed I72..faulty mechanical systems in 119 vehicles. The' most commonly observed problems were in braking systems, accounting for 35% of all defects found. Next were steering system defects at 26%, with tires ranking third at AdditiOnal fac- tors, lumped together as mis- cellaneous (lighting, shock absorbers, exhaust systems, windshield wipers and oth- ers) accounted .for 18%, Nearly all repiirted defects ' were attributed to wear and lack of' 'Maintenance rather thanas. design and assembly flaws. w Another accident reported , by the California researcher's involved a vehicle whose en- - gine locked up when, at high 'speed on a freeway, a con- necting rod broke. The vehi- .cle went out of control, hit — a guard rail and struck a bridge abutment. The driver was killed. Make sure your car is in top condition before leaving on your trip. 41000006.8mormiloommeoa See Your Way with an Auto Loan Got that "car"-away look in your 'eye? Dreams do come true, and we can prove it. Just visit your local car dealers' showrooms and look over 'the marvelous new 1971 models. Select your favorite, then see us for a put-you-on-the-road Auto Loan. Thanks to credit union rates, convenient terms and fast service, you'll get your loan . and your new car ...'right away. Clinton Community Credit Union PHONE 482-3467 CLINTON it as ,4) =rice, Ny 7.47:1177,Zi73' -71V. 071.71;