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Clinton News-Record, 1968-07-25, Page 8In the Week ending July 13, the Goderich detachment of the OPP patrolled 5,020 miles of highways and other roads, investigated two breaking and entering crimes, 12 accidents, three other incidents, nine cases of property damage and three personal injuries. The detachment was on duty 512 hours. On Sunday, July 7 on No. 12 County Road north of Seaforth, a car owned by Harvey L. Dolmage, 32 North Main Street, Seaforth was struck by an unknown vehicle resulting in $25 damage to the Dolmage vehicle. On Tuesday July 9 on NO. 21 Highway North of l3akfield, Mildred Marwick, 173 Lighthouse Street, Goderich was involved in a car-pedestrian accident. Pedestrians, June and Patrick Girard, 44,6 Watson Avenue, Windsor received injuries. Damage to Marwick vehicle estimated at $50e On No. 21 Highway north of Drysdale, Emidio Borg, 39 Weston Street, London and Charles Rudolph RAU, RR 2, Zurich were involved in a two car accident resulting in an approximate total damage of $700 to the vehicles, On Sunday, July 7 on No. 31 County road east of Saltford, William Leppington, 142 North street, Clinton was involved in a single car accident resulting in $200 damage to the vehicle he was driving. On Wednesday, July 10, 1968 on No. , 21 Highway north of Junction No. 25 County road, Clair Leon Brown, 35539 Rutherford Drive, Mount Clemens, Michigan was involved in a single car accident resulting in $75, to his vehicle, On 7th and 8th sideroad, Colborne Township west of No. 21 Highway, Charles Kellestine, RR 5, Goderich and Leo Idsinga, 245 Warren Street, Goderich were involved in a two car accident resulting in an approximate total damage of $450. to the vehicles. On No. 8 Highway east of Holmesville, Roy Atkinson, 16A McGill ,avenue, Trenton And Barbara Ann Ross, .c)F13. Clinton were involved in a two car Accident resulting in an approximate total damage of $525..to the vehicles. On Friday, .July 12 pn No. Highway east of Holmesville,. Margaret Graham, 51 Park Avenue, St, Thomas was involved in a single car accident resulting in $899 damage to the vehicle she was driving. Margaret Graham received injuries,. On Bayfield Concession at junction 5 and 6 Concession, Coderich Township David,Henry • DeVries, 34 .Picten Street West, Goderich was involved in a single `car accident resulting in $75 damage to his vehicle. On No. 21 Highway south of Amberley Barbara Anne Brodie, 54 Victoria Street, Goderich was involved in a single car accident resulting in $24100. to the vehicle she was driving. Ralph Gillis, 160 St. David Street, Goderich, a passenger, received minor injuries. Also , on No. 21 Highway, south of Goderich, Kenneth MacKay,, RR 3, Rodney was involved in a single car accident resulting in $600. damage to his vehicle. On Saturday, July.13 on 13th Concession,. Stanley Township east of No. 21 Highway, Leroy Henry Martin, RR 3, Bayfield struck a cattle beast resulting in approximately $200. damage to his vehicle. Charges = 17, H.T.A. = 13; C.C. = four, Warnings = 20. GENERAL Requests for Assistance = 21; Prisoner Escort = three, Convictions = In Magistrate's Court, Goderich, 12 persons convicted of H.T.A. offences, two convicted of ,L.C.A. offences, two convicted C.C. offences, five withdrawals, two adjournments and three dismissals and two warrants issued. DRIVERS Motorists, when travelling on any highway where construction is in progress, you must obey the posted, speed limits. It is against the law to travel over the posted maximum speed. .L3tioopopapaon6Tro 0 GET FAST RESULTS WITH • ▪ '• NEWS-RECORD CLASSIFIED ADS • - 9000-Locuu kpug00000000000.00000000 m000 9Q_QQ.J) _ 4110101111•0, ..••••.....--d 011MIMMAN• 011111•011r ••••14.1momor •••••••••••1 1111•••••••• .1.11! 1.1•1•11.11•110 CUT ALONG DOTTED LINE I Elmer's Summer Safety Contest (n a.4) 3 N1 1 0 3 11 0 0 9N O 1 Y 4•00111MPOINIW mail before AUGUST 16 to: 1_ ELMER CONTEST P.O. Box Toronto, Ont. NAME ADDRESS (town Or City) TELEPHONE AGE 60y. Girl ihormogii .•111•1,111, ACCESSORY KITS Each Kit contains bicycle lock, handle grips, mud flap and streamers. LAST WEEK , WIN aievonoi olinonisti inomhiimy How to enter- 4. All entries become the property of Elmer the Safe- ty Elephant and canna be returned. 5, Children Of employees of this newspaper, the Ontario Safety League and C.C.M, may not enter. 6. Any Ontario child of ele-, Mail contest and Ikt of mentary school age may errors to address on Entry enter. Form. 7, Judges' decision is final, 1. Cut this contest out of paper along dotted lines and color the picture, Or draw a picture that looks like this and color it. 2, List on separate sheet of paper the seVen things wrong in the picture. COM' IMPERIAL "700" BIKES ONE BOY'S ONE GIRL'S Lir T E f reezer with slim wall construction will store more — so you can shop less and buy a little more time for yourself. FHJ23 Chest Freezers 22.5 cu. ft, Holds.788 lbs, with 2 storage baskets, 1 divider, a lid lock and a defrost scoop, And a 5-year rood Spoilage Warranty, Built-in Lock For prOtectiOn when you need it, SEE IT TO-DAY AT D, W, CORNISH Here are the facts: • Applies to all new Cockshutt Combines, Swathers and Balers • Applies to all used combines • Allows you to take off this year's harvest with only the investment of a down payment • No interest charges until after April 1st, 1969, or . . . a prepayment cash discount of 9% per annum to April 1st, 1969, on any cash paid. The sooner you act, the more you save with COckshutt's harvesting deal-of-a-lifetime terni Equipment of daneda Limited tirantfOrd, Ontario Brampton, Winnipeg, lleglite, Ednionton Subsidiary of White Motor Corporetion • •• -Clint Record,. ThttrKlOyit 25, 1908. TRAFFIC AMENDMENTS Farm Safety It would. Seem, that violence has become a nasty word on television. Many have the attitude that it will go away if it is not seen, One network has, adopted the policy that all one-minute previews of every program in the coming fall schedule Must be violence-free. Most stations show these previews, or promotion announcements as they are called, about a month before the actual shows begin. Let's take the FBI program as an example. Last year's promotion of this silo* was full of action and violence, It made enough people watch, because the show is returning. This year the promotion announcement will probably show a couple of `0.0.004,,S. \N.\ I /2 Price SLIMS DUSTER COATS SHELLS AND TOPS BATHING SUITS 20% off l Ill „agents. talking for 60 .seconds, And. Will. a !gun be in. sight? We mustn't show pep* guars pr.violenep These things don't exist any longer, I'd like to .know who these network bosses think -they're Violence started when. man got on this planet. Are these people saying that television is responsible for violence? Violent acts are committed. by persons mentally Unbalanced. The habits of mentally, disturbed people are all different. Some watch TV and some don't, Some read, comics and some don't. Some read the Bible and some don't. Some attend the theatre and some don't. Some go to church and some don't. Some television. executives, are bright and some are not. , Television, radio, newspapers, magazines and books are not responsible for violence. Violence will be with us until the end of time. We Are Clearing All . Our Summer Merchandise DRESSES BLOUSES SKIRTS PANT 'SUITS WHITE UNIFORMS 1/3 OFF RAIN COATS SLEEPWEAR LADIES' SHORTS A number of amendments to the Highway 'Traffic. Act are now in ONO or will be effective in the near future. CERTIFICATES QF MECHANICAL FITNESS Effective November 1,,1968. An amendment to the Highway Traffic Act provides that in the case of private sale of DSO cars, .4 certificate of mechanical, fitness shall be. produced when registering the vehicle at the time of transfer of ownership The alternative is to surrender the licence plates, with the purchaser required to obtain .and submit such a certificate before the Department Will licence the vehicle again. Those cars sold through dealers were .brought under a similar ruling last year. The amendment also provides for more specific and uniform standards for the certificate of mechanical fitness. The standards . will be prescribed by regulations. This amendment will Rural Highway Courtesy is a key to traffic safety. Always practice basic rules of safe driving. Adjust speed to road conditions. Obey all traffic signs. Be especially alert at railroad crossings and unmarked rural intersections. Install and use seatbelts. Be careful when entering roa& from farm driveways, field exits. Signal well ahead before turning into farm entrances or onto secondary roads from highways. Remove 'weeds, high crops, trees and shrubs at farm entrances and rural intersections so you can see and be seen while driving. Farm Machinery Properly maintain equipment. Keep guards and safety devices in place. Stop machines before unclogging, adusting and servicing. Keep children off and away from working machines. Have fire extinguisher and first aid kit on tractors and other self-propelled machines. Avoid tractor upsets; slow down when turning and on rough or muddy ground, watch for hidden hazards; be cautious on slopes or near ditches; when pulling with chain or cable, hitch only to drawbar set low; keep Pa,rt of the responsibility Tor the safety of children and they have many types of protective traffic control devices. The amendment empowers municipalitis to assess the provision for flashing red lights on school buses, and the requirement of motorists to stop in relation to other safety Measures and local conditions. Several municipalities have asked for this power. The school bus stopping law applies only where the speed limit is greater than 35 miles per hour, but more and more municipal highways are being designed for those speeds. The school bus stopping law itself is not changed, and the amendment does not change the responsibility of motorists from one community to another. When he sees a school bus flashing its red light in a zone over 35 m.p.h., he is required to stop in a municipality that is exempt from this law, the red light will not be flashing. MOTORCYCLISTS Effective September 1, 1968 A new section of the Act requires the operators and passengers of motorcycles to wear helmets. The Department of Transport has encouraged the wearing of helmets in the past, but had not made them mandatory for one excellent reason there was no set of standards that could realistically be specified for the kind of helmets to be worn, and without such standards a law to prescribe helmets would be ineffective. Recently the Canadian Standards Association published specifications and performance standards for motorcycle helmets. These standards and specifications provide an authoritative basis to which the Department may refer, and therefore make it practical to make helmets mandatory. Helmets will be required for passengers as well as operators: Standards for these helmets will be announced soon. SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES An amendment requires that the red-and-orange sign for slow moving vehicles be used on farm tractors and self-propelled farm implements when operated on the, highway, as a pilot project that marks a further step forward in this important matter. (Effective Sept. 1, 1968.) PEDESTR IANS An amendment will give municipalities the authority to prohibit" pedestrians on any highway or portion of highway under its jurisdiction on which the maximum speed is 50 miles per hour or more. Such authority is exercised already for highways under provincial jurisdiction. (Effective now.) The new legislation also will Make it illegal for pedestrians cross on a flashing green li unless the intersection equipped with a pedestri control signal, in which. Case, pedestrian must obey the Sign (Effective September 1, 196 TRAIL E RS The amendment prphi anyone from travelling in house or boat trailer when being operated on a highw. (Effective Sept. 1, 1968.) l-ISF OF TURN SIGNALS Under the new legislation, will be illegal to use turn sign for any other purpose th indicating turns, lane changes ,a movement from a park position. Some motorists h. been in the habit of using t signals to indicate an ernergen situation. However, tno vehicle manufacturers in the I few years have been providing new cars with four-way flas lights for emergency situatio (Effective Sept. 1, 1968,) Si FEATURES To aid the Government move quickly and av "dumping" of sub-standard ,c for sale in the Ontario mark the new legislation will give t Government authority to en regulations by adoption specifications and standards safety features. (Effective no WIDTH OF VEHICLES Under the previo legislation, a special permit required to move a vehicle wi than 96 inches. An additional inches will be allowed under t changes. (Effective now.) ODOMETER , Every motor vehicle, oth than a motorcycle, must equipped with an odometer good working order. SPEEDERS Now in Effect Magistrates in Ontario hav been given more scope in th handling of cases involvin speeding drivers. According t an amendment of the Highwa Traffic Act the magistrates hav the discretionary power t suspend the licence of any driv( who, is convicted_ offispfleditig,,3, miles per hour or more ab'cn. the legal limit. Speeding continues to be problem, and excessive spee can be extremely dangerous. In announcing thi amendment, Hon. Irwin Hasket Ontario Minister of Transpoi said that he felt the best perso to consider a suspension is th Magistrate who has not onl heard the evidence but observed the accused. This amendment will give th Magistrate the power to impos a suspension of up to 30 days the time of conviction if h deems such action advisable. loads within tractor's capability; shift down on grades. Equip tractors with overturn protection-proteptive frames or crush-resistant cabs. Check lighting and use SMV emblems for safer travel on the roads. Recreation Take safety s e riously-,-everywhere--all the time.. Be careful around bodies of water both large and small. Teach, youngsters how to swim. Observe rules of boating safety. Safeguard farm ponds to protect small children. Handle and store guns, and ammunition properly. Include safety in farm family vacation plans, on camping trips and when hunting or fishing. Drive safely to and from recreation places. Take time to care. Be "safety conscious". Be alert to and aware of ordinary hazards of daily life, but also be prepared for the unexpected: Accidents cost time, money, suffering and sometimes, life, but they need not happen and can be prevented. The individual has a responsibility to act safely to avoid harm to himself and others. complete the two-step program that ma begun a Year ago in .regard to the sale of used ears, It 14 a major advance in the interests of greater safety on the tlighway. It will require inspection of more than 600,000 used vehicles each year. About two-thirds of this number are sold by dealers and were covered by the amendment last year; the remaining one-third are sold privately and will come under the new amendment. These inspections are required at a. atical and timely point -- the point when owners.are disposing of their vehicles, and when an inspection may be opportnne. 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