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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-05-24, Page 5THE BRUSSELS POST MAX 24, 1978 5 Club B li nd Club .hegrs Stu Hayter of CRIB PUBLIC SPEAKING WINNERS — Glen Bridge from the Brussels Legion was on hand at Brussels Public School on Tuesday to present Brussels students who won in school competition with their public speaking trophies. Winners were Chris King, Gr. 6; Wendy Martin, Gr. 5; Pam Wilson, Gr. 7; and Dianne Bernard Gr.8. (Photo by Langlois) Ray E Helen's Family Centre Brussels 887-667.1 SIDEWALK DAYS Dress Shoes & Sandals Buy 1 pair at regular price. Get 1 pair for $1.00 ••••••••••• 1 d% off purchases Over $5.0° Special Clearance Rack up to 50% Off Open Friday Nights Until 9 Hanover Holiday Tours Summer and Fall 1978 Britain - Scotland - Southern Ireland 23 Day Tour Departure Dates: August 6: September 10 * * * * *. Western Canada & San Francisco 10 Day Tour Depart July 28 Priced from $768.00 * * * * Atlantic Provinces & Newfoundland 20. Day. 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Bert Soothern presented a report of the Annual CCB Ontario Conference, to which he was the local delegate. Guest speaker 'was "Stu" Hayter formerly of Varna. talk covered a personal account of the problems encountered by a person denied the sence of sight. Mr. Hayter is presently on staff at CNIB London Division. In the near future he and his family will leave for Timmins where he has accepted the position as CNIB administrator of -the district division. , Members and guest enjoyed a ' tasty lunch provided and served, by four members of the Recekahs, Mrs. Florence Miller, Mrs. Cleta Holland, Mrs. Norma Ashton and 'Mrs. Norma Grigg. Study finds Most drivers ignore speed limits You can relax if you're one of those people who thought the highway metrication program might create accident situations by confusing drivers, according to Professor Michael Matthews, department of psychology, University of Guelph. Roadside observations directed by Prof. Matthews indicate that most drivers do not, appear to worry about "thinking metric" because they typically ignore 'speed limit- signs. Prof. Matthews reports that people tend to drive at a speed they find comfortable, regardless of the 'aw, and 80 per cent of all drivers seem to prefer a speed which exceeds the legal limit. These observations hold true for the four types of highways surveyed by the research team: a four lane major expressway, a four lane rural highway, an urban highway, and a two lane city street. On the day following metricat- ion; the University of Guelph research team noted a significant decrease in mean speed and an increase in the variablility of speeds. Within a week, however, traffic was again travelling at the 'normal . pre-metrication speed. Follow-up surveys have also failed to show any effect of metrication on mean speed. Nor has there been any evidence to suggest that some drivers are misreading the kilometre/hour signs in terms of a direct, mile/hour equivalent. While Prof. Matthews's survey quietens the fear that metrication might affect highway safety, it raises some interesting ,questions concerning metrication and speed limit enforcement. 'On some high- ways metrication has resulted in a slight increase or decrease in the legal speed limit, but there has been no corresponding change in the - mean speed of traffic using these highways. The proportion of drivers violating the speed limit is therefore greater on highways where there has been a reduction in the legal limit and smaller on highways where the legal limit has been increased. Drivers failure to respond to these changes is further evidence that the regulation of speed while driving is more than just a simple matter of responding to posted speed limits. The metrication survey is just ' part of an ongoing program of studies conducted by Prof. Matthews and Prof. L. Cousins, also of the University of Guelph's psychology department. The overall objective of the program is a better understanding of the - relationship between the per- ception of speed and driving performance. Previous studies have indicated that drivers seem- to maintain -speed on the basis of motion and other cues from the environment rather that by re- peated reference to the speedo- meter and Posted speed limits. 'The strongest of these environmental cues. 'says Prof. Matthews, are noise and peripheral vision; both of which are directly related to, the size of the automobile. People who drive large cars do not experience as much roughness in ride and road or engine noise as do small car drivers. Because the driver of a lamer car sits farther from the windshield and has a,longer hood out in front, his peripheral vision is also reduced, says the University of Guelph researcher. He cites the 401 as an 'example where the, average large car speed is four to five miles per hour faster than for small cars.