The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-09-21, Page 11.r1
'There you are,mister, a clean' bill of health
for your' motor vehicle' ", the expression on
this Ontario transport official's face seems
to indicate. .. The `fortunate safe•dri`ving car.
owner receiving an OK report is Floyd Lodge,
a local motorist. Looking on approvingly is
M. , McIntyre, head mechanic ,who is in charge
of the Ontario department of transport's motor
vehicle inspections in this area.
The row of plastic pyramids seen here are
being used to close off the outside- traffic
lane on Victoria street in preparation for the ,
Ontario department of transport's annual, motor
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" Inspection of motor vehicles in Goderich be.
gan Monday afternoon and was scheduled to
operate until Thursday afternoon. Ontario tranm,
sport officials were assisted in their inspection
of, motor vehicles by the Goderich OPP detach.
ment and members of the town's police force.
By 2:15 p.m. Monday afternoon, 14 cars had
been checked it was stated by Goderich Police
Chief,Fred Minshall. Here, the 15th vehicle
to undergo the inspection, is being checked
by Ontario transport technicians.
D ERI
Department ofTransportoffi.
cials, assisted by'Goderich OP P
-detachment and members of the
town police force, began their
annual motor vehicle inspection
Monday afternoon. Earlier Mon.
day, the transport department
officials, were setting up their
testing equipment on the west
side of Victoria street, about
a block north of the stoplight.
ed intersection of Elgin Avenue
and Victoria, and Kingston
streets:
A check with Goderich Police
Chief Fred Minshall disclosed
that 14 vehicles had been tested
during the first hour and a
quarter of inspection. Of these,
two failed to pass the motor
vehicle inspection report.
Car owners with defective
-equipment on their autos are
given 48 hours th which to have
the faulty part repaired or re.
placed: Afterwards, they must
--prove the-4efeative—par-ta-has
been repaired by reporting to
the nearest OPP office after
repairs have been fliade. They
are then issued with a wind.
shield sticker which indicates
their vehicle has passed the
department of transport safety
check.
Under the vehicle inspection
system, automobile equipment
is broken down into four main
areas which includes, align..
ment, suspension, lighting and
braking. Other parts inspected
are horn, mud.flaps, windshield,
hood, latch and torn fenders.
A motor vehicle's lighting- equipment is considered to be one
of the car's most important") sy'stems, insofar as safe operation
of the vehicle is concerned. Here, the headlights of this car
are being tested by at member of the Ontario Transport de.
partment's staff. Before he is finished with the car's equip.
ment, he will have checked direction signals,: brake lights, tail
lights, and the registration plate light.
Prom time to time they mechanical equipment used by the
Ontario transi»rt=.depertnient for .checking autos needs to be
repaired and . adjusted. Here, the hydraulic jack used for hoist.
ing the vehicles's front end is being serviced by Mr. McIntyre.
oberttj
the testing equipment.are technicians employed
by the Ontario Department of Transport on a
seasonal basis. Some of them are university'
students who will be returning to -classes
_.shortly;'stiff photo)
•
A motor vehicle's - suspension system, which
includes king pins, shock absorbers and springs,
often proves to be the most• defective area
of automotive equipment, even though the car
may have only a few thousand, mileson it.
After these two motor vehicle safety inspectors .
finish checking this car's front end it will
either be approved and the owner issued a
road -worthiness sticker or he will be issued
with a notice to have his faulty equipment re=
paired or replaced within 48 hours,(Staff photo)
A portable air compressor, installed in the
trailer parked on the boulevard, supplies the
compressed -air required to operate the hydrau-
lic jack. With .the front end lifted clear, Ontario
transport -officials are able to check a car's
suspension system, steering system, ball joints,
THE GODERICH, SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1967
SECOND SECTION
Photo Story
By
Sandy MacDonald
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muffler and front and rear exhausts. Owner of
this motor vehicle is shown bent' forward,
anxiously awaiting the report on his' carts
wheel' alignment from the transport depart-
ment's. chief mechanic. .
An Ontario transport mechanic, McIntyre, stands at the Ono.
ment.testing . device, ready to read the Indicator as the car's
front wheels are driven of'er a flat steel plate. TWo sensitized
rods imbedded in the plate measure the "amount of mal.atigri ient
in the front wheels which registers, on the. meter opposite the
car hood. (Staff photo)