HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-03-05, Page 234►UESTION:
r .Dear Sir. ,..�, G ,
Are you allowed to have "a
flashing. red light on the rear,of
your tractor?
ANSWER:
There is no lawprohibiting
you from .having a flashing red
light .on the rear of your tractor,
• as long• as it does not show to
H the front. .The cars thattare
equipped with four-way flashers
and when they axe working show
a ,flashing; red light tp"the rear.
Don't 'forget, If your tractor is
equipped with an electrical
ten , your--mus1H have a --red-
light showing to the realat night
or 'any other time ' when Iights
,�' required; Remember a
flashing iced light on a vehicle
usually -' indicates to-> other
motorists that the vehicle is
having a problem or is parked, or
& even turning.•
QUESTION:
Dear Sir:
I would like to bu a mini
bike. I was wondering f you
'need a licence like you do for a
motorcycle, or whether you just
need a permit to drive them like
° you need for a snowmobile:
ANSWER:
If you are going to operate
the mini bike on private
property, • like your own, or
someone' elses, with their
- permission; you do not need a
licence plate or driver'shlicence.
If you are going to operate it on
any road that -the . public has
access to; you must have a
driver's,. licence and have a
licence plate on -it, because it
then becomes- a motorcycle and
must have all the equipment
required by law on a
motorcycle, ' such as lights,
brakes; etc. This same rule
applies to a bike `.thathas a
motor on it.
ANSWER:
Yes, that is true. So with egg
on my face, I would Iilre% to
correct that statement. The
1960 Child, Welfare Act was
revised in 1965, but the curfew
still does' apply, except that the
time is nbw 10 o'clock rather
than 9 o'clock; as. I had
previously stated.
QUESTION:
mar Sir:
I: have recently heard rumours,
that the age limit for obtaining a"
driver's licence in 1970. will be
i;aised to I$:' I hope this not
true, as I am 15 and will be 16 in
1970. •
io Signed -- "Worried"
ANSWER:
7- " I rP IC M.
At the present time we are
nataware of any stic"i�change in
"the law, but that does not .mean
it can not happen
QUESTION:
Dear Constable:
•
The other morning when I
was driving to work, I had an
O.P.P. stop me for frost on the
-Windows. Could you please tell
me if ,it is necessary to have
every window cleared of frost if
you have side mirrors on a car.
In my case, when I scrape the
frost , off the back window
outside, it seems to frost in ' the
inside. You can't keep it clear of
frost. It ,was just a warning this
time.
Signed "Frustrated"
ANSWER: •
To answer your question, I
will give the answer printed in
the 1969:70 Driver's Handbook.
"Windshield and windows on
either side of the compartment
containing the steering wheel
must, be in such a condition asto
afford the driver a clear view to
the front and sides.: Therear
window must be in such a
condition as to afford ' the ' driver
• QUESTION: a 'clear view to the rear, unless
Dear Constable: • the vehicle is equipped with a
Are safety helmets'required mirror securely attached to the.
.on `snowmobiles'? vehicle in a position to 'give the
ANSWER: driver a'" clear ' view of the
At the present time they are roadway in the rear, . other than'
�. not required by law, but. Ain through the rear window.
approved safety helmet suclfas
' is required to be worn by ' Many drivers" have the same
motorcyclists, I feel would be a problem as you do with the frost
very good safety feature.. on the inside of the.. rear
window. To solve this the safety
experts state that rear window
4 -. understand hat just defrosters be installed, or We
recently, around Hallo sen, you should wait until the car is warm
referred 'to the Child Welfare enough to,. eliminate the frost,
' Act, 4�5't .. 1961 ,'",,, vlrhen, u d 'if 'we' wind 'the' rear side
answeri a' uest'i5 c 4'ii sr 4*ind owrr out4/4 inch on a.
a Provincial Curfew. Since that trip, this will greatly, assist ) in
time you have been informed by preventing frost .• from
your audience -that' this statute accumulating on the rear back
► ` no longer exists. ,Is That correct? window.
QUESTION:
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Commission to hold
hearings March 31st
The . first public hearing on
railway applications for the
discotfuance • of uneconomic
passenge -train . services under
procedures set out in the
National Transportation Act will
open at Owen Sound March 31,
the Canadian Transport
Commission announced this
week. '
This " hearing, and a
subsequent_ one • at " Guelph
beginning April 8, will deal with
CNR and CP Rail. applications
covering seven passenger -train
services within a, Western
Ontario 'triangle ' formed by
Toronto, Goderich and Owen
Sound.
Under ' the National
Transportation Act the
commission may order the
railways to continue to operate •
those uneconomic services it
deems necessary in the public
interest: In such cases, the
federal treasury may pay up to
80 -percent of the actual loss.
At the same time, the CTC
reported its findings. on the
actual .fosses incurred in the
seven services. These were
determined by -the commission's -
cost. - analysts after examining.
financial data filed by the
railways last November under
the new costing process
established by the commission.
A loss of $480,244 in 19681
was identified for a series of five
CNR services linking,
Toronto=Palmerston,
Palmerston -Owen . Sound,
.Palmerston -Southampton,
Stratford,Kincardine and
Stratford-Goderich.
The CNR's Toronto -Guelph
service, had an actual '1668 loss
of $147,313 while Cl) Rail's
Toronto -Owen' Sound operation
lost:$97,935. - d
Last November the CNR and
CP Rail filed applications to
discontinue "31 services on which
they claimed total ,losses,
exceeding $41,000,000 in 1968.
Two of the seven applications
to' be heard at Owen Sound and
Guelph Were included in the
November filings. The other five'
were originally filedby the CNR
with the former Board of
Transport' 'Commissioners but
were held in abeyance until the
completion of ' new costing
regulations • which ,were issued
last August. ' - -
'The Owen Sound hearing will
• be held in the' Grey County
courthouse and , the Guelph
hearing in • the Wellington.,
County courthouse., Starting
times are 9:30 a.m. EST:
rack
The medical . attach ' on
respiratory diseases is being led
by the Ontario Thoracic Soeiety,
the
.�
i
cal.arin
s of the 0nar0
Tuber1osis .and
Respiratory.
Disease Association,
S.0 b -comm ttees of the
Thoracic .Society; to which. 150
Out o Thoracic specialists.
belon are at work developing
program in the areas.' 'of
.tiubercul : is, air . ' 'pollution,
an,e-smoking and chronic
'respiratory- diseases such as
"bronchitis emphysema, • `and
-asthma. '(The. , 41 voinnteer
associations ;of the 0.T,R.0 A.
',across, the province ^ already , are,
involved in the initial stages of
implementation of some of these
programs
Earlierthis year, the., Ontario
Tuberculosis and Respiratory
Disease Association announced a
major shift in its emphasis to the
prevention, detection and cure
:-of. respiratory diseases — in
addition to its ,historical and
continuing involvement with
tuberculosis. Since then,
O.T. R. D. A.'s -volunteer
associations across' the province
have been formulating .. and.
'instigating local projects. At the
same -time the Ontario Thoracic
Society began an, assessment of
the medical needs in
communitie?; in order to plan
effective treatment programs of
respiratory' diseases.
A report released today by
Dr. Cameron Gray, the recently
• appointed director of the
Ontario Thoracic Society,
outlined the approach the
• 'medical group is.taking.
"Leadership in treatment of
respiratory diseases will be
undertaken more and more in•
the teaching hospitals," Dr. Gray
explained. - •
. "At a university-, medical
school a good pulmonary
program. implies a research unit,
an acute . therapy unit for'
patients in respiratory failuye.and•
a testing unit of a.complicated
type • for pulmonary function
studies,, where' detailed work can
be done. ItPalsp includes service,
if not a ward, for the treatment
of respiratory disease patients,
_ an outpatient clinic andideally a
rehabilitation unit. One centre
then can be a partial respiratory
unit, or a total respiratory unit,"
said 'Dr. Gray. •
0.T.R.D.A. will ' be
establishing strong bonds ' with
the xnedr!eal , school of thef, ,
province, located , in London,
Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston
and Ottawa, Also, the society
foresees respiratory units' of a
satellite' nature hi Sudbury .and;
TWnder Day, in addition to the
treatment units established
the medical schools' teaching
hospitals. At present only three
medical schools have full
respiratory units, ltut Thr. Gray
foresees over 15 teaching
hospitals With respiratory -units
establjshed across the province.
in the next 5 to 8_yea .
The Thoracic ,.Society already
is at work planning programs for
this new environment' of closer
e o -operation 'between .the
medical " ' schools and the
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xolunteer, . organizationsof partier 'lyo at .acct . +child*
�T�tt�? Pr, Gray +ex .i + that •thls
In the area of,. ,chronic of activity will ,be Partletdarl
respiratory .:, disease Dr. .Gray helpful: in the future .for
points out that education on lessening Abe i l.deln o
two - levels is needed: respiratory diseases, "If we. Can
professional and 4 • layman, prevent the
Prof i n person from
essio al training .is expected smoking, then 1,thi>I one Oght:
to• consist. 'of seminars with' considerably ` ieesen 'the
doctors s thcountry frequency of . the acu
(province)
acroson & diagnosis and respiratoryillnesses ' as well as,.
treatment of chronic respiratory . the. deveopment '.' of Oro*
conditions. Also the 0.T,R D.A, .respiratory illnesses,", . the
is _ Y planning • to provide "director at the ,Thoracic'S<ciet
'and. f to sy
scholarships� el wskiips to says, .. ,
encourage profeessionals-.to .enter---- •Across Oritaric -many,,-or the
the field of respiratory disease' local• tioisoelationa"..
,Volunteer groups of the , have been visiting the 'schools,
O.T.R:D.A. have already been, at ° promoting "Ricky Racoon" and
work in the pollution and his message of the dangers wof
anti-smoking crn,paigns; aimed smoking.
fanning advisor
service establishes
Municipal Affairs . Minister
Darcy McKeotrgh has announced
the establishment of a planning
advisory service in Southwestern
Ontario with the appointment of
John ,Longworth "as planning
advisor at the department's
London regional office.
Mr. McKeough . said the
service is available to all
municipalities in the counties of
Huron, Grey, Perth, Oxford,
'Elgin, Bruce, Middlesex, Kent,
Essex and Lambton.
A ' - career planner, Mr.
Longworth has been involved in.
local4 government since 1959
when he graduated with
distinction from the University
of Toronto's- planning diploma
course. He -spent most of the
next 10' years with the City of
'Windsor dealing with all aspects
of planning and implementation.
For' a brief period of 1962. he
was in charge of zoning for the
City of London's ' .planning
department.
In 1969,"` Mr. Longworth
resigned as assistant planning
director at' Windsor to become
chief planner wjth the consulting
firm of G, V. Kleinfeldt
,(London and 'Windsor) Ltd.
While there, he completed' a
planning ' appraisal study ` of
. Huron County which" led to the
county's decision to have the
firm prepare its official plan. „
In his new duties, said the
minister, Mr. Longworth will
provide an advisory service to
elected and appoliled municipal
officials 0.on ' all aspects of
community planning including
the development ' and
implementation of planning
policies, on zoning, building
by :laws, committees of
adjustment, subdivision control,'
subdivision procedures and
urban renewal.
Q
Mr.. • McKeough noted that
this is 'tile fourth planning office
to be opened by the department
since 1963 when the service was
established at Thunder Bay. and .
Sudbury for 'the northeastern
'and northwestern regions of the
province. On - October 10, 1967,
a planning office was opened in.
Ottawa covering Southeastern
Ontario.
'The London regional office is
located at 560 Wellington Sreet.
Some conclusivd
views on safety
A church and radio minister,
a crime commissioner, a" skid
row chairman and a' public
relations expert are going to get
together to ' discuss *accident
prevention at the forthcoming
Annual Safety Conference of the
Industrial• Accident Prevention
Association, to be held at the
Royal York Hotel, April 6 and
7. .
•a .
serves on the staff of Genera
Motors Corporation and has
travelled throughout the, -world I'=
to present his views' on
management and ' Industrial
safety problems. -
His address to the ` Annual
Banquet of the I.A.P.A.
Conference will form part of a
two-day " program of lectures,
films, seminars °anddisplays on
They should come ,up with all aspects of safety.
some original ideas, and their Four thousand` delegates froin-
t.
findings will be conclusive, for 'Canada and the United States
they are merged in one unusual are expected to 4, attend , this
personality.: Dr. Carl S. Winters, event.
Dr. Winters has been all these' -
things during a lifetime of travel Most people, while learning'
and lecturing. He presently to ski, practice for hours on end.
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