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WHIITBY FREE i On The Whitby Beat Const. Peter Bramma By PETER BRAMMA CmutyServices Branch Durham Regionai Police Force First 1, would like to wish you ail good health and happiness in 1986. <Motor vehicle accidents are common. Inifact there were 43B accidents reported to the police force in the Oshawa-Whitby area during iast November. If you are in an accident here's what to do. Stop I Every driver involved directly or indirectiy lu an accident must remain at or returu im- mediately to the scene of the accident. Drivers are aiso required to rendier ail possible assistance and provide: their name snd address, name sud ad- dress of the owner of the vehicie, the vehicle plate nuniber sud Oie pink liability insurauce card to the police officer or anyone sustain.ing bass or ijury. Note, if you lend your vehicle to anyone make sure they have Oie ownership and insurance cards for the vehicle. The iaw requires the driver to be able to produce themn if stopped bysa police officer. Keep calm. And follow these steps: 1. Turn off ail vehicie engines and turu ou the emergeucy fiashers. 2. Don't let anyone smoke, light a match or place flares near vehicles lu case of fuel lesk. 3. Do not attempt to remove injured persous fromn vehicles uuless there is an immediate threat of fire or other danger. It's best to let the rescue personneli take care of removal - the lsst thing you wsnt to do is aggravste a persons injuries. 4. You are required by law to caîl the appropriate law 'enforcement agency immediateiy sud report Oie accident if there are auy personai injuries (even if oniy slight), or damage to property exceeding $700. Ask for an ambulance if auy injuries ueeding emnergency treatment (emergeucy number for Durham Regionsi Police 579-1234). The accident scene: set up warniug signais within a distance sufficient to give other trsffic euough warning to slow down, or stop. Do not move the vehicles off the roadway uuless absoluteiy uecessary (moviug the vehicies makes it difficuit for, Oie police officer to investigate the accident properly). Witnesses: Mbain the usmes, addresses sud phone numbers of ail witnesses who canuot remain to assist the police officer in his investigation (s major problem at tumes for police officers is the lack of witnesses). Please, if you witness an ac- cident, do your civic duty sud leave your usme sud phone numnber with one of the drivers - usuaily the one you feel is not at fault - or if you wish, just telephone the police as soou as you can get to a phone. Minor accidents: If the damage is miuor (under $700 sud uo injury) sud both drivers agree that the police are not required (no pîroblemn agreeiug on whose fsult it was sud not wantiug any charges lsid) make sure Oie information obtained from the other driver(s) involved lu the accident includes: -drivers age, address, drivers licence number (fromn licence) sud phone number; -make, type sud year of vehicle; -vehicle plate number, year sud province; -name of the insurance compauy, agent sud policy number; -note date, time sud locatiou of the accident; sud, -estimated damage sud cost of repair to al vehicles involved. Unable to decide: If you are lu au accident sud are uot sure whether to haudle it yourself or the other driver canuot produce the proper documents, alwsys caîl the police right awsy to be ou the safe side. Sometimes, the other driver might be the sort of persou that the police should investigate, sud this type will ofteu iusist that the police are not necessary. Plesse, drive carefully sud then you msy neyer have to use this accident informationi1 Henry High teacher notninated for award A Henry Street High School teacher is Durham Board of Education's nomination for the John Howard Society of Durham Region awsrd. Dou Doucett, teacher for the past five years to a senior cisss of men- tally handicapped studeuts, also does volunteer- work in prisons. For the past six years he has worked wiOi imnates at Whitby Jail, Millbrook Correc- tional Centre sud Colin's Bay Peuiten- tiary. At Whitby Jail, Doucett works with iu- mates on "Sevenl Steps to Freedom" sud con- tinues with Oiem after they have left jail lu the "Seven Steps Street Group." Last year Oie Art Green merit awsrd was given to another board employee, Bill Smith, substance abuse officer at the Hopkins Street of- fice. PRESS, WEDNESDAY. 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