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GO's 'kneling' busees GENE DUBECKI, technical training manager for Honda Canada, recently presented two new Honda cars to the Ajax campus of Durham Colle ge as part of the college campus open house held recenitly. The cars will be used for automotive apprenticeship program. F%-e Proe photo GO Transit passengers on several bus routes will soon be able to, reuest their bus te kneel te make that first step a littie easier. GO has been experimenting with kneeling buses on its Geor- getown corrdor since July and, while the final resuits aren't yet in, the experience bas been posit- ive enough te, spur the extension of the service. GO's 46 newest highway coaches are able te lower their front righit corner, thus reducirig the step from the ground by four mnches. Twelve transit-type buses are similarly equipped as are the 14 highway buses scheduled for delivery by year's end. By that time, more than a third of GO's entire bus fleet will be able te, kneel. Kneeling buses are marked by a broad- orange stripe below. the windshield and a green picto- 9ahdecal on the side of the oor A passenger wishing the bus te, kneel need only indicate so by pointing te the ground. GO drivers are also observant for passengers who niay benefit from having the step lowered and will make the bus kneel in such cases. In the Georgetown corridor trial, the 12 buses involved each kneeled about 20 times a week. Passengers and drivers are cur- rently being polled for their reso- tions and sugestions. By year's end, ail buses regu- larly 'assigned on the George- town, Bolton, Milton, and York- dale-Oakville routes will be equipped with the kneeling fea- ture. As well the majority of tips on the CityLink express between Toronto and Hamilton will have kneeling buses while the core of the North Yonge and Bayview service between Finch subwýay and Richmond Hill will be assig- ned buses that kneel. 200,OOOth set presented Ontario Transportation Minis- ter William Wrye recently pre- sented Alvin and Esther Smith of Windsor with the 200,OOth set of own choice plates. The plates chosen by the Smiths to honor their 4lst wed- ding anniversary read IHAD2BU' - Had To Be You. 'The referenoe, Esther Smith said, is te the tune, "It Had To Be You,» which was their favorite song during their courtship. i NLY 3 DA Y SLEFrT!! ON 0FINANCING! DON'5T MISS OTl!t if* ATTRACTIVE PRICING Ou roie :TOP TRADE ALWNE ourpro îso oWIDE VEHICLE SELECTION N SOCKVRESON IEOFR EUE ON STOK VEHCLES.O.A.C. 10.9% FINAI'CING ON SPRINT, CAVALIER, CORSICA, S-10 TRUCKS AND S-10 BLAZERS. TERMS UP TO 48 MONTHS. to fCtOry wi Purch 0Sb. 9"'e g 4Your >rogii'n DUNDAS AND THICKSON UN WHITBY 668-3304 grwninPopulriy ine they weefrtissued in July 1983. Motorists who have ordered these plates have done se te, express a point of view, te, iden- tify- themselves or te mâke a whimsical statement.. In the firat year, 1L7,000 orders were placed. Since then the demand bas Igrown. So far this year, 31,000 sets of personalized plates have been issued. Delivery of personalized licence plates takes about eight, wàeks can be ordered at. any licence issuing office at $100. Road report s The Ontario Minsr of Trans- pottion w. ntero ad7repotn sevc or the public went int oprton on Monday, Nov. 20. oTe road information centre at Toronto and the ministry's offices throughout the province will be offeig up-te-date information on the condition of all provincial and secondlary highLways 24- hours-a-day, seven-daLys-a-week during the winter months.' .Information on winter road conditions may be obtained around the clock by telephoning 235-1110 in Toronto. Winter aàccid ent makers. Fron Safety Update Ontarjo Sfety Leagu Heremare sme causes cf %,inter wrecks, and some actions you can take te ward off these. potentlia winter woes:1 TSo fat for conditions When the road is slippery you can't stop as quickly or as safely. Reduce lyour speed when the road surface is hazardous. Abrupt turns, Jane chianging and udden accleaioior deceleration - can cause bad sids on ice and snow. Anticipate turns or speed changes and make them slowly and gradually. Use smaller steering corrections more often. Limited visibillity - A driver who acrapes only a little peephole on his ice-covered windshield is aslIdng for it. Clear, your windsbield completely of ice and snow and keep it that way. Be sure your defroster is in good shape. Als scrape outsid mirrors clear and, while youre at it, brush the dirt, ice and snow away from your head and tail lights. Aise scrape outside mirrors clear and, while youre at it, brush the dirt, ice and snow away from your head and tail lights. Poor traction - has caused many a crackup. Don't wait for the first heavy snow to put on those winter tires. In some. areas of the province you. may. get away, with 0il-weather. tires; in other parts you'll need' snow tires and tire matter what 9orusing. PAC -. ~-. ---~- ~rn~i<~ wI~1~LmrnN A~Y ~Tf~~11flt'fl OO lOQO ~b, Wtii'i'B! i<MLL r11.L~, ~JJÂ~WLrnL, AW V rnVJ.IJA;iA~ £~, 3,IE 28, WRITBY FREE PREm, wi5jiNzbuAi, iNuvravwr,.n zo, 1VOLI w