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SARS DITORIAL INION Safe Driving Week Decal - 7 Safe Driving Week has become the focal point for traffic safety efforts in Canada. The encouraging resuits during the campaign show that it is possible to prevent accidents through the wide dissemination of public infor- mation and active participation by Canada's 9,000,000 Grivers. During the campaign in 1969, there were 55 traffic deaths in the Dec. 1 - 7 period compared to a weekly average of 96 for this time of year. The death tolls during the week of the campaign have been consistently lower than the average weekly @otals for this time of year. Sate Driving Week aims at bringing the enormity of the waffic accident problem to the attention of all Can- adians and proposes concrete ways to prevent these accidents. im 1969, there were 5,374 traffic deaths, 179,957 reported traffic injuries and 404,198 reported property Gamage accidents. This grand total of 528,627 accidents cost Canadians in the neighborhood of $1,000,000,000 in lost wages, medical expenses, administrative and claim settlement costs of insurance and property damage. That's nearly $50 per capita or $250 per average family. The Canada Safety Counci! promotes the Defensive Driving Course as a major tool in the struggle to reduce traffic accidents. A list of agencies giving these courses ts enclosed. in the light of studies showing 90 per cent of traffic accidents are preventable, the course available in al! pro- vinces and in English and French teaches drivers to rec- ognize traffic hazards, what to do to prevent the hazards from causing accidents and when this evasive action should be taken. One of the main hazards is alcohol which is a factor in 50 per cent of fatal accidents according to studies and surveys done in Canada and the United States. The Council supports the new Federal .08 legislation aimed at removing drunken drivers from the roads. |n addition, the Council urges further measures so that problem drinkers can be identified and rehabilitated. Another major hazard is the secondary collision. Council urges motorist to wear safety belts to prevent this collision between the car occupant and the interior of the vehicle. With most private cars now equipped with safety belts, four out of ten Canadians killed in traffic accidents this year would still be alive if their belts had been buckled. Now that drivers are faced with cold-weather con- ditions, another big hazard - tailgating - becomes part- icularly dangerous because of the greatly increased stopping distances on ice and snow. The Council urges motorists to keep one car dis tance behind the car ahead for every 10 mph on dry roads. The Canada Safety Council is convinced that the traf- fic accident toll can be reduced dramatically if drivers keep on the lookout for the unforeseen actions of other drivers and pedestrians and avoid driving while impared by alcohol. Safe Driving Week is the ideal time PORT PERRY STAR _ COMPANY, LIMITED ey | Member of the Canadian Weetly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Wetlly Newspaper Association 4" Published every Thursday by The Port Perry ey Authorinad me second ina mail by the Post Office Well, were cezz' CLOSER !* BILL MILEY UGAR ano Spice Young people of today, as we all know, don't want to do anything the way their el- ders did it. This includes getting married. Most still stick to the traditional service, but many modern wedding ceremonies are completely different from the time- honored and time-worn ceremony that most of us endured. Nowadays, instead of hearing the organ triumphantly booming "Here Comes the Bride,"" you may be startled, but shouldn't be surprised, to hear someone belting out "Hey, dude!" -- with guitar accompani- ment. Instead of the comforting, traditonal and often anachronistic passages in the orthodox ceremony, you may hear an erotic poem by Leonard Cohen. Any day now, you'll see the men lined up to kiss the groom on both cheeks and shake hands with the bride. in many ways, | agree with the trend, I had the devil's own time with my wife before our nupital vows were finally nupti- allized. She wanted the "obey" deleted from the phrase, "love, honor and obey," and fought me right up to the alter, where she muttered it only to avoid a scene. And, of course, she has never obeyed me since, Another bit that got her back up was, "With my bedy I thee honor," spoken by the groom only. She took it the wrohg way, and thought it « perfect example of male vanitv. "In sickness and in health" is another howler that could be jettisoned. When I'm practically dying with the 'flu, she has less sympathy than she would have for « rattle- anake making ite death rattle. And if there's anything I can't stand, it's having a sick wife malingering around the place and not getting the meals. The last bit of farce at our wedding was when the preacher, being « little coy, looked at me and asked, "Would you care to salute the bride? "It was an Anglican ceremony and I was a bit at sea anyway. In addition, I was just out of the air force, where "salute" meant just that. I gawked at him as he repeated the question. "Well," I thought, "if this is the way these Anglicans do it, O.K.," made a smart left turn and was about to whip up a snappy salute, when my bride, who knew the damn fool was telling me to kiss her, solved the situation by grabbing me around the neck and kissing me. It was a beautiful kiss. I got a mouthful of her veil and that's about all. But with my personal experience, and in view of the divorce rate today, I'd go further than the modern kids do. Not only would I bring the service up to date, I'd insist on an air-tight contract to be There's not nearly enough space here to set out the contract in full, but I'll give you a skeleton, and you can fill in the ITEM. If either party suffers from cold feet, he or she will refer to a hot water out the garbage, who will get up the window, who will get up to the baby, who will get the car on day of the trout season. rf H f i f Hi feet priipe Hine dapat cfty fell i i House bar will be closed for a awa, has bought the home previously owned by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Mills. e oF : Fee ite $< 8 FFs fe H 25 2 ro 25 ga 4. > tTHER, tek e7! 3 i vil i i | a7 23 i B z ;