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weekender january 11 1986 p3 crash course to stop accidents stopped at a red light you see the car behind you is not going to stop what do you do this is one of the many hazar- dous situations drivers find them selves in which may or may not result in accidents depending on the reactions of the parties in volved charles hancock of the ontario safety league says 98 per cent of all accidents could be avoided and that 87 per cent of accidents are due to a lack of awareness or poor attitude toward driving mr hancock will be teaching a course in defensive driving for the markham family life centre next week his philosophy is that even if someone is involved in an acci dent which is judged to be the other partys fault it doesnt clear the responsibility of the driver who is not blamed for example a rearend colli sion is blamed on the driver of the car behind but if a car changes lanes too quickly it leaves few pos sibilities for the vehicle it cuts in front of in this situation the driv er in front could have prevented the accident the course will run in two four- hour sessions a 10minute film will be screened both nights stu dents will be encouraged to take notes to retain all the information covered and there will be a hefty amount covered mr hancock is the supervisor of driver improve ment programs for the ontario safety league usually the for mer armed forces employee trains employees of companies whose business involves driving to instruct their own workers and judging from the driving experience he obtained in the military hes a good man for the job mr hancock was chosen to chauffeur queen elizabeth dur ing her tour in 1957 and was driver for princess margaret the follow ing year they must have thought i was a pretty good driver to give me that responsibility he said of his superiors mr hancock said that for many people this course will be a re fresher of their driving test re minding them of the rules of the road the course will begin thurs day jan 16 at st andrews un ited church and concludes thurs day jan 23 each night the prog ram runs from 630 to 1030 pm the fee is 50 for information call 2942371 markham man disproves adage finders keepers sir your wife would like to know if youve finished your glass of punch shes ready to leave weve all lost something valu able at one time or another never to have it returned but its nice to hear of someone who doesnt live by the old adage finders keepers kathy byers of sir gawaine place met just such a person at markville shopping centre re cently she was dropped off at the mall while her parents took her brother to an outoftown hockey tournament saturday dec 27 during the day she misplaced 10 and felt stranded with no money but the 13yearold went to the information desk and discovered the money had been returned with the telephone number of the man who found it while the man never revealed his name kathy obtained his address and delivered christmas cookies to his home in apprecia tion of his good deed she also wrote a thank you note which read to the dear man on 10 garnish green st i just wanted to thank you for returning my money you found at markville mall i was so happy when the lady at the information desk told me than a nice man had turned in his number because he had found it it sure feels great to know that there are still some honest people in the world you are a special one of a kind man and i honestly dont know if i could have done what you did i sure was lucky once again thanks kathy byers age 13 kathy byers had money returned t 15 itbrwlw i llf michelle monk call display advertising 2942200 or jenni hut 2948244 h 19ss flycn delivered fj to dec 1 i economist suntribune 9023100 h metround distributing 274991300h h we deliver supplements flyers with weekender pro hardware flyer maxx best pizza flyer pizzaville flyer 1 pel valu flyer kmarl flyer super x drug flyer canadian tire i mr grocer