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When making a curve on an icy road, turn the wheel slowly. If you go into a skid when brakâ€" ing the car, turn the steering wheel in the direction the rear wheels slide. Pump the brakes , gently. This is especially imâ€" )oi»um if you have power brakâ€" .ORR AUTOMOBILES LTD. Women Drivers ice, the figures are 169 and 63. The difference could be vital. To start on a slippery Surâ€" face, use second gear and start slowly. This gives the car more traction and it will be less likeâ€" ly to slide sideways. Regardless of the weather, some women must drive their husbands to work or the railâ€" road station, and their children to school. If you are one of these women, here are some helpful suggestions: Be sure the car has chains for snowâ€"packed or icy roads. On packed snow, it takes 69 feet to stop without chains; With power brakes and power steering, you‘ll need a most _ CARLING S _ DON‘T HOLID HOSPITAL (Continued on Page 10) COURTESY OF The WATERLOO CHRONICAL PH. SH4â€"1141 28 KING ST.E. WATERLOO 540 KING E. KITCHENER SH 4â€"8125 CADILLAC â€" CHEVROLET â€" OLDSMOBILE â€" ENVOY CORVAIR And G.M.C. TRUCKS WATERLOO MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY "The Oldest English Newspaper in Waterloo County" INSURANCE "Insure Today â€"â€" For Tomorrow "THE FIRST ERBS IN WATERLOO ERB and ERB YOUR TWIN CITIES DEALER FOR sponsored by the â€" Canadian Highway Safety Council. (Other traffic safety campaigns with CHSC sponsorship coincide with parallel campaigns in theâ€" Unitâ€" ed States). SAFEâ€"DRIVING _ WEEK has always enjoyed the active and valued participation of provinâ€" cial safety organizations in all provinces as well as federal, provincial and municipal govâ€" ernments and police forces. Also coâ€"operating strongly are the public information media (newsâ€" papers, magazines,. television, radio, etc.), the clergy, the legai and medical professions, indusâ€" try, business, educationists, woâ€" men‘s groups, service organizaâ€" tions, and many more. THE ,.AIMS of the campaign are twoâ€"fold: to emphasize the responsibility of the motorist and pedestrian, as individuals, in SAFEâ€"DRIVING WEEK is an established | national campaign for the promotion of highway safety. Held annually since 1956, it is the only allâ€"Canadian, naâ€" tional â€" highway â€" safety drive s Plack Lthel COURTESY OF 8 RE W E RY Li M T E D BUMPY BACK ROADS of overtaking on a back road. Il“ ‘“" Bumpy back roads have their _ Make sure the driver ahead ANCE own special hazards for drivers. . knows that you are following, * One of them is the feeling of and intend to pass. Otherwise !,::‘: ::;?:' loâ€"l m"‘r':lum he may swing wide m the left u' _ For Tomorrow The Ontario Safety â€" League 2v0id a rough patch just as you warns particularly of the danger _ are overtaking. THIS PAGE HAS BEEN SPONSORED FOR "YOUR SAPETY" BY THE "SAFETY CONS$ SAFE â€" DRIVING WEEK 1961 â€" DEC. 1â€"7 150 WEBER ST. â€" WATERLOO SH 5â€"6815 Between midnight Thursday, November 30, and midnight Thursday, _ December _ 7, . the Council anticipates 53 traffic fatalities will occur in Canada. This is fewer than the normal traffic death expectation in Caâ€" nada for the first week of Decâ€" ember. Past experience shows that the daily average on Canâ€" ada‘s streets and highways for the prevention of highway acciâ€" dents, and to stress the saféty value in driving dnd walking relaxed, unexcited, unemotionâ€" al but always alert. NO ACCIDENTS, NO FATALâ€" ITIES IN TRAFFIC during Safeâ€" Driving Week would be ideal. The Canadian Highway Safety Council knows it is possible, but only if every motorist, every pedestrian drives and walks as he well knows he should. But since human nature is, to a degâ€" ree, predictable, the Council exâ€" presses the fear _!ha_t o 53 PEOPLE WILL DIE IN TRAFFIC â€" DURING : THAT wEEK. THE FORECAST X.E Always expect the unexpectâ€" ed where children are concerenâ€" ed. Motorists should remember that children are unpredictable and that the driver has to think for them. It is wise to be partâ€" iculary alert in school areas driving slowly and on the lookâ€" out for childen. Many of these accidental deaâ€" ths result from automobile acâ€" cidents. If the present rate of accidents continues 500 Ontario children will die this year, and 200 of them will have been kilâ€" led by automobiles. One of the saddest aspects of this terrible toll of death is that most of the accidents could be prevented. At this time of year all motorâ€" ists have to be extra careful. Children are returning to their schoolroom. Some of them are going to classes for the first tiâ€" me. Motorists have to realize thâ€" at most of these younger childâ€" ren do not understand how danâ€" gerous motor vehicles are. If they do become frightened when crossing a street they are liable to dash back to the sidewalk or to dart headlong into the traffic toward the other side. Parents can do much to help educate their children in the rules of safety. Don‘t frighten them, but train them through constant repetition and by your own good example. Parents shâ€" ould also set an example as careâ€" BUMPY BACK ROADS Bumpy back roads have their own special hazards for drivers. One of them is the feeling of false security â€" ‘"There‘s no A child born today has a greaâ€" ter chance of dying as a result of an accident than from the combined risk of pneumonia, influenza and tuberculosis. This fact has been revealed by a stuâ€" dy of childrens morality in this province carried out by the Ontario Department of Health. For every traffic death there were 27 people injured in 87 accidents with property damage in excess of $100 in December THE REASONS FOR Injuries: Ontario nuumuics: 311 per Quebec . 60 per Prairie provinces ... 51 per British Columbia .. 43 per Atlantic provinces .. 21 per Total average injuries that week is 10.7 people killed. Traffic averages for the figst week of December are: 10.7 persons killed per day .286 persons injured per day 936 accidents per day. Fatalities, average, for the first week in December, in trafâ€" fic are: Ontario ... 4 per day Quebec . 3 per day Prairie provinces less than 1 per day Atlantic provinces less than 1.7 per day British Columbia 286 per day for Canada THE PYRAMID Oneâ€"third of the people of Canada possess licences to oper ate motor vehicles and everyone is a pedestrian. Both operator: and pedestrians have responsibilitiee in maintaining publi« safety and in the prevention of traffic accidents. I urge every Canadian to develop habits of utmost cautior and vigilance, not only during Safeâ€"Driving Week, but during every day and week of the year. A Message From The Prime Minister Accidents Are Biggest Danger To Children‘s Life BUMPY BACK ROADS more than 1 per day Safe â€" Driving Week Dec. 1 â€" 7 Drive Carefully this week and every week Accident is just a word ‘till you have one. day day day day day ful drivers. Once in our cars and in our care children depend enâ€" tirely on us for their safety. This is a very serious responsiâ€" Drive always with the greatest care and skill, keeping in mind that every child is a human cauâ€" tion sign when you are behind the wheel. Drive as if every châ€" ild were your own. the shorter hours of daylight and increased travel in darkâ€" ness, accentuated in many parts of Ontario with the lapse of dayâ€" light saving time on October 20. More people are killed or inâ€" jured in traffic accidents during the hours of twilight, darkness and dawn than in broad daylight during the final quarter of the year, although far less driving is done in the darker hours. Night Doubles Traffic Troubles The year‘s most dangerous driving months are here. Recâ€" ords show that October, Novem:â€" ember and December lead all other three month periods in the number ‘of traffic accidents on the streets and highways in spite of a decrease in the numâ€" ber of miles travelled. In the last quarter of 1959, there were 25,216 road accidents, of which 329 resulted in fatalities; 6,402 in personal injury; and 18,485 in property damage. A total of 385 people were killed and 9,330 injured during this perjod. SAFEâ€"DRIVING WEEK In 1960, there were 5,250,000 motor vehicles in Canada 4,000,000 of them passengers cars One passenger car for every 4.5 people. 6,100,000 license drivers in An analysis of last year‘s acâ€" cident records show that one of the main reasons for the greaâ€" ter hazards of autumn travel is Canada 16% more drivers than vehicles They drove 43,100,000,000 miles There were 7.6 traffic deaths per 100,000,000 miles travâ€" elled compared to 89 in (Bureau of Statistics Figures) It has been estimated that 500,000 peopie were involved in accidents or brushes with the law in 1960. _’l'fiere-;n:y be the same num ber in 1961, BUT NOT THE SAME PEOPLE! ACCIDENTS HAPPEN ONE AT A TIME, THEY CAN sE PREVENTED THE SAME wWaY â€"â€" ONG AT A TIME. IT _ ISyTHE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL To PRE. VENT THAT ACCIDENT, John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister. TS +33 ~I10U$8" FIRMS MENTIONED ABOVE Even the smallest amounts of alcohol affect drivers. For the complex skill of driving, imâ€" pairment begins at very low levels, and there is no level beâ€" low which changes are not proâ€" duced. The Medical Research Council of Great Britain pubâ€" lished these findings as a result of research conducted by three British doctors. A fixed carâ€"like apparatus was "driven by the subject." Autoâ€" mobile records of his speed, wheel movements, gear changes, braking, etc., were made. The driver was tested before and afâ€" ter taking measured alcoholic doses only. The subjects were givep small amounts of alcohol For any one of average weight, the alcohol represented a maxiâ€" mum intake equal to three pints of beer or five ounces of whisâ€" key. The experiment demonstratâ€" ed that changes in driving ocâ€" cur at very low levels, and that driving skill deteriorated with increasing doses of alcohol. Alâ€" 37 LANCASTER ST. W. SH 3â€"1453 In controlled experiments, ac tual car driving was not done. 173 BINSCARTH KITCHENER DIAL SH 2â€"8231 PHONE SH 3â€"4106 COURTESY OF KINGSWAY TRANSPORT Think! Before You Drink MAPLE LANE DAIRY T. 0. HOWARD LTD. OWNED And OPERATED BY HAROLD KLENK BE WEEK 1961 DECEMBER 1 to 7 INCLUSIVE REITIEL BROS. FOR "SAFE" ALUMINUM WINDOWS AND DOORS "SAFETY CONSCIOUS" ALWAYS SHIP ALL THE WAY WITH CONTRACTORS LTD. The experiments noted that ::fw'."::l i;;“?m(;m:;‘:’: where subjects could perform had been dfl::ing at the t simple skills with no signs of of the accident intoxication, _ more _ difficult _ * skills, such as demanded in car Drinking reduces the abi driving, were impaired much of any driver. earlier and to a greater extent. * Small amounts of alcohol â€" QNT AT A TIME. duce selfâ€"control and dri\ acteristics considered the intro ability. . vert and the extrovert. Extro * Alcohol is not a stimulant verts given alcohol did not alter is described medically a their speeds greatly, but they narcotic depressant. committed many driving errors. . You do not have to be ‘ Introverts showed a _ greater der the influence" to be change in speeds, both faster unsafe driver. and slower. They also made Coffee doesn‘t help. O many driving errors, but on the time will work alcohol out whole, the introvert showed a the blood stream. more constant level of efrrOr. . aAnou; three hours is nee The extrovert exhibited a greatâ€" to eliminate one ounce er variation in the degree of pure alcohol (about two c elmang error. tails) from the system. DID YOU KNOW THAT * Two cocktails may reduce * A drinking driver was involâ€" ved in at least 16% of all (Continued on Page 10) though most people agree thai large amounts of alcohol adverâ€" sely affect driving, these experâ€" iments give the lie to the oftâ€" stated fact that a drink or two does not affect driving. Hâ€"K TILE COURTESY OF COURTESY OF YOUR DISTRIBUTOR FOR MASTER PORTABLE HEATERS and Drive 23% of the adult pedestrians killed in 1959 had been drinkâ€" ing. Accident statistics for 1959 show that 2,919 Ontario drivâ€" ers were impaired and 7,200 had been drinking at the time of the accident. Drinking reduces the ability of any driver. Small amounts of alcohol reâ€" duce selfâ€"control and driving ability. . Alcohol is not a stimulant; it is described medically as a narcotic depressant. You do not have to be "unâ€" der the influence" to be an unsafe driver. Coffee doesn‘t help. Only time will work alcohol out of the blood stream. About three hours is needed to eliminate one ounce . of pure alcohol (about two cockâ€" tails) from the system. Two cocktails may reduce the fatal accidents in Ontario in .,._Pace THREE > HBNINHNKGGprrremmcmemmmmmmmmmemmmmm KITCHENER WATERLOO KITCHENER SH 3â€"1867