PAGE 22. WMMTYFPREE PR8S WEDNESDAY, DCBR4,.1991 9,000 urged to 'tie one on' for. satety by JiI Mclntosh .t can be assumed People neyer fail to arnaze me. I own a, 1947 Cadiilac, and I get a lot" 0,f parts for it at automoive Sla markets. I aise have a T-shirt with a picture 0f my car oný it. It's an unwritten custom that anyone wearing a car on bis shirt, is advertising that he is looking for par-ts for it. I mak everyone's job easier, my shirt aise lias the make and year written below the picture. It neyer fis though, for at every flea market at Ieast one vendor saye, "You)re ite 1947 Cadillacs right?" One would assume so, yes. "l'y. got something you'd b. interested in," they alwayz say. 'l have a set 0f wheels for a 1972 Caddy at home, give 'mt o real cheap." Imvery glad I don't own ail SEE PAGE M. Preliminary fatality statistics published by Transport Canada in 1990, shw a decrease of 7.3 per cent over 1989 fatalities. The foilowingable summarizes fatalitiesi fromn January te December 1990, aa4." compare' these data with setatistioe for the correspondi4g period of the previous year. ýMoh F' atalitien Fata litie. %Chang.' r1989 1990 1990/1999 January' 275 277 0.7 February 251 244- 2.8 March 242 252 4.1 1April 287 248 - 13.6 ay314 307- 2.2 June 387 371 4.1 July 469 456- 2.8. August 483 436- 9.7 September 403 391- 3.0 October 387 363- 6.2 November 351 306 - 12.8 December 397 285 - 28.2 12-month total 4,246 3,936- 7.3 SOURCE: Transport Canada, preliminary fatality statistics, March 1991 Nearly 9,000 American and Canadian employees of the world's fourth-largest automaker are being invited to lie one on for safety" during the coniing holiday season. Every Nissan- enployee in North America is being offered red ribbons totie ontoa prominent spot oni their cars, trucks and wagons in suppor of a holiday blitz by the 'Motliera Against Drunk Drivmng. The ribbons are intended te romind drivers not to drink and drive this holiday season. Nissan is the first mgjor automaker to publicly bock the program throughout North America. Yves Boyer, Nissan Canada's vice-presdent and general manager, was the first Canadian staff member te tie a ribbon on bis car, and h. urged ai 300 of the company's employees to follow suit. '"Traffic safety and saf-driving are one of our major concerns at Nissan. That's why wer. only too happy to su pport any initiative aimed at making our roada safer -- not only at the holiday season, but ail yar long."f 1GM a flnallst In elpht categorles. of* Car of Year' The initial « Car 0f the Yea? voting by the Automobile Journalists Association 0f Canada (MJAC) i. complete. General Motors of Canada bas a vehicle as on. 0of the finalists in each of eight separate categories, and two of the three finalists ini the 'Best New Economy Car' category. - According te, Alan McPhee,ý president 0f AMAC and editor 0f Carguide magaine, 'This is the flrst time in the history 0f these awards that one manufacturer had a' finaliet in e"very vehicle category."i There, are three finalistý vehicles competing in each 0f the eight categories. 1The winners 0f the eight separate categories will b. announced by MJAC at moon on Feli. 12, 1992, during the Toronto Auto Show. Other safety initiatives from Nissan Canada already include: *Helping local "eaers underwrite low-cost leasing of 40 Nissan Axxess sport-wagons used by 25 Ontario police deatents. Thesevehicles are used- mainly te conduct RIDE (Beduce fImpaired Driving Everywhere) roadside spotchecks, and in drug abuse education programns. *Sponaorsbip of Canada'. leading advanced driving school -- complet. with a fuil-scale skcid-control training area -- at Ontario's Shannonville Motorsport Park. Since its inception iii 1980, MADD has grown te, nearly thre milion members and supporters. There are 400 chapters in the United States, plus affiliates in Canada,' Australia, the United Kingdom and lnew Zealand. Micheal Wallen ail had stog performances in the game. YVES BOYER Ni ssan Canada's vice-president and genleral manager,1 gets help from MADD Canada's Red ]Ribbon Committee chairperson Amne Wytka to tie a ribbon on bis car. Boyer is urging al Nissan company employees to foilow suit in sup- port of a holiday blitzby the Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Canapr. photo $100 SEARS GIFT CERTIFICATE FREE with each vehicle Ieasedi for your Christmas shopping pIeasureytl LEASE INCLUDES - 3 yearl75,OOOkms. bumper Io bumper oeverge Zero deucible - Affermie transpotahion * 3 year or 75.0OOkms. prepaid scheduled maintenance (including labour and parts) - Roadside assistance for 3 yeaî3 (prov>ded by N'AI) -Free replacment of ai wear itemis (le. brake pads. windsttiaid wpers, etc.) THE BO1TOM UNE.. is that gas andi windshtldwpsher fluid are the -ol x d- .* "ett , % % f ý% 4