______________________WRITB FME PRESS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 24, 199Z PAGE 19 DRI VIN% SA'FELY ~ wî th RANDY' 4, RANDY McLEAN 18 A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WHOSPECIAUZES IN TRAFFIC SAFETY. Mr. McLean has reviewed thousands of individuai mnotor vehicle acident reports and his close worklng relationshlps with police ge«cies, goverri'vents, safel assooations, industry and the public, have given hlm ta true overvlew of raffic safety issues, problemns and solutIonts ln Canada. Fun and games The hockey season lmas ony juat ended, the weather in stiil cold and damp, and laut week I received a flyer advertising a -pre-Christm craft fair. But we can ail tell it's summer just by watching the wa people drive. SUMIner i senason on the highway. In winter,miotoriste respod to the ice on the road, blowingi snow and extended hours of darknes b~y driving with caution. W. stifl manage to bump into each other ail too frequently but we try net to. Sununer is différent. Although there are more accidents in winter, moot are relatively minor. Fender-benders and other property collisions outnumber personal iiqjuiy accidents b about two to one i December, January and February. During the sumnier - June, July and August -- property damage and persnal injury accidents ocour on almout a one-to-one basis. Our summier driving habitsaseem to invite injury accidents. Why? Summer is the son, for funi and' games. Fun and games at work, at home, at the beach, and on the highway. What many cf us' forget s that on i'the highway we're moving at 80 to 100 km/h. 'Race cAr driver' appears t ethe moet popular gazne.-This is where drivers who are net in any particular hurry insist on driving as fast as they thinIk tey can get away with, weaving in and out of traffic. leThis usually leada to the second, game, . Revenge.' Revenge starts when someone else cuts in front of us. And, since we t1iink that it was such a dumb and dangerous thing to do, we insist on'doing the same tbigback to them. The thfrd garne isH Urry up astp.' We start off with an open section of rcad in frcnt cf us, erfect for a relaxed, safe drive. Then we aceeae*until we catch up to a pack 'ofcar which fcrces us te slow down., This makes us mad, wicëh causes us te drive faster, which leada te, gamte #i (Race carý driver), which leads te gaine #2,(Revenge), which often lead togam #4- eHowdo exlain the damage te mom, dad and the police officer.' Behind ail of these gaines is the need te show off, te impress our friends, te impress people we don't even know -and wIII probably neyer see Driving should be fun, but it's net a. gaine. There is ne easy reset button if you make a mistake. I There's a good reason professional race car drivera don't lke te race on the saine track as rookies or amateurs. Itfs dangereus. They inake too many mistakes. Who, then, would play race car driver on a public highway? Ycu 2on t ave te make a mistake - there are thousanda cf other drivers who wiil make one for you. In June, July and *A",, every second accident resulta in a personai ùjury. Don't let it happen te you. Slow down and save the games for the park. Drive safely. Nissan's new, Altîmna to, be environmnen tal ly- friend ly By GlenKonorowski A North American Nissan? Nissan wfll introduce the new Altima te, the public this fali. The car was designed by Nissan i their facilities in La JoUa, Cal. The engineering for the car was don. in 'ari ;ton Huis, Mich. with the aelp cf the tech centre in Japan. The Altima will1 replaethe' current Stanza, which has had poor- sales in the U.S. SThe looke of the Altima are very much like the Inflnity J30 whlch wusjust itroduced te the media a short time ago. Slightly emailer than the competition (Accord aud Camry) the Altima wil share the faii-ar 2.4 litre engine used in the 240SM. As you may suspect, the drive confWgration Will ha front engine sud front drive.ý Transmission choices will moot likely ha a five- spee manual or optional four- speedautematic. What is rially new about the Altima isthat it wilhabethe first generation of Nissan cars te hae very environmentally friendly. Recyclable plastics, new-era environmientally benign air-con- ditioning and sade water-based' paints will al ha a part cf the car's construction. Production of the Altima wil beinths ouat Nisa'.plant i Smyrna, Tenn. This plant currently niakes Nissan's pîckup sud Sentra sedans. The plant lias recent1y. !o:n expandid te comt the eta capacity COME IN FOR A PLEASANTLY SURPRISINO DEAL! 1992 Plymouth Acclaim' G ET 5.91% OR $15250 Oldest Established ryirDealer Pie Identify the mnakeand model of this car and you could wln a prize donated by Durham Mada Answer Naine: Address3: Phone #: Send your entry to Auto Section, Whitby Fre. Pros., Box 206, Whitby, Ont. LIN M8. 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