Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba December 1981 views on safety i of by Maureen Brosnahan three weeks ago Theresa Matviy climbed behind the wheel if her new Mustang and drove off on her a newly licensed Manitoba she had passed her driving test with flying but not before putting in 20 hours of classroom Tim and eight hours of incur All part of the Young Drivers of Canada pro i started driving with my but i handle he was Yelling at me All the time and worried about his car so i thought it was better to do it with a Matveychuk its been five years since Jill graduated from the but she says she still practices defensive drive it has already saved her from serious injury on one a which ran a Stop ploughed into the front of her had she not been watching the other Driver and been Able to Brake she said she would have ended up in a Hospital Safe driving week Theresa and Jill and others like them Are among the graduates from across Canada who have completed the course during the last 12 there pan of a growing number of Young people who want to learn How to drive safely and defensively on Canadian roads and said Garry Reyn assistant director of Young Drivers of Canada in this week is the Canada safety councils Safe driving week and Jill and Theresa Are All for promoting Safe driving the City of Winnipeg also has marked the week by having All transit buses operate with their head lights on from now until Safe driving habits Are not Only sen but Are of in Reyn Olds few people realize they can Between 15 and 20 per cent on fuel costs by slowing coasting when Ever possible and accelerating gently after stopping at an Reynolds said Manitoba compared to motorists in other parts of i he Are notoriously Blind when ii comes to Good driving habits and adapting to Winter they dont they dont anticipate Road he adding that Manitoban continually tailgate and tend to drive in a Box rather than looking to see whats Hap pening on the Road around its like playing russian its a matter of getting that six inches of muscle to work Between your impaired Drivers Reynolds said a Drivers attitude is As important As knowing the rules of the Road and the technique of operating a it Doest take liquor to impair a he said a wandering mind or a sleepy Driver is just As dangerous As a drunk on the in Many it is not Young Drivers who Are at Reynolds it is often those who have been licensed for years who develop bad but he said few Drivers Ever admit their bad habits and rarely take re fresher to Send a person out in a which is really a without knowing How to use it is really he Seatbelt and kiddy car while not mandatory Are common sense to Good Drivers and should be legislated in he it just makes my skin crawl to see kids standing up in a front the kid Doest have a he arguments against such legislation Are pure he there int one valid reason Why we should not have Seatbelt the statistics prove you cant argue with Reward Good Drivers Reynolds also believes Drivers who take the time to Brush up by taking defensive driving courses and Young people who learn to drive properly should be encouraged i think the Manitoba Public insurance corporation should be rewarding people and encouraging them to enter a recognized it would also save the government a lot of Money and fill the roads with Good last year aut Opac lost million because the Cost of Accident claims outweighed Revenue from pre this resulted in an average 17percent jump in aut Opac premiums for All Manitoba Jim Wiley Winnipeg free press Theresa found driving course easier to take than dads still not familiar with kilo Grams and litres if the answer is not much Ofhie to metric weights and is the Day retail food stores in and around Winnipeg begin converting their Scales to conversion ordered by the metric commission of will take about six at that time All retailers in the Winnipeg area will be weighing nuts and Candy in metric air Irtel dual advertising of products in Imperial measures will be allowed by the metric if retailers desire to use until the end of the Federal government also has to coincide with the last phase of metric a special complaint service to be available at the 27 District offices of the Federal depart ment of consumer and corporate of Consumers who encounter difficulties with metric such As apparent Price can con tact the nearest department office to Register a complaint if they Are unable to resolve the matter with the store prepackaged food shoppers in Winnipeg have been buy ing prepackaged food in metric units for several but with this final stage of conversion All individually weighed items in the store will be on a metric Winnipeg areas which will begin con version on include Dun Paul East and Paul the Central and Southeastern parts of the excluding Winnipeg and immediate will begin converting july included in this area is Portage la on conversions will begin in the southwestern portion of the province including North of but South of the 53rd conversion will Start in the Northern half of the province beyond the 53rd parallel will begin conversion at the same in the districts of Kenora and Rainy River and All retail stores along Highway 599 in the District of Thunder Bay will begin conversion on april Joe Rubin a Lack of funds is threatening to yank the childrens Hospital close circuit television station off the the which began televising a mix of live shows and videotaped childrens programs in is running out of technician producer Tom Lewicki said prep Tolion h High l Low cold from worm from Ive been notified that if we dont get More Cash in finished on the 31st of he the television station Channel 4 on the hospitals dial has applied to the Winnipeg foundation for the it needs to operate next the foundation is expected to give its answer by months the said will go to buy More pay him a full time salary and hire More staff to expand if funding is not Lewicki the television station will try to scrounge up some Money to continue providing childrens entertainment and some production but he said Well lose our momentum if we dont get our the close circuit Channel was started after a study showed that patients at the childrens Hospital watched about twice As much television As their no hospitalized counterparts especially adult soap operas heavily larded with videotapes of noncommercial childrens programming such As Charlie Brown specials and Walt Disney movies Are shown in the morning and with a live show sandwiched in live programming Lewicki said the live programming forms the stations Ward Tours and interviews with Young physicians Aad Hospital staff Are it is not uncommon for a bedridden child to have his name mentioned on a dietician to explain what she does or a Hospital physician to do a mock appendectomy on childrens contributions stories and suggestions Are actively preliminary surveys have shown that about 75 per cent of children in the Hospital watch the close circuit Lewicki said Channel which runs primarily on Volunteer is a viable part of the everyone loves us from the kids on up to the he Winnipeg area forecast busily Cloudy with occasional Snow flurries today and High today near Low tonight near High tomorrow near extended Outlook Southern Manitoba Clearing variable cloudiness saturday and tempera urns near Normal readings of 7 and 16 Friday and above Normal Over the Northern Manitoba sunny periods Snow flurries saturday and temperatures near Normal readings of 12 and 22 Friday and above Normal Over the classified death Seto 81 widow of Kee Northwestern Ontario variable clot readings of 1 Anul occasional Snow flurries Clearing tidiness temperatures near Normal rising to above Normal temperatures Canada and the world National pm Ojni Louii Calcai v Tiff Lionton Dauphin Thunder t 01 Monh International new York Boston Athens Berlin Helsinki Lisbon London Madrid 10 v 7 6 3 18 9 8 16 5 10 v 1 8 6 6 i 0 1 i i o 1 0 3 i Par Ron 2 12 13 2 ill 21 resort spots los Clear 16 Las Clear Clear Windy Clear kor Clear 13 1a 28 27 28 21 27 31 30 10 to 17 22 16 10 22 23 19 Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean last year Normal highest on record lowest on record i b i 7 in w69 36 1 in ib96 22 6 n 7 total Tor to 1 Milli metres Normal Olga of 1014 Magnus Lucy of 656 Ross widow of Andrew Thomas of 654 Lindhurst husband of Joyce Helen of 1 70 Ashdale wife of Anthony of 296 Broadway of 185 Smith suite 1 Jonina of 340 Vaughan suite widow of Charles August Lizzie of Fred Douglas widow of George Doris of Vancou wife of Ted of 354 Simcoe husband of Crisanta Robert 71 of 534 Clifton husband of Ivy of 875 Pritchard wife of John formerly of widow of Oswald of Falbon Agnes of 37 Weatherstone suite wife of Orville of 210 Evanson suite Janet of Napor formerly of wife of Ronald of 343 lock husband of Lena Elizabeth Bess of 252 Cordova wife of Bert of Winni husband of Anna Hus band of Yvonne of 54 Grace Kelvin of 394 Keenleyside suite John of husband of Kathleen Leopole of 451 Gateway husband of Clarissa of Lac do husband of Gladys exciting gift great buys i ;