Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local no accidents continued from Page a1 roads were More Likely to be dry Dur ing a crash 58 per cent than icy per wet per cent or Snow packed 8 per and skies were most often Clear per cent As opposed to Cloudy per snowy per cent or Rainy per were Well aware of driving in poor conditions in we tend to be at the Edge of our seats paying close Atten said this shows we always have to be the traffic study also revealed that 1998 bucked a recent trend in which our roads and highways appeared to be get Ting fatal accidents Rose to their highest level since with 121 people losing their lives in 1998 compared with 119 a year if that Many people were to die in a plane crash in there would be a human said but we dont hear each Accident usually gets a Little Blurb in the but people read say that too bad and never think about it Young people and seniors were the most common with 31 people aged 1524 being killed in and 32 people Over the age of injuries were also on the As people were Hurt in crashes in 1998 com pared with in alcohol related offences Rose More than 11 per marking the first major gain following a decade of substantial there were including 196 where an Accident a year there were including 188 although the increases Are a concern to the traffic study noted there were More people licensed to drive in 1998 than a year the licensed motorists Are the most Ever in and the ratio of total accidents to Drivers actually dropped slightly for the fourth straight year to 39 crashes for every Dri ten years there were nearly 60 crashes for every there is a vast educational aspect out there dealing with safety which is far better than what we were doing 10 years said i think we Are taking a much More professional approach and Are preparing our younger Drivers much but the message has to be we have improved and Are driving but we still lost a lot of despite better Young Drivers continue to be the biggest hazards on the according to the 116 out of every Drivers aged 1619 were involved in a crash in Drivers aged 2024 had the second highest rate at inexperience is a Large part of Bio Young people tend to think there not and part of the the Pas highest in Accident rate Here Are some other notable facts from the Manitoba highways and traffic department annual report where the accidents occur i the Pas has the highest rate of accidents of any major City or town in i in there were crashes for every Brandon was second with Portage la Prairie was third with while Winnipeg ranked fourth with the safest town to drive in that would be with Acci dents per How they happen i reared collisions Are the most common of All per but they Are also among the least Likely to get you killed one fatality in crashes in the Middle of intersections at a 90degree Angle usually involving a left turn Are the second most common per cent and by far the most dangerous 24 who to blame i although properly maintaining your vehicle is a key to Safe nearly every Accident is caused by human not mechanical Mal i in per cent of All crashes involved vehicles with no apparent Only two of the 121 deaths were directly blamed on motor vehicle i police report that in the majority of crashes per the Drivers involved appeared to be doing their Job i ignoring traffic driving the wrong Way Down a making unsafe Dri ver inexperience and several other factors accounted for the remainder of the growing up process is taking risks and pushing the said Dennis acting manager of Road safety for Manitoba Public that becomes a dangerous thing when you get behind the wheel of a piece of he said Mph continues to work towards educating Young Drivers better through school training and advertising the provincial government is planning to introduce graduated licensing in Man which would restrict driving privileges of Young Bell believes the roads Are getting theres always going to be shifts and blips in the but by and Drivers Are becoming More Road Wise Over he Wayne Lowacki free press Forest tent caterpillars turn attention from leaves to a tire on a parked car at Hunt Lake near West Nightmare with an appetite by Paul Mckee Robbie Bullet slammed on her brakes to avoid running into a mov Black Wall blocking the the White Shell has gazillions of countless numbers of the squirm Leaf eaters had suspended themselves on Silken threads and Woven a Black tapestry that Bullet thought was a the Forest tent caterpillars have stripped the Trees better than autumn could Ever the naked Forest makes you search the ground for said caterpillars crawl on picnic Lawn Furni the rocks said White Shell squirms Over caterpillars kids play when people walk into a House in the White Shell they scrape the Caterpillar carcasses off the Bottom of their or they tread Green blood across the Kitchen Guy Bissonnette Hast seen any thing like Treyve eaten his Treyve eaten his and now there eating the said the owner of whispering Pines seasonal trailer most of his bookings Are so business is but a West Hawk inn said Early summer business is last provincial conservation authorities said the caterpillars wont be sprayed this Trees wont die and will re Leaf by said White Shell residents Are con and believed the caterpillars should be sprayed like they Are in win the City has sprayed Trees on civic property using a biological insect Winnipeg West and Northwest sections Are the least Winnipeg Southeast is the worst although the bugs Are seen in great numbers in parts of East Kildonan and City and Provin Al officials say the Caterpillar prob i n could be worse next Bullet cant imagine the caterpillars being this is the worst the White Shell has you can be held captive in your she its enough to make you i Brief weapons charges Laid police Laid weapon related charges yesterday against a Man after a Satur Day evening shooting incident on red Wood Arthur Sidney of the Sage eng first was charged following an police arrived at the 900 Block of 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