CHAEL Cox
AVID LAM CAMPUS

 

he new driving laws are
an attempt to enforce
good driving habits over a
onge period of time. These laws
re aimed at the younger
eneration but have also proven
ffective with older people.

The majority of new drivers
© not realize how susceptible

hey are to becoming involved in
a

CHAEL Cox
AVID LAM CAMPUS

 

he horn on your car is a

For example, if someone
uts you off, changes lanes, or
urns without signaling, it is your
esponsibility as a driver to let the
ther driver know they did
omething wrong. This could

ARCEL MARTIN
DAVID LAM CAMPUS

will begin this article by being
rutally honest; I am a
onservative. Readers should now
chieve a better understanding of
hy I believe Lou Sekora should
ot in Ottawa. I’m sorry Sekora’s
enchman, Jon Kingsbury, was
lected mayor. It is unlikely that
he parking meters will ever be
emoved from Pinetree and the
urrounding areas.

Car drivers already pay too

uch for the privilege of riding
na comfortable mode of trans-
ortation. I pay $1600 a year to
rive a 1993 two-litre Sunbird.
hat some people don't realize is
hat car drivers prop up an inade-
uate transit system with an exor-
itant transit tax. Our gas prices
ould be cheaper but we live in a
ountry that has adopted reform
iberalism as both a federal and
rovincial ideology.

For the benefit of the political-
inept, reform liberalism means
axing the rich unjustly so a small
egment of the poor, who don't
ish to work, are given a welfare
heque. To clarify further, most of
e working poor work hard. I am
eferring to the welfare bums that
ave found it is easier to collect a
heck from a benevolent govern-
nent than work at a low paying
b.

There is a segment of our
opulation that wants to drag the
st of society down to a com-
on denominator. Sometimes

ey are referred to as socialists or

tool and a responsibility. .

a motor vehicle-accident. One in
every five new drivers has an acci-
dent within the first two years of
driving. If you think it could
never happen to you, you're
wrong. The graduated licensing
system has a longer learning peri-
od for the new driver; it also
places several restrictions on how
they can drive, when they can
drive, and whom they can drive
with.

Driver etiquette

prevent future accidents.

If someone is going below the
speed limit, it is not necessary to
fall asleep on the horn, making a
loud continuous sound. A small
tap will usually be sufficient.

Remember it is not against the

law to go below the speed limit—

even if it might piss you off. It is
not necessary to flip the bird;

normally this just makes the other

Parking near the David

left-leaning liberals. These mis-
guided idiots (people) have never
amounted to anything so they feel
no other person should be
allowed to have the means of
opportunity to get ahead.

It is scary when these liberals
become environmentalists or
politicians. Ex-mayor Sekora’s
council set up the parking meters
as a way to tax motorists even
further. Why should students be
taxed more than necessary? Did
Sekora’s neurons ever think that it
was possible to extract money
from stones? How many students
have a high disposable income?
Students are not able to park at

the Coquitlam Centre and walk to

the David Lam campus because
they will receive a ticket. Were the
meters installed to get motorists
to take transit? Isnt this a sad
commentary about the mental
status of our elected officials, if
my previous question is true?

I live in an area where a bus
comes every two hours. The last
bus returns up the hill at six
o'clock. Having a car is crucial to
maintaining my frayed ends of
sanity. My life would be pretty
crappy if my mobility rested on
my feet and public transit. Transit
has its place in New Westminster
and Vancouver where, in peak
periods, buses run every IS min-
utes,

People living along the
SkyTrain route are lucky, the use
of a vehicle is not crucial to their
mobility. People living in Port
Coquitlam and Coquitlam are not
so lucky. Although I am not a res-

ter slowly

The graduated licensing system
has been in effect in Ontario for
some time, and since its introduc-
tion, accidents have been reduced
by 33%. I believe in this new sys-
tem of driving because of how I
see drivers at present. I am not
just talking about the punk ass
teenagers going around in their
parent's car—adults themselves
need a lesson or two on how to
operate a motor vehicle.

driver want to go slower just to
piss you off.

It is appropriate if you're being
tailgated and having high beams
flash at you while you are doing
the speed limit or above. In this
case not only do I approve the use
of the middle finger, I suggest it.
However, in today’s society you
must always watch out for the

psychopath with road rage.

The majority of adult drivers
go by the saying, “I know the law
so I can break it.” These are the
people who need the lessons the
most. For example, their behav-
iour includes running stop signs,
changing lanes without signaling,
and giving everyone the one finger
salute as if they were saying hello
to a good friend.

If we can get through to the
new drivers with this graduated

In a situation of road rage I
suggest the following: pull over
when it is safe and let the person
pass you. As soon as the person
has passed you, take down the
license plate number and call the
cops. The police know how to
deal with this type of irresponsi-
ble driver. Confronting this type
of driver is dangerous to you and
your car's health. However, if you

licensing we should be able to
decrease the number of accidents
and increase the number of good
drivers on the road. There are
really only two things to remem-
ber while driving.

No. I Be Safe

No. 2 Running a yellow light
will not give you seven extra sec-
onds of great sex. Trust me. I
know.

see the psychopath down the road
pulled over by the cops, feel free
to point and laugh.

Remember, though, if you read
this and take any of my advice, I
am in no way responsible for your
actions,

Lam Campus, politically speaking

ident of Maple Ridge, I’m pretty
sure some people there may echo
my sentiments.

Is it so much to ask, for public
parking to be free?

Motorists put up with a lot of

    

 

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crap from environmentalists; poor
highway construction with regards
to geography; and incompetent
bastards who buy their licenses,
and can't drive effectively. Also,
with high gasoline taxes subsidiz-

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