Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Friday, December S, 1967 I t


MOTOR SAFETY & EFFICIENCY CAMPBELL


DRIVING SCHOOL p


liolp to cut l-c frustra- I) travel at l-atcd with


|- if you do liion at high lilc distance


CAR AND MOTOR CYCLE DRIVERS ASSOCIATION SILVER STAR


EXPERT TUITION FOR M.O.T. OR ADVANCED'DRIVING TESTS By holder of


BLACKBURN AREA ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION GOLD STAR


PUPILS PICKED UP AND RETURNED HOME RING WHALLEY 3353


GIGANTIC SALE THIS SUNDAY CAR SEAT COVERS BY SHILWEAR


Choice of 120 cloths.*Every sot individually cut end made.


TARTAN £7. 5 .0 MOQUETTE £ 8 .1 0 .0 OCELOT £ 1 0 .5 .0


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■id driving do Imvioii* fact-V h loo manyappen bu­


J na.’'; blurred


lieat, that any- l ■or ride.s when


neiio or con- ’reforo, it


| e e to himseU Ir road-user.


I] :ivoid t-ired- 1v on a. Ion?


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|ho be.st thin? l. you begin to


by car or Tviop and have eath of fresh


our, r.hc most. Itfv is to have


SEAT BELTS


WINTER DRIVING WING MIRRORS


AIDS TO SAFE DEMISTER PANELS WINDSCREEN WASHERS


I the strain of | cw minutes iv. save you


driving on a J i i n c w h e r c e l s e


fpital—or your 1vertakes you


(mol stop im- ;hc windows i non ter. The


llien until you ir -.vill help liice at. which


[:: help in thin |:f yon are on | rely on a ear


he same job have the


lu do to stave I bstilute for a


|ie you are still I . forget that


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WIPER BLADES STEERING LIGHTS TYRES Etc.


We shall be pleased to check your


vehicle for you Free of Charge


— Call and sec us at RUFUS CARR LTD.


BAWDLANDS GARAGE, CLITIIEROE Tel: Clilheroe 2173


CENTRAL GARAGE, REMINGTON Tel: Gisbum 254


6S VICTORIA ROAD EAST, THORNTON, BLACKPOOL Open daily 9—6 (E.C. Wed. I p.m.); Sunday 10— 1.


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£ 3 .1 9 .6 £ 5 .1 0 . O £ 6 .1 9 .6


Double Knit 100% Stretch] SAVE Full Set £6-19^6 Nylon Covers in Red, Blue,! „0/n ,-*2 Front Seats Green and Grey.


£4.5-0 - -SHILWEAR 157 BOLTON ROAD, BLACKBURN Open Monday, Saturday 9— 7: Sunday 10— 1.


13 DAISY STREET (Off Aldron's Lane), SKERTON, LANCASTER .Open daily 9 a,m.— 6-30 pore Wednesday and Sunday 10 a.m.— 1 p.m.


For ability ’


FIGHTING to clip a fraction of a second off a lap time on a facing circuit when that fraction could mean the diifercnce between pole position on the grid and a place on the second row of the starting; line-up sounds desperate, noisy, w/ldlv colourful—and more than a little dangerous. The public conjure up a


picture of a racing driver battling on the ragged edge, screaming the tyres, and hammering his car round the track to beat the stop­ watch.


that. 1 find that my fastest laps in practice or a race, have nearly always been my smoothest—when everything has gone according to plan— an apex clipped just right, here, an extra few inches in braking gamed there. . the revs coming just right for a gear change before a tricky piece of track Driving a racing ear these


Smoothest But it doesn't happen like


days doesn't require brute force. It's an exact science that calls for finesse and •skill, and, the smoothest and neatest drivers are the fast­ est.


son to the average driver- on the road. The smooth and un- flurried driver knows exactly what his own limits are and also the limits of his car and others on the road. The driver who rounds . cornws with shrieking tyres isn’t, a care­ ful driver—and in many cases he’s an accident on his way to somewhere And when lie iias the accident the authorities point the finger at pace and chalk up another statistical point against speed


You can carry this compari­


causes accidents — it's the misuse of speed. The careful driver can drive fast. He knows his limits and he stays within them, and he also takes very good care to watch f the wanderings of other tra­


Misuse speed But It isn'r- speed that


fic It. isn’t so silly to drive as


HAYHUftSTS


Clifheroe Driving School Learn to Drive With


CONFIDENCE AND SAFETY


IN A CAR FITTED WITH DUAL CONTROLS


Enquiries and Bookings:— " "I


BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND AND HODDER MOTOR SERVICES OFFICE 4 WELLGATE, CLITHEROE Telephone: 2590


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dealers, garages.


WELLGATi MOTORS LTD. CLITHEROE


Telephone: 2222/3 ★ Are you a member ?


In the interests of Road Safety the INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS exists,to provide an oppor­ tunity for you to find out :f your driving standards are as high as they ought to be. For details of Membership and the Advanced Driving Test fill in the coupon below.


To th e Secretary,


Institute of Advanced Motorists, Empire Home. Chliwick, London, W 4 (DI-JM.4403)


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though everyone else on the road was an idiot. Considera­ tion to 'everyone could save your neck one day.


Not everyone wants to. travel fast, because, not everyone needs to. but if everyone could be considerate we’d have the road safety straggle half won. If the 40 mile an hour dawd­ lers would watch their mirrors and make way for faster tra­ ffic instead of condemning everything that arrives. in their mirrors as: road hogs, our traffic would , move more smoothly.


Consideration is important.


test should be stiller. It isn't hard to learn the relevant points of the road code par­ rot. fashion and earn com­ mendation by having each paragraph word perfect, it’s your driving ability that’s sup­ posed to lie under test—your


Experience I maintain that the driving


HAVING TROUBLE? With your car


Electrical Equipment Charging Circuits Starting Trouble


Flashers and Lighting If so consult:


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WATERLOO ROAD CLITHEROE — Tel: 2652 MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS


SAFE AND EFFICIENT LET US CARRY OUT YOUR


M.O.T. TEST — AT —


MAKE SURE YOUR CAR BODY IS IN A SAFE CONDITION


For All. Body Repairs Consult


THE PARK MOTOR CO. BRIDGEWATER GARAGE


DUCK STREET — CLITIIEROE Tel: 3547 Daytime 2857 Night


24-HOUR VEHICLE RECOVERY SERVICE RE-SPRAYS, INSURANCE REPAIRS ETC.


Polyester makes today s toughest tyre *


Spaceman's lifeline , Extra safety, extra mileage, extra comfort.


Goodyear is now building Polyester Cord GS tyres that have the strength of Nylon and the flexibility of Rayon. Thev give a safety to driving and a comfort to riding never before possible. Safety and comfort you can actually feel. And thousands of extra miles of 'year. Gall iiifor the space-age tyre: Polyester Cord G8 by Goodyeai.


F. HARRISON AND CHATBURN TYKE DEPOT


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treat others iots


lems ns - they occur. Creep­ ing along under the eagle eye of a driving examiner seems to, lie the present way of earning your licence, but it certainly isn’t coaching a new driver in the cut. and . thrust of t our faster moving traffic—traffic that is how out-pacing the road builders, . i making extra skill even more


-° handle traffic prob­ have stripes on the tail of


mportant. Ill club" racing new drivers


the car according to their experience, and I feel we should be able to extend the period for wearing an ‘L’ plate along similar lines. Researchers and investiga­


car design were built, into one new model, hardly anyone would buy it and the manu­ facturers would have a white elephant on their hands. A remarkably safe white ele­ phant to be.sure, but a non­ seller. It wouldn’t be stylish but it would be sale. So until being safe is stylish I guess we’U have to plod along our dangerous way. This is rather like advocating seat belts and then not wearing them. Even now crash helmets for motor­ cyclists are not compulsory- tins was one lesson that we learnt quickly in racing. Crash helmets have saved countless fallen riders on the track, and yet many motor­ cyclists on the roads, who i face the same chance of head


the use of safety helmets. Road safety needs safe


njuries if they crash, scorn


tors arc working hard now to design safer cars—cars to protect motorists from them­ selves. They mightn’t be able to prevent accidents happen­ ing. but at least, they can les­ sen the damage. Car fronts in a head-on collision now crumple progressively and. the shock is absorbed. The car doesn't fly. to pieces in a- crash. Better door locks tire being developed' so that they' do not burst open bn impact. Safety glass tliat really is safe is at last starting to be fitted. Seat belts, or at least the mounting points, are rapidly becoming standard fittings on new cars. But.. here ■ again research is racing ahead' of production and we now learn that the single diagonal strap is as dangerous as the single lap strap—the safe harness is a combination of the two. I find it hard to believe


. the country .in legislated stop- go-stop fashion, compared with th e . networks of auto- balms in Germany and the fast toll roads through Italy.


roads. That isn’t too difficult to work out. Our roads today should have all the hazards designed out of them—not INTO them as they have in some . parts of the country where three lane roads have a centre "suicide” lane. How can drivers and car builders be expected to contribute, to overall road safety if the roads are not keeping pace with their efforts. Our motor­ ways are creeping through


No proof


I don’t personally feet that v imposing a TO mile an hour


limit to take, the accident blame off the road chaos and level it at the drivers, is prov­ ing anything. To achieve road safety m


that the average motorist really cares about safety. Too many people think that acci­


dents are unfortunate'events in the lives of others.. If all safety precautions in


L (30 Years Experience) 'VAa ''x A/


this modern age when every­ thing in our 'lives revolves around efficient speed, we will have to have complete co­ operation between ourselves as drivers and'customers, the car builders, and the men who make our roads.


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Now accepted as part and lems to tlic driver. Long parcel of everyday lilc on monotonous stretches tend the roads, the motorways to destroy that vital con- still present special prob- ccnlration and a man who


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