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Show Cl ipperEx traT oda y March 28, April Mechanically safe automobiles preserve lives and property $10 billion annual loss due to failure of vehicle components How long has it been since you steered clear of a beat-u- p car that looked like it might lose a wheel or muffler right in front of you? Maybe it was spewing exhaust fumes or in some other way causing you to wish it was on another road. Owners of such vehicles are the primary target of National Car Care Month, a program to help improve motorists awareness of the benetits of preventive maintenance and needed repair. Consider, for example, that despite continuing advancements in technology, brake failure continues to be the leading cause of accidents attributable to mechanical trouble. Clearly, if you're unable to stop soon enough you're likely to be in trouble. This is the car crisis most feared by motorists. Beyond this, safety spokespersons k report improper use of braking systems as a significant factor in accidents involving vehicles so equipped. anti-loc- Mechanical failure costs our nation millions in accident costs, according to statistics from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NHTSA says motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. cost $150.5 billion annually. 30 Deducting the approximately percent that are alcohol related, were still looking at a $105 billion tab for other causes. An estimated 10 percent, or $10 billion of this cost, is totally or partly attributable to failure of one or more vehicle components. SHOCK ABSORBERS & STRUTS SELDOM GO BAD ALL AT ONCE. INSTEAD, THEY GRADUALLY LOSE TH1ER ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLES STABILITY. WORN SHOCKS & STRUTS NOT ONLY CAN BE UNSAFE, THEYALSOCAN INCREASE WEAR OF: TIRES 'BALL JOINTS 'STEERING LINKAGE SPRINGS C.V. JOINTS Car Care Councils research PREVENTIVE CHECKUPS PAY. THINGS TO LOOK web ABNORMALLY WORN TIRES DAMAGED OR MISSING COMPRESSION BUMPERS from home, give her a gift With Valentines Day behind us not too soon to begin thinking about Mothers Day. One place to look for useful ideas is from the drivers seat of the car, especially if Mom spends a lot of time behind the wheel. Her vehicle is her home away from home and gifts that enhance her enjoyment of that second home are likely to be appreciated, suggests Donna Wagner, Director of Operations for Car Care Council. We tend to gravitate toward gifts like jewelry, a framed photo or flowers, she says. But why not break from the traditional and dress up her car? Maybe shes always wanted a sun roof or has admired someones wood grained dash trim. Her wish could come true, with the help of your local auto specialty shop. Wagner suggests that, beyond the obvious gifts such as the car phone (very popular) and floor mats, Mom might appreciate having her damaged steering wheel replaced with one thats stylish. possibly leather covered. Her and faded padded dash could be repaired, replaced or recovered to upgrade the interior. Security devices such as a remote keyless entry or alarm systems are popular says Wagner, as are custom wheels or wheel covers. Women usually are interested in the safety and appearance accessories as opposed to those which are performance related. Gifts can be inexpensive, too. Those net shopping bags, for example, that hook on back of the drivers seat, are great gift items. Right on the heels of Mothers Day, of course, is Father's Day, with additional categories of gifts to consider: special tools, a bug deflector, running boards or stereo equipment, to mention a few. Gifts for the car generally are well received and, concludes Wagner, the variety of innovative products never stops growing. For more ideas and prices visit your auto supply store or specialty shop listed in the classified phone directory. Check out the Council's web . site: www.peoplevision.comcar-careadd-on- SI!3ffi QOITO 5BI1BD For Safety's Sake...Kids Ride Best In The Back FOR: LEAKS DENTS ON STRUT OR SHOCK BODY WORN BUSHINGS Moms vehicle is home away its -- -- One Council, Dept. SPE7-XGrande Lake Drive, Port Clinton, shows 9 out of 10 vehicles need some kind of maintenance. The page S3 2, 1997 RIDE CONTROL BEGINS WITH suggests that if only 20 percent of those mechanically deficient vehicles were returned to safe driving condition, the savings could amount to $2 billion, not to mention the suffering and pain that could be avoided. These are expenses our society need not incur. How long since youve had someone take a look at the safety components of your car? You can take advantage of a free offer from the Car Care Council. Its an informative pamphlet about vehicle check procedures that you can take to your auto service shop. Just send a stamped, self addressed envelope to Car Care Council OH 43452. Check out the Councils site: 1, SIGNS YOU MAY NEED NEW SHOCKS OR STRUTS ROLL OR SWAY ON TURNS FRONT END DIVES WHEN BRAKING REAR END "SQUATS' WHEN ACCELERATING s, VEHICLE BOUNCES OR SLIDES ON A WINDING ROUGH ROAD VEHICLE "BOTTOMS OUT" (WITH A THUMP) ON BUMPS Buying A Used Car Stick With The Stickers ; (NAPS) Thinking of buying a used car? More and more people are. New car prices keep climbing. Depreciation is awesome. Just driving a new model off the lot results in about a 24 percent loss within a year, nearly 34 percent. "A 1 (m i f f --f.' iitt An Appointment With History So you heard a clanging, The back seat is safer than the front. The center belt usually works best for a safety seat. Older children should use a booster seat until they fit in the lapshoulder belt for best protection. In a crash, air bags inflate Which is the safest (NAPS) quickly and could hit a place for your child to sit? Everyone riding in a car or van safety seat hard enough to serineeds a safety belt or safety seat, but ously injure or kill a baby Always even properly restrained, some places place healthy infants in the back seat, facing the rear. Never turn a in a car are safer to sit in than others. The U.S. Department of Transbaby to face forward until heshe is over 20 pounds and at least one portation National Highway fi raffle Safety Administration offers year of age. Children who have outgrown the following advice to help you decide which is the safest place for safety seats are better protected by lapshoulder belts than by lap your child The back seat is usually safer belts alone. Most younger children who have outgrown their convertcrashes than the front since head-oare the most serious and the most ible child seat at about 40 lbs. still need a booster child safety seat to common. Many new cars will have help the shoulderlap belt fit propright-fron- t passenger air bags Air erly. Booster seats with shields bags work with lapshoulder belts can be used where only a lap belt to protect older children and is available. If several children adults who ride facing the front of are riding in back, and there are the car. But air bags do not work shoulder belts there, let the older with safety seats that ones use the shoulder belts. Put the child riding in the car seat in infants must nde in. Even some forward facing seats the middle where there is only a Ive got to look into that tomorrow, you promise yourself when your check engine" light goes on or you hear a thumping noise from a tire. But tomorrow may be too late. That tire or your engine could let you down just when you need it most. One reminder to do something about postponed car maintenance and repair comes by way of an annual celebration during the first in week National March, Procrastination Week. This event, sponsored by the Procrastinators Club of America, is listed in the Encyclopedia of Associations. For car owners who vow to procrastinate no longer, a free pamphlet is available on the benefits of periodic car checks and maintenance. Dont put it off. For more maintenance tips and information tips and information, chck out the Councils web site: rear-facin- g n rear-facin- g may place a child too close to an inflating air bag Children are always safer in the back seat, but if they must nde up front make sure the shoulder belt crosses the collarbone (not the face or neck), the lap belt ndes low and snug on the hips (not the stomach), and their feet touch the floor. 0 K So you decide to buy a used car but with this comes a chilling salesthought. Some man will take you to the cleaners. But do not worry, help may be right on the car. Pick a progressive dealer and you'll find helpful window stickers on his used models Window stickers," you say, investigate lap belt There must be one belt for each person. Buckling two people, even children, into one belt could seriously injure both. For more information, call NHTSAs toll-freAuto Safety Hotline at e www.peoplevision.com how can they help me? 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