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Show Thursday, May 18, 1972 Price, Utah e, What DoYou Mean My Cars Brakes Are Shot? Police Officer Frequently Hears Motorists Object By CHARLES BARUCH What do you mean my brakes are shot? The car stopped, didnt it? The motorists reaction was considered not unusual by Officer Frank Blankwell. Officer Blankwell (not his real name) was completing a long, tiring day on a vehicle inspection lane near a major city. He had been listening to alibis ranging from the ridiculous to the less than spot-che- ck sublime. Misaligned headlights? Its the manufacturers fault. They should make them so they dont go out of whack," the owner said. Bald tires? I was going to get new ones but I havent had time." Bad shock absorbers? ing, even if its only once or Shock absorbers! What are twice a year." they? As Blankwells crew was As offending drivers were equipstowing handed a violation notice, ment for their check the day, a car drove requiring them to have the by. Its tail pipe was bumping trouble repaired and bring pavement and the the car back in 10 days for a on thewheels were wobbling. front recheck, Officer Blankwell Thats what Im talking was often greeted with a about, the officer said. scowl or muttered comments There are more ways to save like, Why arent you guys lives than to nab a mugger. going after muggers? Sin;e vehicle inspections were introduced, better than 50 percent of all cars tested have failed in at least one critical safety area. wiper bludei are an integral part of a safe car. Here inspection test the tension of the wiper arms. About half of all cars tested have at least one safety defect, vehicle inspectors find. Better Than Average Officer Blankwell was running a little better than the national average that day. He and his crew had checked better than 50 cars and 29 of them had defects. Brakes and tires were the most common failings with steering and misaligned lights ranking next. Some of the cars inspected looked like refugees from a scrap yard. Officer Blankwell said: Were accused of discriminating against the poor man who cant aiford a new car but needs transportation to get to his job. And it bothers me to tell a man he cant STEEL-TRAC- mm drive his car. But it would bother me even more to pull him out of Special Introductory Offer! sm 2s 3p WHEN YOU BUY com- rocks and other road hazards. By re ducing tread squirm the steel belts boost mileage up to 15 over our best fiber glass belted tire and keep tread grooves open for superb wet traction. 4ply poly ester cord body. Same wide, low design and whitewall stripe as on 1972 cars. 45 month Tread Wear Expectancy. See page US. Discount does not apply to Federal Excise Tax. damped Get whitewall include F.E T.i transportation and installation not inciuded Prices 2 Tubeless Ship. Sue Replaces wt. Whitewall F E T. Each For each lbs. Only safer, smoother summer rides! Wards best shocks m im enve- Camping, co Champion Spark Plug Company of Canada, Box 910, Windsor 12, Ontario. it Moil popular tizoi in (lock of moil catalog itoroi and agencie Gives Sources lope toi Camping, co Champion Spark Plug Company, P. 0. Box 910, Tolido, Ohio 43601. In Canada tho addmi lit 178-1- 4 ! pT against chuck holes, broken glass, Free Listing a TIRIS because Two steel belts under the tread provide top protection careless one needs prompt- - lilt of lourcei for camping Information in tho United Static and Canada ii now available, fru. To riciivo ono, cond 2 It's tougher wont maintain his car until the next check. I personally cant buy that approach though. The conscientious car owner will take care of his car. The A n steel-belte- pulsory inspection. Our legislature apparently believes that passing an inspection gives the motorist a false sense of security and that he For Camping GRAPPLER We drove this tire repeatedly over a sharpened steel blade at 40 MPH. Our d "Groppler" defied this torture and kept right on going without loss of air pressure! Conventional belted tires that we tested blew out the instant the blade hit a tread groove. Proof of the Grapplers protection against road hazards. a wreck caused by a tire failure at high speeds. "And it would bother me a heck of a lot more to see some child run down because someone with faulty brakes couldnt stop in time. Blankwell operates in an area that does not have compulsory vehicle inspection. Instead, it uses the spot check lane system where police inspect cars at random. Said Blankwell, I know the arguments against K For at iirrriMi replacement guaranth por supreme shocks long ae you own the car on which inatalled. Montgomery Ward wUl lumleh lr. . rbr whlch ,U lor anV rearan. It MonSur.lm K hlfk tgomery Ward originally abaorbers, It will InaloU tha raplocemenla free. iRTiV.n hSc,k oborbT,r any Montgomery Word branch (any branch having Ina'aUaUon Inatollatton Included) with evidence at purchaae. Thla guarantee doea not " con,mrcl hoek SS ln doma aaSteS?0' abUra Phone 637-283- 5 aa 3 |