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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 · Page 16 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINGSVILLE 2006 MUNICIPAL ELECTION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2006 Having a bad day? L if he hopes that they'll be thinking, et's admit it. We all have bad "Thanks for the reminder. We'll start days. Some days we wonder why moving now and we're real sorry to we even bothered to get out of have inconvenienced you." If there's bed because nothing seems to go our any justice, he and his fellow hornway. Maybe we're not living up to honking buddies, upon expectations at work. their demise, will be Perhaps we under-perrelegated to that perpetformed on the golf ual traffic jam in the course or at school or sky. we're just having one Surely there are drivof those all too numerers out there who don't ous bad hair days. belong on the road. Some days are better Whether due to chronic than others in regards inattentiveness or an to our relationships inability to operate a too. Some find that vehicle within the conexpressing and sharing straints of the rules feelings with friends, established by the relatives or co-workers Ministry of can help to get Transportation, them through some drivers troubled times. should have their (If you are one randy chedour licences who is constantrevoked--and hopefully on the listening end ly before their poor driving habits cause of these "shared feelings", you're perdamage to property or persons. haps more likely to refer to them as Whether we're willing to admit it or "whining" and you've got a good not, we are all better drivers on some point). The one thing to which people have a days than others (with the possible exception of professional drivers, parproblem confessing, however, is when ticularly truck drivers, who are, as a they are having a bad driving day. rule, excellent). There are days when Rarely will you hear, "Couldn't keep we all make poor decisions. my concentration on the roads today. Got to daydreaming, lost track of where (Attempting to turn left from Victoria onto Talbot at any time of day, or I was a couple of times and then, for changing lanes as you approach cusreasons that are beyond me, I just starttoms at the bridge or tunnel since the ed tailgating. Cut a corner too sharply lane you were in is going to move the and nearly took out an elderly pedestrifastest anyway would fit into this catean. I was a menace out there." No, we're all too aware that even seemingly gory.) But, by and large, most of us operate our vehicles in a safe and mutuminor traffic offences can have serious ally respectful manner. consequences, so a driving faux pas is Incidences of truly bizarre driving not something we generally care to habits are, fortunately, rare and certainshare with others. ly not restricted to those of a particular On the other hand, we have no problem recognizing and expressing our dis- age group. Two recent examples illustrate the point. In Germany an 80-yearpleasure with the driving habits of othold man put too much faith in his GPS ers. Let someone change lanes in front of us without signaling, or pull out from system ­ following its directions until an intersection forcing us to slow down, he crashed his car into a pile of sand. Evidently he ignored warning signs that and the offender can expect to be greetthe highway was closed for construction ed with long, loud, impatient blasts and instead chose to heed the advice of from our horns or, at very least, the his navigation system. In Australia a 22one-fingered salute. Frankly, I've never year-old man, needing to drive over a fully understood why people react in these ways. It's not as if the offence can stretch of 345 kilometres to look for work, was forced to drive the distance be undone by our expressions of anger--and chances are the driver is not in reverse since his forward gears weren't working. Police clocked him going to change his or her driving driving backwards down the highway at habits as a result anyway. A more likely 66 kilometres per hour. At that point his reaction is that he or she will also adventure came to an abrupt end as become angry and I can't think of a scarier combination than that of an irate police arrested and charged him with reckless driving. These guys have obvidriver who's also borderline incompeously had better days. tent and intent upon turning his or her Let those among you who are without car into a weapon. driving sins honk the first horn. But, if If road rage were ever to be considyou too have had the occasional motorered justifiable, it would most likely be ing lapse of judgment, next time you directed towards the guy at the end of a observe someone whose driving habits long line of vehicles stopped due to an don't meet up with your expectations, accident or a road-blocking mechanical cut them a break. Maybe they're just failure, who starts honking his horn. Others in that line have to be wondering having a bad day. NOTICE OF VOTING BY MAIL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF KINGSVILLE THAT VOTING BY MAIL WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF KINGSVILLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE HOLDERS OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE OFFICES. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MAYOR DEPUTY-MAYOR COUNCILLOR ONE (1) Candidate to be elected ONE (1) Candidate to be elected FIVE (5) Candidates to be elected DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS TRUSTEE, Greater Essex County District School Board ONE (1) Trustee to be elected TRUSTEE, Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board ONE (1) Trustee to be elected TRUSTEE, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre Sud-Ouest ACCLAIMED TRUSTEE, Conseil scolaire de district des Ecoles Catholiques Du Sud-Ouest ACCLAIMED i've got issues VOTERS' LIST The Voters' List may be viewed at the Municipal Office, 2021 Division Road North, Kingsville. Applications to amend the Voters' List are available at the office or online at www.town.kingsville.on.ca. VOTER KITS Voting by Mail Kits will be mailed on Monday, October 23, 2006. Please mail your Return Envelope by Friday, November 3, 2006 to guarantee delivery or, alternatively, hand deliver your Return Envelope to the Town Hall during regular business hours up to and including Election Day, Monday, November 13, 2006 until 8:00 p.m. DATED THIS 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2006. LINDA BURLING MUNICIPAL CLERK 2021 DIVISION ROAD NORTH KINGSVILLE, ONTARIO N9Y 2Y9 LEN JANISSE MAYOR OF LAKESHORE · Current Lakeshore Councillor Ward 1 · Current Member and Past Chairperson of Lakeshore Parks and Recreation Committee · Former Maidstone Township Councillor · Past Chairperson Former Maidstone Parks and Recreation Committee AS YOUR MAYOR I AM COMMITTED TO: · Holding Town Hall style meetings in all areas of Lakeshore to listen to the needs of residents. · Holding meetings with E.C.F.A. to see how myself and council can help to bring prosperity to the farming community. · Keep costs under control and limit tax increases. JANISSE, LEN X MAYOR For questions or concerns please call me at: 519-727-6163 All Print Classified ads appear on our website at no additional cost! http://essexfreepress.reinvented.net