Page 14-Wednesday, May 3, 197$-The Michigan Daily AUTO ANTI-THEFT DEVICES PROPOSED: End of the line or joyriders? WASHINGTON (AP)-The Trans- portation Department, leveling its sights primarily on joyriding thieves, announced plans yesterday to require automobile manufacturers to install anti-theft equipment beginning with 1981 models. The devices include protected ignition wires to prevent a car from being started without a key, hood lat- ches that can be released only from in- side the car and rounded door-lock mechanisms that prevent a door from being opened by poking a coat hanger through a window crack. MANY NEWER model automobiles already include one or more of the protective systems that would be required by the proposal, announced by the department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Joan Clayboork, the agency's ad- ministrator, said the proposed rule is aimed mostly at thwarting young thieves who steal vehicles for transpor- tation or for their parts. 4 g IMARSHALL'S 8 Pack 12oz.cans s1 79 Now thru Sunday 235 S. STATE AT E. LIBERTY "The joyrider thief is involved in at least a third of the actual number of vehicles stolen, but accounts for a very large majority of stolen vehicles that are later involved in accidents," she said. CLAYBROOK SAID approximately one million vehicles were stolen in the United States in 1976, and that the cost to society is about $2.9 billion a year. She added that stolen cars cause ap- proximately 130 fatalities and 5,000 disabling injuries annually. The proposed changes would be effec- tive beginning with 1981 model passenger cars and 1982 model multipurpose vehicles and -trucks with a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds. The traffic safety administration estimated the manufacturers' cost of installing the security devices would be $1 ro $2 for each passenger car and $3 to $5 for each light truck and multipurpose vehicle. THE PROPOSED changes would require the following: -The hood latch must be releasable ony from the passenger compartmen. -The ignition key must be different from the door and trunk keys. -Installation of door lock buttons that cannot be opened by external devices such asa coat hanger. -Door locking mechanism inside the panel must be shielded to prevent tam- pering. -The ignition system must have-a capacity to become inoperable if the ignition lock is removed. -Ignition key alarm must be equip- ped to continue whenever the engine is turned off, the ignition key is left in the ignition and the door is opened. The agency said interested persons can comment on the proposal through July 31 by writing to the Docket Section, National Highway Traffic Safety Ad- ministration, 400 Seventh Street, Washingtin, D.C. 20590. Police hunt escaped rapist (Continued from Page 3) weighing about 155 pounds. When last other prisoners, seen Sunday afternoon he was wearing It was the first escape from the coun- dark blue knit pants, a blue and white ty jail since it moved from its previous checked short-sleeve shirt, a blue downtown Ann Arbor location-. sweatshirt (possibly hooded) and black Sheriff's Department authorities say leather shoes. He has a scar on the right the search for Wooten is in effect side of his back. statewide, with out-of-state leads Sheriff's Department officials are exhausted for the moment, urging anyone who may have seen The 21-year-old convict is described Wooten or who may have information in as black, 5 feet 11 inches tall and the case to call them at 971-8400. I I - -- , ALL ATTACHE CASES REDUCED 15% Samsonite FL- 1/F 67.95 6 SWINGING ARM LAMPS Omega "'r" en - a< LUMAGLO 17.89 LC- 1/F 67.95 Regent FL2- FE 84.95 HEWLETT jPACKARD 15% BELOW manufacturers list on most models 15% off KOH - -NR r ULRICH'S 549 E. University Books & Supplies 662-3201 ~ f F Art & Engineering 624403d'