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Mechanic Gil Coffiveau gets down low in the name of safety to check out a truck during a surprise police blitz yesterday on Highway 401 in Pickering. (...)
Mechanic Gil Coffiveau gets down low in the name of safety to check out a truck during a surprise police blitz yesterday on Highway 401 in Pickering. (...)

Mechanic Gil Coffiveau gets down low in the name of safety to check out a truck during a surprise police blitz yesterday on Highway 401 in Pickering. (...)

Date1/30/1997
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mechanic Gil Coffiveau gets down low in the name of safety to check out a truck during a surprise police blitz yesterday on Highway 401 in Pickering. Nearly 60 per cent of the trucks stopped had serious defects. Meanwhile; another truck lost a set of wheels yesterday; this time on the QEW in Burlington.
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