European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                That Little extra step finds jobs on Economy Friday May 6, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 by Janet Howells Tierney stiff writer schwe1nfurt, West Germany Landing a Job in Europe often is a frustrating experience for military family members forced 10 Deal with a complicated system offering Long Wain and Loo few jobs. In Schweinfurt for i ample where the civilian personnel office has 3,200 Active applications in normally fills Only 400 positions on Post with family Mem Bers. But in that Community at least Many disgruntled Job seekers Are finding employment on the Economy thanks to the efforts of sue  director of Schwei fun s employment information Center i checked in every Day and it look five months Dut Otu Day sue yelled Jon Stop and that was in said Jon Tucker who recently got a Job As a Salesman for a car Dealership outside the main cat it s helpful 10 know someone is Lucking out for you. This service is More personal than co. If sue was t Over there a lot of people in Schweinfurt would t have  while americans overseas often can t find work with German find because of language Macchi Arcila stays in touch with colleges fast food restaurants. Video and audio equipment sales reps and other civilian businesses catering to the military Community. English is a plus in those slots. We have american customers so we prefer american workers said Patricia Miller owner us Iuo local video store and a fast food restaurant. Besides americans seem to have better altitudes about working than others i be  the Machiarella method of finding jobs ii simple match Talent with need. We have 12 outside business contacts who Call us when they want to interview for openings. We get one or two new contacts every month Machiarella said. Recently we contacted every advertiser in the Post newspaper. We Fig ure if they re advertising for americans maybe they can use americans to work  the jobs Are found through an informal network but Machiarella is the common denominator "1 Learned about the system As a Volunteer and jumped when the announce ment for this Job came out said Rita e. Bray a clerk at a local videotape rental store. Anyone who s volunteered for her Macchiarella has eventually gotten a   although delighted when someone gets a Jab stresses that gainfully employing family members is not the Elc s main function. Our regulation tells us that we Are not an employment Agency she said. But we go that Little enl a step to help somebody and that makes the differ  we re not responsible for betting them jobs said sue h. Gate the Cen Ter s Coo. Tor our Success does t rely on How Many have gotten jobs. We help people by helping them understand and accept the Way the system works. Many were limiting themselves to i o when there arc other opportunities out sue Mac Thurella interviews an applicant on his  and experience.  and Lyndon Rowdy Rosenberry. The Schwei fun co officer admits that his office does t have the space or time to show applicants How the system works so the Center provides a necessary Community service. The e1c really breathes life into the program Rosenberry said. We see our function As normally administrative. It s cumbersome Complex and often not trusted when people come to me i give them a system answer. At the e1c she can Deal with the social Side and get Luicir Trust he said sue can do a lot of things i can t. People Sec someone working for them and their attitude changes. That has been critical in taking the pressure off the  the Etc helps about 400 clients n month individually or in groups teach ing thurr. How to fill out applications write resumes develop interview skills and make employment contacts. And soldiers Are offered a free resume Pri a. Ration service if they leave the army. The Center also keeps a file called services unlimited which lists Odd jobs people Are willing to do for a negotiated Price while they continue Hunting for full time work getting a Job involves lots of Wail ing Macchiarella Laid. Jabs All Over Europe Are getting scarce but we can keep our clients Busy while they  Highway High tech fights Europe s High risk Drivers Frankfurt a West pen runs Are starting to use computers to tame speeding traffic near big cities and britons hive launched a program to stamp out bad driving on the nation s highways. But while several West european countries arc Tak ing Steps to curb excessive Speed a proposal for a uniform limit in the 12-nation common Market is making Little headway. Europe s top Legal speeds Range from the Slowpoke s Delight of so Kph 55 Mph in Ireland to Italy s 140 Kph 86.fi Mph with open ended roaring permitted on West Germany s autobahn. The common Market s executive and proposal making body said in december 1986 that legally enforceable Speed limits should be introduced throughout the member nations. But the commission s Call for a 120 Kph 74.4 Mph uniform general limit for automobiles on major High ways has met with opposition or disinterest from the 12 nations so far. The Federal Republic West Germany would be the last country to accept any uniform limit lower Saxony state traffic is Perl Wolf Riidiger Nickel told the associated press. Last year 693 people died on the 5,239-mile Auto Bahn system in West Germany. Multi car Pil cups Are routine. While West Germany has no Overall Speed limit on the autobahn Many areas near Bridges construction Sites and major cities Are posted often with police enforcement. Traffic engineers in Cologne and Frankfurt arc set Ting up elaborate systems that will Bounce beams of Light off passing traffic to measure Speed and the num Ber of vehicles on two key stretches of the autobahn. The information will be fed to a computer that will automatically adjust Speed limits and Post them in Bright lights on electronically equipped traffic signs. We determined that the property damage and has pita Bizalion costs run 20 million Marks s12.3 million a year on the 13-Kilometer 8-mile stretch in ques Tion Frankfurt area autobahn spokesman Michael an Tenbrink says. Of course these signs won t eliminate accidents but if we can Cut them by even 10 percent a year the system will pay for itself in about five years amen Brink told the a in an interview. The system will Cost -5 million Marks ,3 million. A Baden Worth Ember patrolman uses a special to Eunen re Conler to Lull an offender. British transport Secretary Paul Chariton has announced a package of measures including More Road signs and Speed restrictions designed to eliminate our own bad driving on  Speed limits ordering slow Downs at major Road works will be mandatory and traffic will be monitored by video equipment among other measures there will also be an Experiment on Britain s biggest Highway linking London with Northern England to see whether the installation of 112 Kph 70 Mph signs helps keep Drivers within the Legal limit. About 250 people a year Are killed on British motor ways and More than 8,000 injured. Sweden reduced the Highway Speed limit from 110 Kph 68.2 Mph to 90 Kph 55.fi Mph for four months in 1979 because of Oil prices. Fall accidents on the highways dropped by 52 percent during that peril according to Goran Nilsson of the traffic safety Agency. In Spain a record High number of 192 people died in traffic fatalities during the 11-Day easier vacation period this year but Only 17 percent of them were blamed on excessive Speed. It s True that the behaviour of spaniards at the steer ing wheel leaves a lot to be  the leading Al pais daily newspaper said. But the effects of that behaviour would be infinitely less serious if there were a belter developed Highway network the Spanish government recently hiked fines considerably to curb speeding. On French superhighways the limit is 130 Kph so,6 Mph although there is Little systematic enforcement or thai lop. In 1987, 479 people died on France s major highways. While Speed and the difficulty of enforcement re main issues of major concern. Western european countries also provide an array of stiff fines jail terms and temporary License suspension for Drunken Drivers. Drivers in Switzerland Are limited 10 0.8 percent of alcohol per thousand milligrams of blood roughly equivalent to 2-3 glasses of wine or 3-4 Beers. If a Driver is Over the limit his or her License is taken away on the spot and a judge later decides for How Long. Austria has the same 0.8 limit and the government recently stepped up a Public awareness Campaign to keep Drunken Drivers off the Road. First time Drunken driving offenders in the nether lands often Are slapped with a Fine in the Range of 1,000 guilders j535. In Sweden Laws Are enforced vigorously with police often stopping Early morning traffic on weekends for blood tests. Potential penalties include up to a year in prison. West Germany s popular Stem Magazine recently devoted an eight Page cover Story to the grisly Highway Accident loll involving Young people who be been Par tying All night at discotheques. Almost every second car was driving too fast and alcohol played a Rote in every third Case Stem said. The recommendation of the Accident researchers let the girls a the driving. At this age 1 i to 24. Girls arc the belter  Stern also used the results of a recent poll to project thai nationwide about 420,000 Young people have driven drunk regularly or at least several times in the past 12 months and they la keep on doing  to curb the problem some West German cities have set up shuttle bus services to keep the Young people away from the steering wheel after disco visits. In july last year France s National Assembly passed a new Law doubling the penalties for Drunken driving upping the possible jail term to Between two months and two years