Show DONT DON'T GET UPSET I Soaring Winter Accident Toll Foil TollI j I Sparks Plea for Safe Driving I Features j I CHICAGO When When pelting snow and treacherous Ice clog the highways dont get upset That is the plea pIca of oi National i Safety 1 council in its campaign to reduce the hazards of win win- winter winI I ter driving i On an average two-thirds two of the cold weather mishaps last winter occurred on snowy or icy roads it is revealed in a special special special I cial study of winter traffic accidents recently completed by four typical snow belt snow snow- belt states in operation co with the safety council Slates States making the special Q ff occident accident analysis were ere Connecticut I Indiana Minnesota and Wisconsin This tact fact combined with the knowledge that traffic death rates in inthe Inthe inthe the northern half of at the United States Increase from 24 to 53 per percent percent percent cent In winter as es compared with summer prove the need for greater driver caution In winter months the i council said Mishaps Increase I Inadequate traction and poor visibility are etc the special hazards which i send winter accident rates soaring according to Prof Prot Ralph A A. Moyer of ot Iowa State college chairman of ot the councils council's committee on winter driving hazards I Moyer recommends that vehicles which must be operated under see Be- severe I vere snow and ice conditions be u equipped with tire chains and de devices de- de devices vices to aid Bid visibility such as wind wind- windshield windshield shield wipers defrosters or frost fros shields and good lighting equipment Modern methods of ot distribution vital to our economy require that tha commercial vehicles vehicle and many pas pas- passenger passenger cars operate in ell all kinds o of weather he said and the amoun amount of ot such traffic Is Increasing The greater the number of vehicles on the road the more need there Is fo for Improved winter road maintenance safety equipment for the th vehicles and extra care on the part of ers era Lists Driving Rules He lIE urged drivers to follow tollow these rules which are based on actual win win- winter winter ter driving tests testa on frozen Michigan lakes |