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Show 6 TIPS FOR SAFER WINTER DRIVING By Prof . A. H. Easton Director, Motor Vehicle Research Laboratory University of Wisconsin Get the "feel" of the road. Accelerate carefully j I0 at low speed and away from other traffic to see j if the wheels spin, then brake tcTsee if they skid. Reduce j j speed accordingly, steer gently and smoothly, use gas j and brake pedals sparingly. Increase your following distance. It takes three I 2 to twelve times as far to stop on snow and ice K as on dry pavement, so lengthen your following distance to suit road and weather conditions. j "Pump "your brakes to slow or stop don't jam 3 them on. Proper pumping technique is to apply and release the brake pedal rapidly once or twice a second. sec-ond. This intermittent pumping action keeps the wheels I rolling and helps maintain steering control. S A Have good tires with good treads. Good tire 1 4 treads are always superior to smooth treads on slippery pavements. Even better for snow are snow tires, i which provide half again as much pulling power as regu- j lar tires. ' Always carry rein- I O forced tire chains I BRAKING DISTANCE in the trunk 0f your car from 20 mph and use them for severe ON GLARE ICE at 20 F snow and ice conditions. - They provide four to five 177 7 times as much traction on reinforced tire chains snow or ice as regular tires. ! n Keep your wind- I8 199' 0 shield and win- 1 regular tire chains dows clear at all times. 1 Replace streaking wiper Il74' blades that may have been 1 ' baked dry by summer sun. 1 SNOW TIRES Be gure that yQur wind. j 1 shield washer solution i 1 contains adequate anti-regular anti-regular tires 195' freeze. |