OCR Text |
Show O S v T rpr e- Results of a study for the Minnesota Depart ment cf Highways on the effect iveness of studded tires, dated two months ago but not gener ally made public, have now been disclosed. The report con firms the safety benefits of the studded tires. the Tire Industry Safety WASH., D.C. A dried gourd was probably the fist rattle. ' cil, Earlier this year the Minnesota Legislature a'towed the law permitting the use of spudded tires in that state to expire, jThe study, dated Sept., 1971, was not released during a special session cf the legislature ia October when lp'mvcrs again looked at studded tires, passing a law that permits the cars to use studded tires in Minnesota for a limited time. The study, conducted by the Corned Aeronautical Laboratory rf Buffalo, N.Y.. showed: Cars with studded tires were involved in fewpr a0ci1-ent- s than cars with other types of tires. accHents involving tires tended OH;? to h Ws .serious than o"her accidents. TnniuHes to. oeouoants and damiaro to vehicles tended: to be less spvpp when studde"1 tires were used. Studied tires imoroved control, loss of v'' "n)is termed a primary problem. "This study corroborates vbflk m.n'st ffrouos concerned wi'tih hnVhwraiv safetiv always have staged- the safety studded snow tires do make a ma-ipto increased pontrifomMon hMiwniv safetv during aard-ou- s winter drivins condition's," sadd. 78-pa- k ! out-of-sta- te w'-l- MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL stud ve-hic- HELPER SERVICE CENTER 'More Miles per Dollar' Try Us! Gene Carlson, Mg - ir Next Door To Helper City Hall Ross R. Ormslby, Ctokmiain of ' j THREE to drive ntarer the linrts on siiooery roads?" Sev d sp-o- and drive; tched. of the drivers percent of the rewith studded tir-j- percent enly-on- e eighty-fou- r s s ' 'es.'' percent of til i Thirty-si- x stated they usci? stud ded tires, u.d twenty-si- x pa-.cci'- t winter percent used tu-e- s non-studJ- t and stai,dard tires. To get the accident data, pc iice were asked to fill cut sup thirty-eigh- repua-tpllementiary aiccident dea'ir.g with tires, damage and s road conditions during February-and October-DeceApril ber, 1970. Most attention was given to vehicles' which "trig-- ! gered" accidents by sliding on slippery roads. Participating city police agencies were Minneapol's and its suburbs of Brooklyn Center Edka and Richfield; St. Paul and one suburb, Roseviile; Grand Rapids, Maukato, Ptochester and St. Cloud. "Approximately one our of five accidents was triggered by " vehicles involved due t the report said. "Fifteen percent of all injuries occurred in accidents triggered by sliding of vehcles." The accident reports covered 4,551 mishaps involving 7,151 automobiles. A toital of 124 persons were killed and 3,086 injured. Repair costs and property damage was estimated at $3.3 million. Of the reported accidents, 79 percent occurred on snowy or roads. And the report showed that as road condi tions became poorer, oars with studded tires were better able to avoid triggering an accident by maintaining vehcle control. The "estmaited accidert rate for triggering an accident due t osliding ws shown on a chart as about 0.7 for studded tires, 2.1 for snow tires and 2.7 for standard tires. "The results reflecting sliding accident rates showed mark ed benefits for studded tire vehicles versus snow tire vehicles and for snow tire versus standard", the report said. "We hope that other states now considering possible action against studded tires will study Ihs new evidence of extra safety benefits very carefully," Mr Ormsby said. "We always have maintained that the safety advantages of studded tires outweigh the pave ment wear involved and the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory report certainly supports that position," he said. m Jfrom all of usf to all of von ,afc Du-lut- h, V FLOWERS "Whatever the Occasion oslid-ing,- Phone - Call Us" Helper, Utah 472-881- 1 May you and all your loved ones be TO A BETTER dCB BY DAVID A. IOCKMIUER, PH blessed with life's finest gifts O. m. fRom all yoim fmends Do you like to be where the action is? Then consider a career as a bookkeeper or accountant. These people handle the paper work that keeps our trillion dollar economy moving. They pay our 80 million workers and see that bills get collected and paid. They also calculate whether a business is making a profit or loss, and how many dollars each firm owes in taxes. A bookkeeper (perhaps a whole staff of them) keeps transtrack of the actions of a business, money coming in and going out There are something like 1,200,000 bookkeepers at work now, and about 75,000 job openings a year. An accountant analyzes the records kept by bookkeepers and decides if the business is making money or losing, how much is owed in taxes, where there is waste and provides other kinds of financial analysis. Accounting jobs come at several levels; thev require more training than bookkeeping and usually carry better 0 salaries. There are about job openings a year for accountants. Thousands of bookkeepers and accountants working today have qualified for their jobs by studying at home, sometimes while working at g other, jobs. Most high schools and business schools teach bookkeeping. Accounting is generally considered a college-leve- l subject, and in some states a college degree is needed to qualify as a Certified Public Accountant. If studying at home sounds best to you, you might like to at. fM MOUNTAIN PAGE The questionnaire asked drivers to describe driving conda-'ion- s andexpeiiences on tie day before the questionnaire was fihed out. A ley questionn was: "Do you think studded tires help HELP YOURSELF comfort and cheen JOURNAL (Utah r. Coun- Summarizing the findings in the report, which was prepared by Kenneth Perchon-oof the Accident Research Branch of CAL it was stalled : "The data offers evidence that the use of studded tires yields .observable advantages ;over other types in terms of accident precipitation, vehicle behavior in emergencies, and driver injury." The CAL study, which cost over $50,000, was authorized by the Rlinnesota Legislature in 1969, along with a separate $245,000 study to determine the degree cf extra wear studded tires bring to various types of pavement. The purpose of both studies was to help the 1971 leg islature decide whether safety benefits outweighed the pave-- ; merit damage. This pavement study, conduct ed by the American Oil Co. of Whiting, Indiana, and supported by several other states, did show extra wear due to studs. The results received wide publicity, and the Minnesota Legislature allowed the law permitting the use of studs in that state to expire last May. : The results of the CAL safety benefit study reportedly were not made available to the legislature. The study, titled "Safety Effectiveness of Studded Tires," was based on analysis of infor mation from two sources accident reports compiled over cart of the past two winters by the Minnesota Highway Patrol as wel as several cooperating police departments and the res pcrises to 84,000 questionnaires ! -- THE HELPER sent to Minnesota drivers last winter ever the signature of theu Governor Harold LeVand-e- THURSDAY, DEC. 23. 1971 STUDY SHOWS STUDDED TIRES ARE SAFER I FUEL love, health, happiness and joyful success." JIM & ED'S FURNACE CLEANERS Jim Paletta and Ed Tallerico Helper "The Friendly City" Utah day-to-da- y A RECIPE FOR HOLIDAY CHEER o jhI om$ ti.nw tj .wen-- , f HSESf-- - Tfjjf 25,-00- lower-payin- rams . li I. & ... - - T y have the "Directory of Accredited Home Study Schools," available free from Home Study Council, 1C01 18th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. J AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 1 the National it1 -- OUR VERY BEST WISHES FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS Gummed Tape Rolli Journal Office DEAN'S APPLIANCE & PRICE CULLIGAH SOFT WATER -:- - UTAH |