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Show Rural Driving Hazards Worse in Winter; Death Toll 24 Above Summer Months Winter's most serious driving hazards haz-ards are slippery snow-and-ice-cov-ered1 roads and poor visibility caused by frosted or fogged windshields and long hours of darkness, and these hazards are more serious on rural highways than on city streets according to studies by the National Safety council. Declaring that shortage of manpower man-power and of safe winter driving "while the southern winter caused only a 5 per cent Increase." Following are rules, based on council research, for driving under un-der adverse road and weather conditions: con-ditions: Winter Rules. 1. Adjust speed to conditions. 2. Slow down well in advance of intersections and curves. 3. Follow other vehicles at safe distances. Braking Distances on Various Surfaces at 20 mpfi T 1 1 1 1 1 : I r ,C DRY CONCRETE 21 ft. ON CONCRETE PAVEMENT WET CONCRETE 26 FT. '"A NO CHAINS mStfe I - ksr 69 ft. ON . ,f itoAINS ONREAR WHEELS PACKED SNOW 4bFT. I ; Vrliv&-v NO CHAINS OR SAND -Kl FT v, - . CHAINS ON REAR WHEELS Ow 00 j fvTr oo FT. SAND ON ICE L I I 86FT. I 1,1 I I 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 equipment will be an added handicap handi-cap this winter in 36 northern states, Prof. Ralph A. Moyer, of the Iowa State college engineering experiment experi-ment station, who is chairman of the council's committee on winter driving hazards, points out significant signifi-cant facts for consideration by farmers and all others who must drive on rural roads this winter. "Traffic deaths in snow belt states last winter ran the mileage death rate 24 per cent highef than the summer toll," Professor Moyer said. 4. Put on tire chains when roads are slippery with snow or ice. 5. Signal intentions of turning or stopping. 6. Apply brakes lightly and intermittently in-termittently on Icy roads. 7. Remember that braking distances dis-tances on snow and ice are from 4 to 11 times greater than on dry pavement, and that wet Ice at near thawing temperatures is twice as slippery as dry ice near sero. |
