Show Braking Distances on Various Surfaces at 20 mph 0 DRY CONCRETE PAVEMENTs 21 FT I ION ON CONCRETE PAVEMENT s WET CONCRETE 26 FT NO CHAINS 69 FT ON CHAINS ON REAR WHEELS PACKED SNOW FT NO CHAINS OR SAND ON VI CHAINS ON REAR WHEELS GLARE S Sas as FT ICE SAND ON ICE 86 FT 0 25 50 15 I will be an added handy handl cap th s w m 36 northern states Prof Ralph A Moyer of the Iowa State college eng fleeting expert ment stat on who IS cha of the council s comm flee on 01 w ng hazards po out s cant facts for consideration by farmers and all others who must drive on rural roads th s w Traffic deaths in snow belt states last V inter ran the m leage death rate 24 per cent hIgher than the summer toll toll Professor Moyer said 4 Put on tire lire chains chams when roads are slIppery with snow or orice orice ice 5 Signal intentions of turning or stopping 6 Apply brakes lightly and m in on Icy roads 7 Remember that brat ing dis distances on snow and Ice are from 4 to 11 limes greater than Ihan on ondry ondry dry paiement pa and that wet Ice at near thawing temperatures is twice as slIppery as dry Ice near zero |