Show Safety Council Warns Drivers on Winter Hazards David C Stephens vice pre for traffic Utah Safety Council Issued a preparedness warning to Utah motorists this week with a reminder that now is the time to check your tires How well you keep moving this winter depends on on the kind of traction aids you use to offset winter conditions THE COUNCILS COUNCIL'S recommendations are based on the 1967 findings of tests conducted by bythe bythe the National Safety Councils Council's Committee on Winter Driving Hai Hair Hazards r s at Stev Stevens ns Point Wis Wis- Wis Wisconsin These tests are constantly turning up new information safety th the safety official said said but one fact stands out tle years of study your best help duro dur- during Ing severe ice and snow con con- conditions comes from having a good set of reinforced tire chains on the rear wheels of your car Some of the new information resulting from the 1967 Nation Nation- National National al Council tests are as follows BECAUSE of continued im in regular tires or or- or ordinary know now tires without studs offer no advantage over highway tires in stopping on onIce onice Ice In fact they may be actual actual- actually ly slightly inferior in bringing your car to a stop on ice In loosely packed snow on the theother theother other hand snow tires Improve stopping a ability and provide half again as much pulling ab as regular tires STUDDED TIRES on rear wheels provide appreciably more stop and go traction on onice onice ice braking distances by about 19 per cent as com com- compared compared pared with a 50 per cent re- re reduction reduction using reinforced tire chains Studded tires provide about 3 times the pulling ability of re re- re regular gular tires on ice and chains give more than 7 times the pull pull- pulling ing ability of regular tires When our streets and high high- highways ways are glazed over in win win- winter tel ter you still must change your driving habits drastically slow down brake early enough to brake gently and plan every maneuver well ahead of time |