Show I i i I SKIDDING FOR SAFETY t a w N tD s y pi i s aTau x Me r TENNESSEE SKID TEST TRAILER one of th the devices used by the National Safety Safely Council Committee on on Winter Driving Hazards during lit annual winter test leit project to meu measure measure re the he topping stopping ability of various sari vari arl ous oua types of tl tires chains and nd other equipment wt wn nr BRAKING DISTANCES oN see FROM 20 MPH PAVEMENT rT REGULAR TIRES Ka iT ON CONVENTIONAL SHOW SNOW T R S w f FT GLACE STUDDED SNOW TIRES u FT a roas y rr 71 FT 60 70 00 50 These findings point up the extreme hazard of driving on glare ice showing ice showing that with re regular r tires it may take close to nine times as far to stop atop a as on on dry pave pave- ment The Safe Winter Driving League cautions drivers that regardless of the type of traction device employed even even with tire chains far chains far dower slower than normal speeds speed are re essential on icy pavements pavement |