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Show ! BRAKING DISTANCES ON DRY FROM 20 MPH PAVEMENT - --i " FT' ( I f REGULAR TIRES ' : -'.''' I 149 FT- i i ' i i, 1 L CONVENTIONAL SNOW TIRES ireari ' ' I 151 FT- ! i L ! JU ' STUDDED SNOW TIRES rear-used ' -129 FT. GLCE " STUDDED SNOWTIRES irear-new'i ' 0J .120 FT. AT 25 F. I STUDDEDTIRES ifronthrcar-useo, 123 FT. ! I I ! ' STUDDED TIRES I front a rear-new 1 103 FT. I I REINFORCED TIRE CHAINS QUA, 75 FT. ll I I I I l l 25' 50' 75' WO' 125' 0 (Braking distances shown above do not include reaction time which normally adds another 22 ft. to the braking distances) Test results from the 1967 report of the Notional Safety Councifs CommitM on Winter Driving Hazards The latest test findings of the National Safety Council's Committee Com-mittee on Winter Driving Hazards disclose that regular tires on glare ice may take close to nine times as far to stop as on a dry pavement. The Safe Winter Driving League points out that regardless of the type of traction device employed even with tire chains far slower than normal speeds are a must on icy pavements. |
