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Show SKIDDING FOR SAFETY TENNESSEE SKID TEST TRAILER one of the devices used by the National Safety Council's Committee on Winter Driving Hazards during its annual winter test project to measure the stopping ability of various vari-ous types of tires, chains and other equipment. BRAKING DISTANCES r -3 FROM 20 MPH P. J'7"' REGULAR TfffS , 77 149 FT. ! I I I I : I 0JJ j CONVENTIONAL' SNOW TIRES (Rcah'i ' 151 FT. GC--;E I I I I 'STUDDED'sNOWjlRES (rIIki ft ', 120 FT. ! " i , , n 1 T I ! j ?5jWfO?CQ TICMAINS,ftMt 75 FT. I ,i. i r i i I i 25- 50' 75' 100' 125' 150' These findings point up the extreme hazard of driving on glare ice showing that with regular tires it may take close to nine times as far to stop as on dry pavement. pave-ment. The Safe Winter Driving League cautions drivers that regardless of the type of traction device employed even with tire chains far slower than normal speeds are essential on icy pavements. |