Show Patrol Head ea Gives rues Hints on Safe I Driving In Winter This Is the month to be thankful thankful thank thank- ful that you have a car but It ItIs Itis itis is also the month to be doubly thankful If your cas Is in apple- apple pie order to meet the added driving driving driving ing hazar hazards s which winter months bring P. P L. L Dow superintendent of the Utah Highway Patrol a admonishes admonishes ad ad- Utah motorists Your life Ufe may depend on how well you can stop and see this winter Mr Dow said sald because traffic experts predict that thai auto accidents will set a new all- all time high during this this snow-ice snow season The reason he said is a combInation combination combination com com- of ot more cars car's more gas and more restraint weary ers If It practical precautions are not taken for protection against the two major hazards hazards Inadequate quate traction and reduced d visibility this this will result In thu thy worst traffic acci accident ent winter in history Motorists themselves weary of war-time war restraints are In Inclined inclined inclined in- in to be and to take unnecessary chances Millions Millions Mil Mil- lions of motorists fail Can to realize that during the years ears of the compulsory compulsory compulsory com com- 35 mile an hour speed limit their driving skill may have grown a bit rusty particularly particularly larl at higher speeds On snow or Ice 25 miles per hour can be dangerous This Is especially true Mr Dow sai said of their ability to judge the distance In which they can stop their cars on snow or Ice covered cov cov- covered ered pavements As a result he said all motorists should exercise exercise exer exer- cise else more than usual care this year and the care should begin 1 with getting their cars in the best possible condition for the I added winter hazards This should include he said the checking of brakes tire chains windshield wipers defrosters defrosters defrosters de de- de- de headlights electrical and cooling systems and even the exhaust Statistics show Mr 11 Dow v said that accidents increase from 21 24 to 53 per cent In winter partly because of slippery roads and partly because of Impaired Impaired visibility results not only from Crom weather Including frost snow and sleet but from the circumstances that there are more hours of darkess darkess darkess dark- dark ess In winter than in summer Night accidents account for tor two-thirds two of all traffic deaths in winter time he said In the summer night accidents account for less than half Keep your windshield wiper and defrosters Continued on page four Patrol Head ea Gives I Hints o on n Safety I Continued from Cram page one in working order at all times Umes and never overdrive your lights Mr Dow also warned motorIsts motorists motorists motor motor- not to take chances by driving drivIng driving ing without tire chains when snow and Ico ice prevails just to avoid the tile bother of putting them on I Tho The car with tire chains does I not get stalled and can stop In half hat the tho distance of the car without without without with with- out chains he said and figures figures fig fig- Ig- Ig ures show that skids account fO lot foi 17 per cent of f all accidents In rural areas and 12 per cent In urban areas areas Emphasizing that proper road maintenance also Is a helpful factor in safe driving Mr Dow urged all city and cou county ty highway highway highway high high- way departments to make malce every to keep at least main traveled traveled traveled trav trav- highways free as possible of ice and snow Ho Imo pointed out however that even best of snow removal crews crows cannot keep up with repeated storms or keep all roads at all nIl U times es clear of I packed down snow The driver must realize this and drive ac ac- cordingly It is his responsibility He added these tips for individual individual indi indi- vidual drives Adjust speed to weather con con- Slow down before you reach a curve or intersection Dont Don't got too close to the tho car In front Signal that you mean to turn or stop See that your defroster defroster de de- froster and windshield wipers give you maximum visibility |