Show TO PREVENT AUTO skidding ON ICE ac winter driving Is attended with elements of danger driving nn fin automobile over pact packed ed and polished snow Is tin nn undertaking not without nn element of danger says bays it 11 bulletin issued by the mechanical ch anical first aid department nt of the chicago motor club tint und a better knowledge of tile wily way in will which 11 a car nets acts tinder these conditions will moke make for the safety of the winter driver chains are useful the inexperienced driver lias ailts heard veteran rivers extol the use of chains with tho the result that tile he tyro comes to believe that chains are tin an absolute skid preventive it comes as it surprise ae then for him to discover ills car skidding when lie he lias has taken the precaution to apply chains to tits ills wheel 4 driving should not bri be attempted without chains but many serious and fatal accidents have happened to drivers who have placed too much con confidence floence in the ate power of chains to stop a skid when a quick step Is necessary the roar rear wheels are llody to lock if tills this occurs the cross chains part tile the bare rubber comes in contact with the ley icy surface of tile road and a skid results A skid of this kind generally can be stopped hv by releasing tile lie brithe for a second and then tip applying plying it again on lony long tripe it Is advisable to carry a stout piece of rope which can ho be bound around a section of tile the wheel heel it if the chain should break another difficulty in winter delv ing li Is that now chow and sleet form a coiling coating of ice fee the windshield Is ii sometimes powerless pov verless to remove remote the motorist who la far enough to carry a bag of salt can quickly remedy this trouble by ruh rub liene the lie salt over tile the ice fee coated windshield 11 car under control the bulletin concludes tile th beginning of all wisdom in whiter rioter motoring la Is however lit in knowing that an anything tiling rony may happen and that tile only vay w r to be sure Is lit al ways to have the car under tinder complete control if a motorist tins has arrived at tills this stage of driving wis wisdom doni lio lie will never fall into the most common of winter driving mistakes that of traveling fast in ruts of snow lie ile will know liow how difficult it la Is to turn out for an oncoming car and lie will realize that a quick turn Is liable to have disastrous results |