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Show UGH SPEEDING INJURES TIRES I & nAI-ltlll Ia IHone !i,li"ins.l Vic HIT II Short, of the Viaduct Auto Supply Company .excessive speeding makes every road rough because it magnifies every irregularity He says: 'Your tires will absorb the shocks raused by these irregularities when your car Is ooerated at the reasonable i rate of speed. Suppose," however, you double this speed the force of the ' shocks then becomes four times as I great. Yon can appreciate this by re-, re-, calling that every time your car is driven at unusual rate of speed you experience a severe Jolting which is t not true when the car is runlng at a moderate rate. "Besides It Is important to remember t that increased speed changes the rcla-1 rcla-1 tlve effects rtf the load. A 10 per cent 1 Increase In speed is equavllent to a '21 per cent Increase In load, whllo a 20 I per cent speed Increase quals a -14 per cnt load Increased . ' What every one wants In a car tire Is low cost per mile. You can't get low cost per mile from a solid tire If you operate it at a higher speed than that recommendod. "Conversely, with proper care In speeding GoorU ear Tires will save you j dollars and cents In your operating expense." ex-pense." OO |