Show Slipping Causes Needless Accidents During Winter Loss of stop and go ability on onice onice ice and snow needlessly costs American motorists mill millions ons of dollars each cach winter in accidents and traffic ups tie according to toE E E. E A. A Whitehurst Director of the Tennessee Highway Research Research Re Re- search Program and a member of the National Safety Councils Council's Committee on winter driving hazards ABILITY to stop and go in winter driving Mr Whitehurst Whitehurst White White- hurst explained narro w s down to the amount of friction between car tires and road sur sur- face He urged all motorists to equip their cars with good tires with good treads For even better traction he recommended recommended mended snow tires For severe winter driving conditions nothing nothing noth noth- ing can match reinforced tire chains Mr Whitehurst explained ex ex- TilE THE COMMITTEES COMMITTEE'S tests have shown that snow tires are better for winter driving than regular tires Mr Whitehurst said but reinforced t tire ire i r e chains help you stop far more safely on packed snow and ice and give four to five times the go traction of regular tires Mr Whitehurst works with the national committee which conducts tests each winter on the behavior of vehicles and equipment on ice and s snow ow and the relative merits of such trac trac- tion-producing tion items as snow tires and chains Much of what safety experts know about the safe operation of cars on ice and snow has been developed by this committee THE COMMITTEE COl has studied studied studied stud stud- the degree of slipperiness of different kinds of ice and snow and has found that wet ice at 30 degrees is twice as slippery as ice at zero temper temper- The polishing effect of heavy traffic also makes ice more slippery the committee j has learned Mr Whitehurst who is also chairman of Committee E 17 on Skid Resistance of the American Ameri Ameri- can Society for Testing and Materials emphasized that the lessened traction resulting from winter driving conditions demands demands demands de de- de- de mands that the motorist reduce speed maintain a greater following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing distance behind the vehicle vehicle vehicle ve ve- hicle ahead use brakes and accelerator accelerator accelerator ac ac- ac- ac sparingly and equip his car with good tires and reinforced reinforced re rc- re- re tire chains liE HE WARNED motorists to be especially on guard when the temperature is just above freez freeze ing j |