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Show 8. "Bald" tires tires worn to a tread depth of l16th inch provide hazardous driving even during good weather. Remove Re-move them immediately. "No matter how well you care for your tires during the long winter ahead, careless driving dri-ving can defeat all your efforts," ef-forts," offers Ormsby as a final fin-al tip. "During tricky weather conditions motorists must always al-ways adjust to the road conditions con-ditions and drive defensively. Remember to slow down on slipper roads and at intersections, intersec-tions, and keep a safe distance dis-tance between you and the car in front." Tips on Winter Tire Care Are Given By Safety Group Washington, D-C. "Bleeding" "Bleed-ing" the air from tires in order or-der to get better traction this winter will only cause bleeding bleed-ing hearts next spring when motorists mo-torists find they have to pay income in-come taxes and buy new tires at the same time. "Bleeding tires in order to get greater traction is an old wive's tale," says Ross R. Ormsby, chairman of the Tire Industry Safety Council. "By doing this, you are actually going go-ing to get less traction." The Council offers these additional ad-ditional tips on winter tire care: 1. Check inflation regularly, because dropping temperatures cause a decrease in tire pressure. pres-sure. For every 10 degree drop, tire pressure will go down about one pound. 2. Make sure you have the proper type of tire on the car for the weather conditions generally gen-erally expected in your area. 3. Snow tires with an open tread pattern and deep grooves are recommended for areas with periodic snow and icy conditions. con-ditions. 4. In areas having long periods per-iods of hard packed snow and glare ice conditions, safety studded snow tires will provide greater starting and stopping ability, in addition to improved cornering and general maneuverability. maneu-verability. Always check your state's limitation to make sure you comply with an restricted period for use of safety studded stud-ded tires. 5. Allow new winter tires a "breaking-in" period by limiting limit-ing speed to 60 miles per hour for the first 50 miles of driving. 6. All winter tires should be inflated to the same pressures as recommended for conventional conven-tional tires by the car owner's manual. 7. When checking for proper inflation do so out-of-doors where temperatures are identical iden-tical to those to be encountered encounter-ed when driving not in a heated garage. |