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Show Get Your Car in Shape for the Holidays, Follow These Safety Tips icy pavements, particularly when used on all four wheels. Keep tire chains handy for winter's worst weather, especially in deep snow and on glare ice. and in hillv countrv. 9. KNOW THE TEMPERATURE. TEM-PERATURE. And remember that ice at 30 degrees is twice as slippery as at 0 degrees. 10. USE SAFETY BELTS. This self-help to comfort and safety is never ou! of season. If the folks back home are planning to see you during the Christmas season, make sure your car is in first class condition, con-dition, and make sure you drive with prudence and extra care, drivers were cautioned today by Darcie H. White, President of the Utah Safety Council. "Unfortunately, the worst winter storms of the season often strike during the Christmas holiday. In this part of the country sometimes neither cars nor drivers are the safety offical warned. "Check your car before starting your trip home," he advised. "It won't take a service ser-vice station long to inspect the tires, brakes, headlights, signals, battery, radiator, rear lights and windshield wipers and blades. A failure of any of these items could spoil your plans." "Be sure you have good tires with good treads. While snow tires can be of real help for pulling through snow, studded tires (where legal) are still better for added traction on icy pavements. And carry along a set of reinforced tire chains incase yourun into severe snow and ice conditions," he added. White also urged stopping for an occasional rest if the trip runs several hundred miles. Passengers and driver can use the occasion for a coffee break, and to stretch their legs. Then everyone, especially children, can resume the trip less tired. "If stormy weather develops, call ahead to let your hosts know you'll be coming a little later than expected," he added. "Better a little later and still a guest than to be rushed to a hospital after injury in a costly accident." Slip-ups in driving can lead to samsh-ups this winter, win-ter, motorists were warned today by Darcie II. While of the Utah Safety Council. With hazardous eat her ahead of us, now's the time to realize that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Summer and winter are two very different seasons, and the cances we look and got away with in nice weather on dry roads just can't be taken so lightly in bad weather on slippery highways. We fully subscribe to the rules recommended by the National Safety Council. He listed these as follows: 1. START SLOWLY. Easy does it; dont gun it. Give tires a chance to grip on slippery surfaces. 2. KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. You need a bigger safety margin in winter for emergency stopping. !!. LIGHT THE WAY. Low beam headlights may be needed even in day-time during fog or snow; never use parking lights for driving. 4. adjust your speed. Varying road, weather and traffic conditions call for varying speeds. Posted limits safe for summer may be far too high for winter. 5. PLAN AHEAD. Slow down well ahead of intersections, grade crossings and ramps. Heavy traffic concentrations con-centrations at these locations packs and polishes ice ana snow to a deadly glaze. Signal intention in-tention to turn well in ad-vance.don't ad-vance.don't short-change the driver behing you. 6. PUMP YOUR BRAKES. An intermittent pumping action on the pedal gives you better stopping and steering control. If the rear end skids left, steer left; to the right; steer right. 7. SEE CLEARLY. Before moving your car in winter, remove any snow and ice from all windows. B sure windshield wiper blades and defrosters are functioning well. Carry a brush and scraper, and use when needed. 8. TIRES OKAY? Be sure your tires all have good treads, but better yet use snow tires. Studded tires (where legal) provide still better traction on |
