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Show SHARP CORNERS RUIN TIRES Experts Claim It Takes Off Tread as In Skidding It Weakens Side Wall Fabric. Taking a sharp corner without slackening slack-ening speed means poor service from tires. Although everyone knows that It is Inviting accident, there are still many who will take a sharp curve without taking their foot off the accelerator. ac-celerator. The practice is responsible for as many collisions as any other one thing. But even wher nothing happens to car or driver, there Is something happening hap-pening to the tire. The tendency of the car to sway to the side as it takes a corner puts a severe strain on the casing. Tire men claim to some extent ex-tent It takes off the tread as in skidding. skid-ding. More serious Is its effect on the fabric. It weakens the side wall fabric, fab-ric, and brings nearer the day when the tire must be discarded. They say there are drivers who will listen to something, about their pocket when they are deaf to advice on living a longer life.. This class should think about their tires when they are ap-proaehlng ap-proaehlng the sharp corner and the dangerous curve. |