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Show TO AVOID SKID , ONICYHIGHWAY Good Plan to Have Chains in Car for Use in Any Emergency. If you believe that chains will prevent pre-vent skidding, don't leave them In the garage, suggest Walter 0. King, past president of the national safety council. coun-cil. F.veo nvhen the weather isn't disagreeable, dis-agreeable, have your chains In your car so you can put them over your llres in a hurry, if necessary. Skidding Likely on Curves. Iterncniber that skidding Is most likely on curves, therefore run very filowly except when driving straight ahead on firm footing. Don't deviate suddenly from a straight ahead direction hut do so as-gradually as-gradually and carefully as permissible. permissi-ble. See that the brakes act equally on the two sides and use them as little lit-tle as possible, relying mainly on the retarding effect of the closely throttled throt-tled engine with clutch engaged. Avoid ii 1 1 I v i n ir brakes fuddenlv and too violently, especially when on curves. Don't "step on the gas" too suddenly, when on rounded roads or when the front wheels are deflected. Perform all control actions steering, steer-ing, braking and accelerating gently no as not to break the hold of the wheels on the road, for when once a wheel has lost Its grip it Is as free to slip as to roll ahead. Keep in Middle of Road. On heavily crowned roads drive as nearly in the middle as the tratlic permits, per-mits, keep way from the curbstones and give other vehicles as wide a berth as practicable so as to allow leeway lee-way in case side slip develops. Avoid all situations which might call for sudden sud-den veering or emergency brake nppli cation. If a skid starts and the- rear end of the car throws out of line instantly Fleer toward the side toward which the rear end is side slipping, at the name time letting up on the accelerator. |