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Show Take It Easy On Ice, Snow By Jeanne Smith, , Dodge Safety Consultant "WINTERIZING" your driving habits as well as your automobile is the secret to safe driving on snow and ice. Here are five important ' rales for safe winter driving recommended by the Committee Com-mittee on Winter Win-ter Driving Hazards of the National Safety Council: 1. When Miss Smith, pavements are slippery, take it easy while accelerating, braking and turning. Drive at a steady pace and get the "feel" of the road. To find out if the pavement i3 slick, try your brakes occasionally occasion-ally while driving slowly, away from traffic. 2. On snow or ice, stay well behind the car ahead. To avoid a rear collision, the distance between cars must be considerably consid-erably greater than when the pavement is dry. 3. If you have to stop sudden-, ly on ice, don'trpanic and jam or "freeze" on brakes. This may send y -ar into an uncon-trollabl uncon-trollabl . The best way to maintai control of your car during t. .Jden stop is a fast up and down pumping of the brakes. If the rear starts to swing, release the brakes and steer in the direction of the skid. 4. Keep windshield wipers, heaters and defrosters in good working condition. You must see danger to avoid it. t 5. Replace worn or smooth tires. Special snow tires are helpful help-ful and, for the worst Jce and snow conditions, reinforced tire chains are necessary. |