The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 October 1972 — Page 19

How to Go in Snow . . .

Experts Provide Advice On Safe Winter Driving

If you want to avoid wintertime motoring mishaps, here’s some advjce to follow —but don’t follow too closely. The Canada Safety Council says maintaining a proper following distance no matter how inconvenient this may be and maintaining a speed geared to the conditions will prevent these accidents. The crux of the problem is the vehicle’s contact with the road surface, often slippery in winter driving conditions. It can take up to nine times as long to stop on glare ice, for example, as on a dry surface. Many drivers count on their snow tires to reduce

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their stopping distance on icy surfaces. They won’t, Canada Safety Council tests demonstrated, although they improve traction on snow. Studded tires reduce the stopping distance, especially in glare ice conditions, but can engender over-confi-dence because not all cars have studs so cannot stop in such a short distance. Time to Stop A correct following distance gives the driver time to stop without hitting the car ahead or being struck by the car behind in both normal driving and when the car ahead makes an unexpected

move. The driver needs plenty of room in which to maneuver in winter driving, especially when the visibility is poor. In dry surface driving conditions, the correct following distance is one vehicle length for every 10 miles an hour. Or use the two second following distance formula. Pick an object such as a telephone pole beside the road ahead. When the car ahead passes this object, start counting “a thousand and one, a thousand and two.’’ If your car passes the object before you’ve finished counting, you’re not keeping your distance. A formula good at any speed. This following distance should be increased up to four times in winter driving conditions. Fresh snow.is especially slippery. When ice , conditions prevail, the speed should be reduced sharply and following . distances increased up to nine car

lengths for every 10 miles an hour of speed. Speed too fast for the conditions and following too closely are involved in all rear-end collisions. Excessive speed is also responsible for many other winter accidents such as striking fixed objects beside the road. Need for Patience Patience is the right attitude for winter driving. Starting off slowly and accelerating only as the driver feels the tires gripping the road surface. Patience when stuck, rocking the car back and forth gently rather than tire spinning. Patience when driving, going only at the speed. at which you can feel the tires gripping the road surface. Patience when stopping which takes much longer on slippery surfaces and should be executed by pumping the brakes so that steering control is maintained.

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