Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02
SKIDD|NC CARS
ARE DANGEROUS
Wet Streets and Slippery
PavementS Cause of MANY
Accidents.

increase in automobile accidents within
the last few years and tbe marked in
ta,,tio, of cow - IL -. -.
.aa -. NV az ''eii' ''iSu
@uoe men 10 increase their rates has
led the more careful owners and drivers
TO inquire what the causes of these
accidents are II is only natural ia
exnec+ tbat ti,.. .,il,i.,. - -.
- - o'i'| VI ''e9e n'i'
Maps Cake place IN the city where there
are more cars and this is found TO be
actually the case. According to the
Insurance exnerts tho ,,.asto,,. ,,r, of
~ 49, p'i
49, q! i'o' uus 20 'oIe'e5S-
"ess' put nevertheless there are a great
many WhicA arc directly traceable to
This ana no other causa
ON. ~ +1,o mos, r,,.o1:a.. ....,.....
st,,.. = ~
- ~ Oi'H '''-'S ~ HNiuulde' Not
tess imam 80 pof cent of the skids en-
leountered are rot ut AZ Gus TO u gil
Agenco en- t1a -.4 4 o1 tbn -r-ver Auar-
l,iee,. ,,.riob ,,.,. i,.,...,
~, ~ ,,-l,o,, ~ 80 ""' ""U
frest, i st,rini-l.1 a.,.'+. u..oi 5
h rotoi.slisd ~, a. - ; 80. T. "l!u
fs.t. ,,,,io ", 20
ar t.vI nv" ''-S 'i'NSS
kid "''V Ht ~ Has
oaI,sc ~. ha,l ',. 'iHi'E 'I
~ ert,.tt..,,'1 "'c 10y "''' II
.st 49, Sl1i.e W ~ ire on 'n'
,,efk tbie sIj,, 80, =. ~ In,eieut 10
pTrnI.s fi,A'a T., ,r,, ~ ",'i'E udu
90 tS~-'-el 80 SIC l''' -"
Y w,era ti,eS''Ni,T OV"t' ~,
ever. ~ ~ N.t>' H. '"M
,i,iva.,s ooe,t,,l o"' "' INC
cbs,,,- !, o IN, ~ INES pH mere
ma so;,ra sS4ti,i, On tpllN t''e poWet
~, So - az i"' 70 " .le
MIA p M ~ W 'gie ne
exf5.a,1e1, ,,roh.1,1n A. ~ 60 an
dense. An accident Of This Kind is in
frequent when tho relative. number az
the cars in use in the streets of a rtty
Ike New York is considered sin il is
sufficiently frequent to make consid-
cradle number when taken i'm the oc-
gregate.
The chief objection 10 asphalt as Il
pavement is its slipperfnees nj rbe
slightest moisture. The dust which
settles on the surface of the asuialt
combines with the water 10 make a
thin LAYER of paste which acts in about
the same manner as a slinnarv orr. ,e
Of axle grease would do should IL he
spread upon the surface of the road II
is a fact that a little moisture ON thp
asphalt road will make ii more slinpery
than would be the case with heavy !
rain. This is due to the fact that When
the rain becomes sufficiently heavy it !
washes the mud off the surface of the
road and takes away the slippery mix !
ture which is so apt to cause a skid at
the slightest semblance Of locking the
wheels The advice which is often
handed out by people who are in a |
position Of knowing. to put the chains !
on at once" is no fairy persinage.
Slippery Street Cause.
This uncomfortable feeling Of sitting |
III a car that has passed beyond the |
drivers control and is swinging about |
end for end. has only 10 be felt once
to convince any one 81 the ACCESSIBILITY |
Of taking thG-little extra trouble neces- |
sary in putting on the tire chains. If |
any definite proof or what experienced /
owners of large numbers OF city going |
: xebicles think Of the advisabilitv OF
guarding against the fatal skid. il is
only necessary to ask the managers Of
the large taxicab concerns. The posi- |
tive instructions ISSUED ov these people !
TO their drivers leave no room for fur |
fhe4. Goaht.
collision on account oC The ignorance |