Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-26
Thought and Care Count for
Much in the Prevention Of
Such Accidents.
CHAIN ALSO A GREAT HELP
Its Use Gives Feeling OF Security to
the Occupants OF an Automobile
Good Advice That N Needed
Will Greatly Lessen Dan
ger Of Mishaps.

The memory OF one bad accident is
enough to mar permanently the pleas
ure OF the motorist and il is therefore
matter of first importance TO take
all precautions to guard against even
the semblanCe OF a disaster of any
kind
Mechanical advances in construc.
ton have so improved the automobile
that there is little excuse for smashes
Perhaps the only risk that cannot be
entirely eliminated comes in the use
of car on wet and slippery streets.
which brings 10 the fore the peril OF
skidding
The skid is one OF the most nerve
racking of experiences.
There is nothing that makes a man
lose his nerve so thoroughly as bad
skid that ends in a broken wheel
against a curb or that makes matters
far worse by "side-swiping" a moving
trolley car.
II took American inventive genius
to discover that If there was sufficient
pressure on chain il would take tons
of effort TO slide it over a wet pave
ment or the muddiest OF dirt roads:
and that the weight OF any car itself
automatically supplies more pressure
than is ever needed effectively TO stop
a tendency TO slide on the part of the
slippery rubber surface OF the tire.
II was then only a question of
making coat of chain mail in such
form that it could easily he put on
and taken of the wheel.
Probably no other device has done
so much TO raise the factor of auto
mobile safety.
Unfortunately. roads are not always
all wet or all dry.
When one starts out in the rain
it's an easy matter to 20 prepared by
putting on the chains. and when it's
really wet. nothing gives q greater
feeling OF security than chains on
all fours:" for. Of all skids, the front
wheel variety is to be most dreaded,
as il IS the hardest TO counteract by
manipulation OF the steering wheel.
But in the driest weather there may
be the efforts OF the street sprinkler
to contend with or n sudden shower
may overtake the car within so short
a distance Of home that a driver
would rather take the risk than get
out in the rain TO put on the chains.
In such contingencies the ability
TO do the right thing at the right time
is a great help.
First Of all. drive slowly over the
wet stretch. Like the 1rishman's fall,
ii isn't the speed that hurts: it's the
sudden stop that does the damage
So, by al means, avoid putting on
the brakes, as that simply locks the
rear wheels and makes it easier for
them to slide by preventing their
natural tendency TO roll ahead
The moment the car starts 10 slide
of at the rear, turn the front wheels
sharply in the same direction as the
rear ones are skidding
Both pair then present an acute
angle TO the line of slide movement:
and the rear wheels will resume roll
ing and follow the front wheels in
stead OF skidding
Turning the front wheels in the 9TH
er direction will aggravate the ten
dency TO skid to dangerous degree.
The biggest factor in the proven
ton of skidding and in making pos
sible ordinarily inaccessible roads in
the winter time is the chain non
skid device