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Slow Down When
Roads Are Wet
For years safety people have been telling drivers to slow down when roads are wet. They knew and still do that the reason was the lack of ccptrol over a vehicle on wet road surface—but, they didn’t know why! They do now! The answer came out of the space age during the solving of a tough scientific problem related to missiles and their need to know where they are in relation to the earth. ln_qther words, a matter totally unrelated to our earthbound problem of 6afe vehicle operation on wet roads. By application of the principles discovered they found a car’s wheels “hydroplane" on wet surfaces. That is, at around 50 mph they found the tire surfaces actually leave the road if there is as much as 1/16 of an inch of moisture on the road surface. The tire pressure had a part in the study and it appears the lower the tire pressure, and the faster the speed, the farther off the road surface does the vehicle “hydroplane”. They prove it with high speed photo studies too. So it's no wonder you can’t steer or fully control a vehicle at normal speeds in wet weather — you see, the doggone wheels aren’t on the ground. Now you Know too--so heed the advice! Slow down in wet weather. _.
“It is to be hoped that no one ever requests an opinion on the Ten Commandments from the U. S. Supreme Court.” From Aztec, N. M., Independent Review.
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