'Snobootz' Designed for Safer Winter Driving.IDER IDER International Disaster & Emergency Readiness , Ala. -- A unique new, lightweight tire accessory designed to help provide safer driving conditions in winter weather coupled with easy installation compared to snow chains Snow chains, or tire chains, are devices which are affixed to the wheels of vehicles to provide superior traction when driving through snow and ice. Snow chains are usually attached to the drive wheels of a vehicle (e.g. is being announced today by Navimetrix. Named Snobootz, this revolutionary patent-pending winter traction device for passenger cars and light trucks consists of a durable fabric boot which wraps around the tire. The product features rubber traction pads bonded to the fabric boot. The pads are embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. with steel cleats for aggressive ice traction. Snobootz fits the most popular size tires on cars and light trucks. Kurt Lammon, president of Navimetrix, said, "Snobootz (available at www.snobootz.com) are a great way to help ensure family safety during snow and ice winter driving conditions. The installation usually requires about a minute per tire. Snobootz offer an ideal solution for winter traction, especially for smaller cars that often have wheel clearances too tight to allow the use of tire chains Noun 1. tire chain - chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow snow chain chain - a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament ." Snobootz come as a set of two to cover both tires on the drive axle. "The installation of Snobootz is simple and straightforward," said Lammon. "The driver simply drapes drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. the boot over the tire, drives forward a few feet, then latches the hook-and-loop fastener which holds the boot to the tire." Independent third-party testing at Michigan Tech University's Keweenaw Research Center (KRC KRC - Kent Recursive Calculator. A lazy functional language developed by David Turner in 1981 based on SASL, with pattern matching and ZF expressions. ["Functional Programming and its Applications", David A. Turner, Cambridge U Press 1982]. See also continental drift. ) proved that Snobootz was about 20 percent faster than snow chains on ice from zero to 20 mph on a full-size SUV. On a 10 percent ice-covered grade, Snobootz allow a vehicle to climb, come to a complete stop on the slope, and then continue the climb again without sliding backwards. In KRC installation tests, Snobootz proved to be 66 percent faster than tire chains. This means the driver will be less exposed to roadside hazards, and more likely to use them when necessary. Also, at one-third the weight of chains, Snobootz are easier to handle and store. Lammon said that although Snobootz are not designed for extended use on dry pavement, the tough rubber traction pads have been proven to last more than 200 miles, which exceeds the life expectancy Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. of tire chains on dry pavement. Snobootz are available at www.snobootz.com at a suggested list price of $250 per pair. For further information contact: Kurt Lammon, 800-420-1062, kurt@snobootz.com. |
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