UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, November 2, 1995
5A
Car care could improve safety in cold weather
By Joann Birk
Kansan staff writer
When the weather gets cold cars become a lot like humans — they need a little more pampering to function properly.
"In the winter, people tend to forget about them can because they just want to get inside where it is warm," said Johnny Zarda, assistant manager at Jiffy Lube, 914 W. 23rd St. "But it is more important to check everything when it is cold."
Students should be checking their cars' fluids more frequently than they do in warmer weather, he said.
ing a penny in the tread with Abe Lincoln's head down. If Lincoln's head is visible, it is time to get new tires. Graves said.
"Bald tires do absolutely nothing on snow." he said.
Students should be aware of how their cars usually sound so they car
Winter 2015
- Check all fluids regularly
- Check tire pressure
- Check condition of spare tire
David Graves, customer service representative at Wal-Mart Automotive Center, 3300 Iowa St., said there were a variety of precautions that drivers should take to prepare their cars for winter.
Zarda said students also should check the pressure of their cars' tires, and the condition of their spare tires.
Check wiper blades
Keep safety items,
such as blankets,
flashlight and a help
sign in the car
Keep sand in car to
spread under tires
Antifreeze levels and tire treads were the two most important things to watch. he said.
Students could check if they had enough tread on their tires by plac-
notice changes in the exhaust system, Graves said. Wiper blades also should be checked and replaced every six months.
Another part of winter driving is knowing how to get help safely in case of an emergency.
most important thing that students could do to prepare for winter driving was to plan ahead.
Help signs, blankets, and flashlights could keep drivers safe if problems occurred. She said that stranded drivers should ask for help but should avoid getting out of their car. If someone stops to help, Lee said drivers should stay in the car and ask the person to call for help.
"Most people who stop are good Samaritans, but in the event that they are not, you should be prepared," she said.
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Here's the true story — of five students — picked to live in a residence hall — and have their lives taped — to see what happens when people stop being polite — and start getting real — The Virtual Dorm.
"Virtual Dorm is the first site to use the Web's real-time interactive technology to the fullest," said Derek White, MarketSource vice president and producer. "We're providing virtual interactivity with realtime sound and video with real people who have real lives. No one else on the Web has done that."
Virtual Dorm, a new use of multimedia on the Internet created by MarketSource Corporation of New Jersey and sponsored by Honda, starts today on T@P online.
The Virtual Dorm is sponsored by Honda, which paid a $100,000 sponsorship fee to run the program on the Internet through Mav.
T@P online is a World Wide Web site with more than 2,000 home pages of content. The site targets college students.
The five students chosen by members of T@P online, which is one of the first commercially-successful advertiser-supported Web sites,
were picked from thousands of applicants because they lived together in the same residence hall at a New England college.
A camera, which will send both real-time video and audio and still shots onto the Internet via a high-speed telephone line, was placed in the two bedrooms, in the living room and in the kitchen.
The students agreed that the cameras never would be turned off during the school year.
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The Virtual Dorm includes four sub-sites — "Dirt," "Tech," "Interact" and "Watch" — where users can catch up on the latest events, watch videos from the weekend, download sound bytes and view photos.
"It's just pure entertainment." Thibault said. "Students can see what technology can do and what it will mean to their lives down the road."
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