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Winter Driving Tips

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(added few years ago!)

Keep Your Winter Driving Safe & Comfortable: the sun goes down; the temperature drops suddenly after dusk and there is a dark cold bleakness around as you drive along a lonely stretch of back road, your car will neither skid off the road nor get stuck into ditch or Black Ice.

 Just follow the below tips to keep your winter driving safe.
1. If the weather is predicted bad and the road conditions are poor, it is wise to postpone your trip, until conditions improve. You can always call the Highway Patrol to enquire road conditions ahead.
2. Get a set of winter tires and rims mounted on your car. The tread design on the tires help the rubber meet the road with a stronger grip.
3. Listen to your tires sound.. If they are quiet; that’s the black ice, because on a wet road the tires always make a sizzling sound. Also a sudden drop in the temperature, windshield fogging and the lack of tire noise are the signs that black ice is coming. So drive safer.
4. Adhesion with road comes better with four-wheel drive vehicle. Take a four-wheel drive car as Mercedes-Benz out on snowy or wet roads.
5. Go as smooth as possible on the throttle and brakes in bad weather conditions.
6. Don’t make quick turns or movements that may cause you to break traction and lose the grip.
7. Normally people tend to over steer and let off the gas as the car starts to slide out of control. But that’s not a good thing to do. Keep your foot on the gas. Stay on the gas when you start to slide, it will eventually pull you out of the slide. Also don’t look anywhere else if your car is skidding. Look where you want to go, not where you fear your car might hit.

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