Winter driving can be hazardous and scary, especially in northern regions that get a lot of snow and ice.\u00a0 Additional preparations can help make a trip safer, or help motorists deal with an emergency.\u00a0 This sheet provides safety information to help prevent motor vehicle injuries due to winter storms.<\/p>\n
The three P’s of Safe Winter Driving: PREPARE<\/strong> for the trip; PROTECT<\/strong> yourself; and PREVENT<\/strong> crashes on the road.<\/p>\n Maintain Your Car:<\/strong> Check battery, tire tread, and windshield wipers, keep your windows clear, put no-freeze fluid in the washer reservoir, and check your antifreeze.<\/p>\n Have On Hand:<\/strong> flashlight, jumper cables, abrasive material (sand, kitty litter, even floor mats), shovel, snow brush and ice scraper, warning devices (like flares) and blankets.\u00a0 For long trips<\/em>, add food and water, medication and cell phone.<\/p>\n Stopped or Stalled?<\/strong> Stay in your car, don’t overexert, put bright markers on antenna or windows and shine dome light, and, if you run your car, clear exhaust pipe and run it just enough to stay warm.<\/p>\n Plan Your Route:<\/strong>\u00a0 Allow plenty of time (check the weather <\/a>and leave early if necessary), be familiar with the maps\/directions, and let others know your route and arrival time.<\/p>\n Practice Cold Weather Driving!<\/strong><\/p>\n This article is based from the official U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) publication “Winter Driving Safety<\/b>“.\u00a0 For more about OSHA go to http:\/\/osha.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n Safe weather driving begins by knowing your routes weather conditions.\u00a0 Go to iAlert.com\/services<\/a> to signup for weather email and text message alerts.<\/p>\n Winter driving can be hazardous and scary, especially in northern regions that get a lot of snow and ice.\u00a0 Additional preparations can help make a trip safer, or help motorists deal with an emergency.\u00a0 This sheet provides safety information to help prevent motor … Read More…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[561,563,559,260,562,560,76],"class_list":["post-2646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather-articles","tag-driving","tag-driving-safety","tag-osha","tag-safety","tag-safety-tips","tag-winter-driving","tag-winter-weather"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4792,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions\/4792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}PREPARE<\/h3>\n
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