How to safely drive in severe winter weather!

Rule #1: Breathe properly, and remain calm. Panic will cause you to make irrational movements and make poor decisions. All you need to do is focus on the road.


Rule #2: Drive only as fast as your abilities let you. Also, keep in mind your car has limited capabilities for the road conditions. If you haven’t driven on snow or ice in a while, slow down. If your tires are not in the best shape, slow down. If your car has a low ride height, it won’t do well with snow stacking up on the front. Again, just slow down.


Rule #3: Be Gentle

Each movement on the wheel needs to be controlled and gentle. Hard acceleration, hard braking, and sharp curves will decrease traction. Maintain a consistent speed, open up the distance between you and the car ahead, and be easy on the brakes. Steer gently, and remember that inertia will be a factor.

Rule #4: Use your lights and signals

Make sure you drive with your nighttime lights on, being seen is just as important as seeing others. Don’t forget that if it is foggy, your car might be equipped with fog lights which are a bit brighter and placed lower to help light up the road under the fog. Also, use your signals when making a lane change. We recommend using 5 blinks when


Rule #5: Pay attention to the water coming off of other vehicles’ tires. This will help you understand the surface you’re driving on. If you see a lot of spray, obviously the road is very wet. If there’s a lot of spray, the roads are wet. If there’s less spray and the road's wet, take extra caution because this means the roadway is starting to freeze. If the road looks wet with little or no spray, you’re on black ice. Be extremely cautious.


Rule #6: Also pay attention to the truckers, if you see them stop or all get off the road, there is probably a good reason for that. Their driving expertise is usually a good indicator of what you should do.


Rule#7: A very important point which most people wouldn’t consider is this one. Do not stop! If you stop in the middle of the road because you’re scared of not seeing well enough well chances are someone behind you will keep going. It is much safer to slow down a comfortable speed and stay on the right (slow) side of the roadway.


We hope everyone is safe out there! Have a good winter fellow drivers!