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Your Driving and the Road
If You're Caught in
a
Blizzard
If
you are stopped by heavy snow, you
could be in a serious situation. You should
probably stay with your vehicle unless
you know for sure that you are near help
and you can hike through the snow. Here
are some things to do
to
summon help and
keep yourself and your passengers safe:
Turn on your hazard flashers. Tie a red
cloth to your vehicle to alert police that
you've been stopped by the snow. Put on
extra clothing or wrap a blanket around
you. If you have no blankets or extra
clothing, make body insulators from
newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats
-
anything you can wrap around yourself
or tuck under your clothing to keep warm.
You can run the engine to keep warm, but
be careful.
Snow can trap exhaust gases
L
under your vehicle. This can
cause deadly CO (carbon monoxide)
gas to get inside. CO could
overcome you and kill you. You
can't see
it
or smell it, so you might
not know it is in your vehicle. Clear
away snow from around the base of
your vehicle, especially any that is
blocking your exhaust pipe. And
check around again from time to
time to be sure snow doesn't collect
there.
Open a window just a little on the
side of the vehicle that's away from
the wind. This
will
help keep CO
out.
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