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Your Driving and the Road
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You may want to put winter
emergency supplies in your vehicle.
Include an ice scraper, a small brush
or broom, a supply of windshield
washer fluid, a rag, some winter outer
clothing, a small shovel, a flashlight,
a red cloth, and a couple of reflective
warning triangles. And, if you will be
driving under severe conditions,
include
a
small bag of sand, a piece
of old carpet or
a
couple of burlap
bags to help provide traction. Be sure
you properly secure these items in
your vehicle.
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Driving on Snow or Ice
Most of the time, those places where
your tires meet the road probably have
good traction.
However, if there is snow or ice
between your tires and the road, you can
have a very slippery situation. You'll
have a lot less traction or "grip" and
will need to be very
careful.
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What's the worst time for this? "Wet
ice.
"
Very cold snow or ice can be slick
and hard to drive on. But wet ice can be
even more trouble because it may offer
the least traction of all. You can get
"wet ice" when it's about freezing
(32°F;
OOC)
and freezing rain begins to
fall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice
until salt and sand crews can get there.
Whatever the condition
-
smooth ice,
packed, blowing or loose snow
-
drive
with caution. Accelerate gently.
T r y
not
to break the fragile traction. If you
accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will
spin and polish the surface under the
tires even more.
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