Safe Winter Driving Tips

December 3rd, 2010 at 6:25 am by under Traffic

 Drive according to road conditions:

  • Please pay attention, hang up and drive.
  • Allow extra time to get to your destination, reduce your speed, and increase your following distance.
  • Clear all windows of ice and snow and remove snow from hood, roof and head lights and tail lights.
  • Beware of bridges, underpasses, shaded areas and intersections where ice and snow is slow to melt.
  • Slow down to increase traction; don’t use cruise control on slick roads.
  • Avoid abrupt stops and starts, slow down gradually and keep wheels turning to avoid loosing traction.
  • Use low beam headlights to decrease glare from ice.
  • Buckle up.
  • MOVE OVER, SLOW DOWN for emergency and highway service vehicles.

 

For road information:

  • The best sources for road and weather information are your local radio and TV media.
  • PLEASE DO NOT CALL city, county or state police dispatch center to ask what the road and weather conditions are. We need to keep our lines open for emergency calls.
  • For statewide road and weather information visit INDOT’s web siteTrafficWise.IN.gov or dial 800-261-ROAD (7623).

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