Extra snow on means with gusty winds, slick roads

Michigan climate radar

How to remain protected on slick winter roads

• It can take as much as 10 instances longer to cease your car on snowy and/or icy roads. Slow down and permit extra room between your car and the one forward of you.
• Put your flip sign on sooner than you’ll in heat climate months. Remember, it takes longer for the automobiles behind you to react and cease.
• Avoid distractions. Taking your eyes off the street for even just a few seconds robs you of treasured response time. Put your telephone away and don’t attempt to multitask (consuming, placing on make-up, and so forth.). 
• Watch for black ice. Black ice, a really skinny and almost invisible layer of ice that makes the street look moist, is one more reason to decelerate this winter. Stay alert for black ice on bridges, ramps and overpasses, and in shaded areas.  
• Avoid a ticket. Michigan legal guidelines require drivers to maneuver at a pace that’s “reasonable and proper” for the street situations. Even if you’re driving at or under the pace restrict, you possibly can get a ticket if the street situations make that pace unreasonable for protected driving. 
• Clear the exhaust pipe. Keep the pipe away from ice, snow, particles and dirt. A blocked exhaust pipe could cause a carbon monoxide leak.
• Use floormats. Floor mats can be utilized as traction beneath your car when it is caught in snow or ice.