Road Icing Safety Tips to Remember (2024)

FAQs

What are the safety tips for ice roads? ›

Slow down.

Snow and ice make stopping distances much longer, so keep your seat belt buckled and leave more distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead. Bridge decks and shady spots can be icy when other areas are not. Remember to avoid sudden stops and quick direction changes.

The three P's of Safe Winter Driving: PREPARE for the trip; PROTECT yourself; and PREVENT crashes on the road.

As freezing weather approaches, the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management advises residents to safeguard the 4 P's – People, Pets, Pipes, and Plants.

Friends, I give you the 4Ps of winter safety: people, pets, pipes, and plants. I'm going to take some creative liberties with this common construct used by weather folks across the nation to highlight areas we should address so we may thrive and survive when the temperatures dip.

Although OSHA does not have a specific standard that covers working in cold environments, employers have a responsibility to provide workers with employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards, including winter weather related hazards, which are causing or are likely to cause death or ...

California has a “Basic Speed Law” that states “No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or ...

If you're sliding sideways, turn the wheel in the direction the back of your car is going. For example, if your car is sliding out to the right, you'll want to steer to the right. Avoid over correcting by steering gently, and apply light pressure on the brakes if you have to.

The #1 icy road driving tip: Reduce your speed.

You should never be driving faster than 45mph in any vehicle when roads are icy - not even on highways! In many cases, much slower speeds are necessary. You can slide off of the road on certain types of more treacherous icing - like black ice - at 10mph or less!

If you do hit black ice, your first reaction must be to remain calm and avoid overreacting. The general rule is to do as little as possible and allow the car to pass over the ice. Do not hit the brakes, and try to keep the steering wheel straight. the steering wheel in the same direction.

Pumping is easy for new drivers to remember when they hit snow and begin to panic, which is why it's taught. Not really. You're supposed to drive carefully and adapt your speed to the conditions. If you do, you won't need to “pump your brakes.”

What are 3 factors you can control when driving a car? ›

To drive safely for as long as possible, you need to consider three main factors: Your body, your vehicle, and your environment.

Poor conditions include: heavy rain, ice, snow, flooding, etc. When matching or adjusting your speed for conditions you must evaluate three key elements; space, traction, and visibility.

A driver is continuously balancing three main tasks: control, guidance, and navigation.