| During the rainy, snowy, wet months of winter, driving | | | | your full attention and care. |
| conditions are significantly worse than any other time | | | | - Make sure you scrape your windshields before |
| of the year. Accident statistics all over the country go | | | | driving. This is true of all winter driving; an obscured |
| up, as ice, snow, and sleet on the road surface make it | | | | view of the road makes it more difficult to react to |
| slippery and more difficult for cars to grip onto. Slush, in | | | | conditions. |
| particular, can cause serious problem. Slush is snow | | | | - Prepare an accident kit and keep it in your car at all |
| that mixes with water to cause slick driving conditions | | | | times. An accident kit should include a road cone, |
| on the road. While it can make the road a significantly | | | | flares, a flash light, and a basic tool kit. Make sure you |
| more dangerous place, following a few simple safety | | | | also have a space blanket for the cold winter weather. |
| tips can help you arrive safely at your destination, no | | | | - Buy the appropriate snow tires, or at the very least, |
| matter what the weather. | | | | use snow chains. While they can be expensive, snow |
| Safe Driving Tips | | | | tires can greatly increase your car's ability to adhere to |
| When driving through slush (or any other form of | | | | the road surface, making you less likely to be injured or |
| precipitation on the road surface), keep your wits | | | | worse in a car accident. Snow tires are a less |
| about you and follow a few simple tips: | | | | expensive, but slightly less effective, alternative. |
| - Slow down. Many tragic accidents which occur | | | | - Have your brakes checked before the winter |
| during the winter months are due simply because | | | | season begins in earnest. When you have to stop on |
| people are taking curves too fast and trying to | | | | a slippery surface, you need to be certain that your |
| accelerate too quickly. Do everything you'd do on a | | | | brakes are in perfect working order. A properly |
| dry pavement a bit slower - accelerating, turning, | | | | maintained brake system can be the difference |
| stopping. | | | | between life and death. If you've been involved in a |
| - Keep your hands on the wheel at all times. While | | | | car accident, visit the Milwaukee car accident |
| many of us like to drive a little more casually, with one | | | | attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C., today |
| hand on the wheel, driving on slick surfaces requires | | | | by calling 800-242-2874. |