Safe Driving Tips

[Tawa]

Let's Gather Some Tips For Safe Driving And Share Them In This Thread,
Ok Those Are Some Tips For Winter Weather:

Driving in the rain, fog, snow and bright sunlight calls for extra care and can be much more stressful than driving in normal conditions. These factors reduce visibility, increase the risk of skidding and losing control, and can make overtaking extremely dangerous. Fog, ice and snow can create deadly conditions.

• Reducing speed in adverse conditions is advisable and in many cases essential; the margin for error is greatly reduced with less chance of recovering from a mistake or wrong judgment.

• Very heavy rain can have the same effect as fog with less visibility making it harder to judge where you are on the road in relation to other vehicles. Avoid putting yourself in harm’s way by driving more cautiously.

• If you see fog and mist ahead, reduce speed before you enter and drive accordingly. In very thick fog, make sure you always know where you are on the road and never drive at a speed that forces you to guess what is ahead. Overtaking must be avoided.

• Drive slowly on ice and snow to retain traction. Braking should be gentle and not left to the last second; use an even pressure on the accelerator to lessen the chances of wheel spin and loss of control.

• Use lower gears than normal to reduce speed and assist in keeping good traction. Both braking and acceleration will be under greater control when driving slowly and carefully.

• If necessary, give way to vehicles going up the mountain as they have more difficulty in starting again if stopped.

• If you do skid off the road into a snow bank, turn on the hazard warning lights and stay in the car until help arrives.

• Beware of blinding glare from sunlight either directly from the sun or reflected from other cars and objects. You may need to reduce speed as well as using aids such as the sun visor and sunglasses.

Winterizing your vehicle
Colder temperatures always bring out the worst in a vehicle. Meanwhile, hazardous winter driving demands its best possible performance.
To prepare your vehicle, you or a qualified service centre should complete the following checklist:

• Tune up the motor.
• Check fluid levels.
• Change the oil .
• Check the anti-freeze.
• Fill the wiper fluid reservoir with de-icing solution.
• Check the battery.
• Check the tread and air pressure on your tires.Inspect the brakes.
• Install good windshield wiper blades.
• Check head and signal lights.
• Ensure all belts and hoses are in good shape.
• Make sure the heater and defroster are working properly.
• Install tires appropriate for winter conditions.

If the brakes are wet, your vehicle will not slow down normally. To dry them:
1. Check traffic behind you
2. Activate your hazard lights
3. Drive at 20 km/h and as your right foot presses the gas pedal, your left foot should press the brake pedal.

These opposed actions will contribute to dry your vehicle brakes. Do this for 5 to 6 seconds. Then try your brakes.

[TAREK®]

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[Jess]

1st thank you tawa for those interesting tips
2nd we all need to read them @least one more time cause whenever we are driving, we just forget every single TipseyeS!