Your anti-lock brakes improve your ability
to
make a hard stop on
a
slippery road. Even though you have the anti-lock braking system, you’ll
want
to
begin stopping sooner than you would on dry pavement. See
“Anti-Lock” in the Index.
Allow
greater following distance on any slippery road.
Watch for slippery spots. The road might
be
fine
until you hit a spot that’s
covered with ice. On an otherwise clear road, ice patches may appear in
shaded areas where
the
sun can’t reach: around clumps of trees, behind
buildings, or under bridges. Sometimes the surface
of
a curve or an
overpass may remain icy when
the
surrounding roads are clear. If
you
see
a patch of ice ahead
of
you, brake before you are
on
it.
Try
not to brake
while
you’re actually on the ice, and avoid sudden steering maneuvers.
You’re Caught
in
a
Blizzard
If
you are stopped by heavy snow, you could be
in
a
serious situation.
You
should probably stay
with
your vehicle unless you
know
for sure that you
are near help and you can hike through
the
snow. Here are some things to
do
to
summon help and keep yourself and your passengers safe: Turn on
your hazard flashers. Tie
a
red cloth
to
your vehicle to alert police that
you’ve been stopped by the snow. Put on extra clothing
or
wrap a blanket
around you.
If
you
have
no
blankets or extra clothing, make body
insulators from newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats
--
anything
you
can wrap around yourself or tuck under your clothing to
keep
warm.
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