Driving in the snow is common for customers in the northern part of the United States, but many people from the South or coasts have never driven in snow. Driving in snow requires more stable acceleration and turning, as your car is prone to sliding across the road due to reduced friction. Budget Brakes has put together a list of tips that will help you drive safely in the snow.
• Driving after the snow plows have cleared the streets is far safer than driving before the plows and rock salt.
• Brake and accelerate gently to avoid skidding and sliding.
• Do not use the accelerator or brake while you are turning.
Correcting from skidding wheels or hydroplaning is instinctual. If possible, practice winter driving in a snowy open parking lot to learn how your car handles. It’s a lot of fun to practice sliding and correcting from slides and it can keep you safe if you ever encounter an icy patch on the road.
Budget Brakes Safe Driving: Driving During Dust Storms
Parts of the world, including the Southwest United States, frequently experience long droughts which create the perfect conditions for dust storms. Dust storms can significantly reduce visibility and create a driving hazard. Budget Brakes has prepared several tips for driving during dust storms to help keep you and your family safe.
• Just park your car. Dust storms usually only last a couple of minutes, so you can afford to wait it out. The denser the dust storm, the more important it is that you pull as far off the road as possible.
• Turn OFF your lights and hazard lights while you are pulled over. Cars approaching from the rear might expect you to be traveling on the road and veer off the road and into your rear end.
• If you can’t pull off the road to park, occasionally use your horn to announce your presence to other cars around you. Use the painted lines on the right or center of the road to help guide you at a suitable speed until you can find a place to park.
Budget Brakes hopes your family stays safe while traveling in areas where dust storms are prone to strike.
• Just park your car. Dust storms usually only last a couple of minutes, so you can afford to wait it out. The denser the dust storm, the more important it is that you pull as far off the road as possible.
• Turn OFF your lights and hazard lights while you are pulled over. Cars approaching from the rear might expect you to be traveling on the road and veer off the road and into your rear end.
• If you can’t pull off the road to park, occasionally use your horn to announce your presence to other cars around you. Use the painted lines on the right or center of the road to help guide you at a suitable speed until you can find a place to park.
Budget Brakes hopes your family stays safe while traveling in areas where dust storms are prone to strike.
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Budget Brakes Safe Driving: Driving in Foggy Weather
Fog is a cloud that formed at ground level due to the temperature dropping to the dew point. Fog can significantly reduce visibility and create hazardous driving conditions. Budget Brakes has a few tips for drivers who often drive in the early morning, when fog is heaviest.
• Turn on your lights, but do not use your high beams, which will be reflected off the fog and reduce your visibility.
• Reduce your speed and keep an eye on the speedometer. Fog creates an illusion of traveling slower than you actually are.
• Open your windows to hear traffic that you cannot see.
• Use the markings on the right edge of the road as a guideline, as the white line is easier to see in foggy conditions than the yellow line.
• Pay attention to brake lights of vehicles around you, which are easier to see during heavy fog.
Following Budge Brakes’ driving tips during heavy fog can keep you and your family safe.
• Turn on your lights, but do not use your high beams, which will be reflected off the fog and reduce your visibility.
• Reduce your speed and keep an eye on the speedometer. Fog creates an illusion of traveling slower than you actually are.
• Open your windows to hear traffic that you cannot see.
• Use the markings on the right edge of the road as a guideline, as the white line is easier to see in foggy conditions than the yellow line.
• Pay attention to brake lights of vehicles around you, which are easier to see during heavy fog.
Following Budge Brakes’ driving tips during heavy fog can keep you and your family safe.
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Budget Brakes Safety Reminder: Passenger Safety
Budget Brakes knows that traveling with passengers can be a lot of fun. Listening to the radio, joking around, or chatting can be mildly distracting at best and dangerous and risky at worst.
Budget Brakes wants to remind all customers that the only safe way to socialize in the car is calmly, with both eyes on the roar. Talking to passengers by facing them can endanger your life and your passenger's life. Blaring music on the radio and yelling can cause drivers to miss valuable auditory signals like car horns and emergency sirens.
Passengers can also be an ongoing distraction, even when behaving. They may ask you to change the radio (tell them to change it themselves), look at something on the wide of the road, or encourage you to make quick stops or turns ("Pull in here!"). Try to remember that you're in control of the car and responsible for their safety, and don't let passenger influence the way that you drive.
Budget Brakes cares for the safety of your family. Budget Brakes encourages drivers to be mindful of road safety, even when passengers might serve as a distraction. Budget Brakes also hopes that parents teach safe driving rules to teens, who are at a higher risk of erratic driving due to peer influence.
Budget Brakes wants to remind all customers that the only safe way to socialize in the car is calmly, with both eyes on the roar. Talking to passengers by facing them can endanger your life and your passenger's life. Blaring music on the radio and yelling can cause drivers to miss valuable auditory signals like car horns and emergency sirens.
Passengers can also be an ongoing distraction, even when behaving. They may ask you to change the radio (tell them to change it themselves), look at something on the wide of the road, or encourage you to make quick stops or turns ("Pull in here!"). Try to remember that you're in control of the car and responsible for their safety, and don't let passenger influence the way that you drive.
Budget Brakes cares for the safety of your family. Budget Brakes encourages drivers to be mindful of road safety, even when passengers might serve as a distraction. Budget Brakes also hopes that parents teach safe driving rules to teens, who are at a higher risk of erratic driving due to peer influence.
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