This document provides five tips for safer winter driving:
1. Clear all snow and ice from your vehicle to increase visibility and protect other drivers.
2. Be constantly aware of your surroundings, road conditions, other vehicles and animals.
3. Always be prepared by checking weather and road conditions, allowing extra time, and ensuring your vehicle is equipped for winter.
4. Slow down and increase your following distance to at least four seconds behind other vehicles.
5. If you start to skid, stay calm, avoid braking or accelerating, look where you want to go, and steer in that direction.
Driving in snowy and icy conditions can be very challenging. The key to safe driving in these conditions is to DRIVE SLOW. Follow these winter safety driving tips to arrive at your destination safely:
Driving a truck in serious winter conditions demand a higher set of skills and road awareness. Unfortunately, most truck drivers do not pay heed to such poor driving conditions. As a result, catastrophic accidents occur. The following driving tips can help.
Driving in snowy and icy conditions can be very challenging. The key to safe driving in these conditions is to DRIVE SLOW. Follow these winter safety driving tips to arrive at your destination safely:
Driving a truck in serious winter conditions demand a higher set of skills and road awareness. Unfortunately, most truck drivers do not pay heed to such poor driving conditions. As a result, catastrophic accidents occur. The following driving tips can help.
This overview of the ins and outs of winter driving will provide you with some techniques for avoiding accidents and a checklist you can use to prepare your vehicles for the snow and ice.
This overview of the ins and outs of winter driving will provide you with some techniques for avoiding accidents and a checklist you can use to prepare your vehicles for the snow and ice.
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• Winter weather can be very unpredictable, as can
the road conditions. Besides snow and slush, black
ice is a common occurrence on Newfoundland and
Labrador roadways.
• Risk increases without the proper behaviour/skills.
• 13% of Nalcor’s safety related incidents reported in
2014 were driving related. Of these:
– 29% were due to employee driving behaviours;
– 26% were due to third party drivers.
Five Ways to be a Better Winter Driver
3. Clear your entire vehicle of snow and ice
• This includes your
windshield, roof,
mirrors, headlights
and taillights.
• Doing so increases
your visibility and
protects other drivers
and pedestrians.
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4. Be constantly aware of your surroundings
Before you drive,
perform a full vehicle
orientation and always
pay attention behind the
wheel. Driver distraction,
road conditions, third
parties and animals
(moose, caribou) are
frequent vehicle incident
factors.
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5. Always be prepared
• Check the weather forecast and road conditions
before you leave.
• Avoid rushing, give yourself extra time to clear your
car and reach your destination safely.
• Equip your vehicle with the following:
- Extra jug windshield wash (rated for winter temps)
- Ice scraper/snow brush
- Emergency kit
- Warm blanket/extra clothes
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6. Slow down and keep your distance
• No matter the posted
limit, use caution and
adjust your speed when
driving on snowy or
slippery roads.
• Maintain a good braking
distance of at least four
seconds from the car
ahead of you, this ensures
you have enough space to
stop safely on icy streets.
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7. Avoid incident in case of a skid
• Drivers should be looking far ahead to anticipate the
need to change speed, to steer into another lane or
turn.
• Remember the following tips if a skid occurs:
– Stay calm
– Do not accelerate
– Do not brake
– Look where you want your vehicle to go
– Steer in this direction.
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