{"id":3554,"date":"2016-12-28T03:25:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T03:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=3554"},"modified":"2017-01-13T03:37:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T03:37:00","slug":"winter-driving-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2016\/12\/28\/winter-driving-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Driving Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_zXc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3555\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/16382392412_c30506466f_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"snow car\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/16382392412_c30506466f_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/16382392412_c30506466f_z-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/16382392412_c30506466f_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Driving in the snow and ice can be a challenge even for experienced drivers. If you don&#8217;t have to<br \/>\ngo out in bad weather, stay home. If you do have to go out, here are some tips from AAA. Check out the full article\u00a0on\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/exchange.aaa.com\/safety\/roadway-safety\/winter-driving-tips\/#.WHhIL7HMxEI\">AAA website<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_zXc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_zXc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_zXc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_zXc\"><b>Tips for driving in the snow:<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"_yXc\">\n<ul class=\"_kYe\">\n<li class=\"_AXc\">Accelerate and decelerate slowly. &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_AXc\">Drive slowly. &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_AXc\">The normal dry pavement following distance of three to four seconds should be increased to eight to ten seconds. &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_AXc\">Know your brakes. &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_AXc\">Don&#8217;t stop if you can avoid it. &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_AXc\">Don&#8217;t power up hills. &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_AXc\">Don&#8217;t stop going up a hill. &#8230;<\/li>\n<li class=\"_AXc\">Stay home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m5LkTkW3TDY?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Photo: Steve Pisano (Flickr)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving in the snow and ice can be a challenge even for experienced drivers. If you don&#8217;t have to go out in bad weather, stay home. If you do have to go out, here are some tips from AAA. Check out the full article\u00a0on\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/exchange.aaa.com\/safety\/roadway-safety\/winter-driving-tips\/#.WHhIL7HMxEI\">AAA website<\/a>. Tips for driving in the snow: Accelerate and  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2016\/12\/28\/winter-driving-tips\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[77,162,308,767,823,959],"class_list":["post-3554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair","tag-car","tag-driving","tag-safety","tag-snow","tag-winter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Winter Driving Tips - Au Pair Chatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Winter Driving Tips - Au Pair Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Driving in the snow and ice can be a challenge even for experienced drivers. 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