{"id":504,"date":"2017-01-02T10:19:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T15:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=504"},"modified":"2017-01-17T13:24:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T18:24:37","slug":"winter-driving-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2017\/01\/02\/winter-driving-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Driving Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driving in the snow and ice can be a challenge even for experienced drivers. If you don\u2019t 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 on the <a href=\"http:\/\/exchange.aaa.com\/safety\/roadway-safety\/winter-driving-tips\/#.WHhIL7HMxEI\">AAA website<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2017\/01\/Steve-Pisano-Flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-506\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2017\/01\/Steve-Pisano-Flickr-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Pisano (Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2017\/01\/Steve-Pisano-Flickr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2017\/01\/Steve-Pisano-Flickr.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTips for driving in the snow:<\/p>\n<p>Accelerate and decelerate slowly&#8230;<br \/>\nDrive slowly&#8230;<br \/>\nThe normal dry pavement following distance of three to four seconds should be increased to eight to ten seconds&#8230;<br \/>\nKnow your brakes&#8230;<br \/>\nDon\u2019t stop if you can avoid it&#8230;<br \/>\nDon\u2019t power up hills&#8230;<br \/>\nDon\u2019t stop going up a hill&#8230;.<br \/>\nStay home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tips For Safe Winter Driving\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m5LkTkW3TDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999\">Photo: Steve Pisano (Flickr)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999\">Article: Christine Connally<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving in the snow and ice can be a challenge even for experienced drivers. If you don\u2019t 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 on the <a href=\"http:\/\/exchange.aaa.com\/safety\/roadway-safety\/winter-driving-tips\/#.WHhIL7HMxEI\">AAA website<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2017\/01\/Steve-Pisano-Flickr.jpg\"><\/a> Tips for driving in  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2017\/01\/02\/winter-driving-tips\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[300],"tags":[362,363,31,360,79,361,102],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety","tag-aaa","tag-car","tag-driving","tag-safe-driving","tag-snow","tag-snowy-weather","tag-southern-maryland"],"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 Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/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 Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Driving in the snow and ice can be a challenge even for experienced drivers. 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