Due to certain areas of the country predicted winter weather and changing road conditions, prudence, patience, preparation of the vehicle draws the attention of the police in safety vest.
How to travel with a speed roads during the winter months? What are the main rules and useful information that you should know and keep plying the winter so far? These are the questions to answer to the National Police Headquarters National Accident Prevention Committee, a publication of the “Highway smarties”.
Most importantly, prepare the car for the winter traffic (battery, lights, brakes, tires, wiper blades, etc.). The washer antifreeze and ice scraper is also inevitable as a prop matter at this time. As road users can expect a longer journey time, slower travel speed, it is recommended to leave the road full of vehicles refueled and blankets, hot drinks, food, and if necessary, take medication.
The benefits of winter tires is perhaps unnecessary to mention, but equally important to ensure the observables. If, due to a technical failure, or any other reason, if only for a short time to leave the vehicle, always wear a reflective clothing.
In the winter, visibility is often bad, it gets dark early, for a long time to use reflective vest and the vehicle világítóberendezéseit, it is very important that they work properly. The headlights and other lights such cases should be cleaned regularly. However, due to lower visibility to drive more slowly and it is important to maintain a greater following distance, reduces risks of accident and the maneuvering in bad mistakes can be corrected easily.
Highly rainy road overtaking should be especially considered. If the conditions are in place for overtaking, they turned on the wipers before the start of the maneuver, because in addition to the vehicle to prevent the passing of time – especially for lorries – may slush on the windshield, making it impossible to view.
The “little smart highway” will give more useful advice as well, in addition to the previous, for example, draws attention to the dangers of so-called tricky thefts, give advice in case of technical failure, as described in the emergency telephone numbers in addition to public information.
Safe and accident-free traffic you want to the National Police Headquarters National Accident Prevention Committee!