{"id":2628,"date":"2018-12-09T10:15:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T16:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2019-09-11T10:15:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:15:36","slug":"driving-in-winter-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2018\/12\/09\/driving-in-winter-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving in Winter Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Driving during the holidays can present many challenges. Since it is colder outside, roads and icy conditions will make it harder to drive to see your loved ones during Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> During the holiday season, it is important to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take your car into the shop to make sure everything is working correctly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If it is raining or snowing, make sure to be extra cautious when driving, exiting, or changing lanes. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do not use cruise control when driving on slippery surfaces. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be on the lookout for black ice. This will cause you to possibly spin or not stop if you are not careful. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It never hurts to drive slow and cautiously. Driving slow can prevent accidents, but don\u2019t drive too slow because it can also cause issues. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supply the car with ice scrapers for your windshield, water, snacks, and blankets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make sure to have enough gas. It never hurts to stop again after using half a tank. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check the weather before leaving to make sure it is safe to drive on the road or if winter storms are approaching. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continue to check tire pressures, gas meter, and weather throughout your drive. This will ensure safety on the road for not only you, but for the people around you as well. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do not drive when tired.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving during the holidays can present many challenges. Since it is colder outside, roads and icy conditions will make it harder to drive to see your loved ones during Christmas. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200980],"tags":[894,152412,3117,64800,190078],"class_list":["post-2628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging-resources","tag-acu","tag-aging","tag-gerontology","tag-safety","tag-winter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2660,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions\/2660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}