The Bucks County Transportation Management Association's Community Traffic Safety Program is dedicated to ensuring safe travel on the roads by offering a comprehensive set of winter driving safety tips for commuters. With the challenges posed by snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, these guidelines are designed to help motorists navigate Bucks County’s roads safely and confidently.
First and foremost, you should have a mechanic check the brakes, battery, hoses and belts on your vehicles. We also recommend packing some kind of winter emergency kit in your vehicle to help you in your preparations. This kit should include items such as a flashlight and batteries, jumper cables, ice scraper, small shovel, gloves, blanket and anything else you may need to accommodate family traveling with you.
Additional Guidelines
- Remove all ice and snow from windows, mirrors and all vehicle lights before you drive and as often as needed.
- Remove snow and ice from the hood and roof of your vehicle. State law states that if snow or ice from your vehicle strikes a vehicle or person and causes death or injury, you can be ticketed.
- Slow down and increase following distance.
- Avoid sudden stops and starts.
- Beware of roads that may look wet, but are actually frozen, often referred to as “black ice.”
- Use extra caution on bridges and ramps, where ice can often form without warning.
- Do not use cruise control while driving on snow-covered roads.
- State law requires you to turn on your headlights when your wipers are on.
- Use your low beams in particularly bad weather, especially in cases of heavy or blowing snow.
- Do not pass or get between trucks plowing in a plow line (several trucks plowing side by side).
For more tips and information, check out the full article from TMA Bucks at https://www.tmabucks.com/winter-driving-safety-tips-for-bucks-county-commuters/
