With the winter storm blowing through and snow expected to fall, that means it’s time to hit the brakes on driving habits you may have when it is dry.
“The issue you have with ice on the roadways is you’re still going to slide. So you want to maintain a safer distance, one-to-two car lengths, increase that. Increase that by another car length or two,” said Sargent Scott McDaniel with the Carson City Sheriff’s office.
Along with the precipitation on the road ways being mixed with cold temperatures, an often forgotten trouble maker is oil build up.
“When the road gets wet that comes to the surface and will start to spread. With motorcyclists, it is one of the big concerns with motorcyclists to stay off that hump in the road so they don't hit that oil that comes up,” said McDaniel.
A common myth about snow tires is that they actually aren't designed to stop a car, they're designed to help you move through the ice so it's important to know snow tires, aren't going to save the day.
“Snow tires are great for traction, they're great for slow moving, but at any speed, you're only as good as the ability to stop on the roadway due to its conditions."
And when someone is tailgating you, McDaniel says to "move over, let them get by” and that “chances are we're going to run into them down the road anyway."
