Driving and the Weather – Safety Tips from Green Bay Tire in Thornhill

We at Green Bay Tire in Thornhill want our customers and community to stay as safe as they can, especially when behind the wheel of a vehicle. One of the best ways to stay safe is to make sure that your driving is appropriate to the weather conditions.

Don’t speed. Green Bay Tire in Thornhill knows that speeding in rain or slow is extremely dangerous. Slick roads impede your ability to brake as swiftly as you might be able to on a dry road and the inability to stop when you want to or mean to can make an accident unavoidable.

Also, here at Green Bay Tire in Thornhill, we think it is important to remember to be careful when driving through water on the roadway. If you see a puddle in the roadway, you should slow down and just roll through it. Green Bay Tire in Thornhill knows that you should try not to be pressing the brakes or the gas very hard when you do this, and make sure you keep your steering wheel steady and try not to jerk it.

Green Bay Tire in Thornhill knows that it’s easy to hydroplane and lose control of your car speeding along down wet roads. Also keep in mind that you may not have any idea how deep a puddle is and that water can collect quickly.

If a roadway looks flooded or washed out, you should not try to pass over that portion of the roadway. You can very quickly find yourself in a dangerous situation that you are unable to get out of. Green Bay Tire in Thornhill advises you to remember that cars will protect you from the rain, but none of them are made to be amphibious vehicles.

Follow the same rules in the snow. Don’t speed. Drive carefully and be aware of ice and slush to keep from losing control of your vehicle and having an accident.

We here at Green Bay Tire in Thornhill believe in the importance of practicing safe driving habits to protect not only our customers, but our entire community from avoidable accidents.