5 Tips for Driving on Ice and in Snow

These tips will come in handy for those of us who infrequently drive in snow and ice:

1. Clear all ice or snow from your car before you drive. 

2.Never travel faster than needed. Always decrease speed when snow and ice are on the roads.

3. Don’t forget that bridges freeze first so watch out for black ice.

4. Travel further apart from other vehicles. Snow and icy conditions make it harder to stop so you will need more room to brake.

5. If your car should start to quit, try and pull over to the side of the road and turn on your hazard lights immediately.

If you find yourself injured this winter, visit #AFC #DoctorsExpress #Urgent #Care in #Memphis. Our walk-in clinic is available to treat your non-life threatening injuries and illnesses.

Our center is staffed with doctors along with medical assistants and x-ray technicians. We are generally less costly and faster than other alternatives for care. 

Here are additional tips for snow and ice from USAToday newspaper:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/01/21/driving-tips-snow-and-ice-blizzard/79115874/

How To Stay Safe In Ice and Sleet Conditions

We don’t get this kind of stuff in #Memphis and the Mid-South too often.

Sleet. Freezing rain. Ice flakes. Frozen precipitation.

No matter what you call it, ice can be a problem that we Southerners, if we’re truthful with ourselves, think we can handle when we really can’t.

So here’s 5 great ways of being careful when frozen stuff mounts up and possibly turns into an ice storm:

1. If you have to go outside during or after an ice storm, watch for branches or wires that could break or fall due to the weight of the ice.

2. Don’t approach power lines. Any hanging power line could be charged. Stay back at least 30 feet from wires or anything in contact with them.

3. Avoid driving if possible. Freezing rain can make roads extremely slippery. Wait several hours after freezing rain ends so road maintenance crews have enough time to spread sand or salt on icy roads.

4. Dress for the weather with boots or shoes with rubber soles because freezing rain and strong winds increase the chance for hypothermia. If you have outside pets or live on a farm, move pets and livestock to shelter where feed and water is available. Forage is often temporarily inaccessible during and immediately after ice storms for livestock and basic shelter for pets is not adequate in sub-freezing temps with ice and snow.

5. Stay tuned to local television or radio stations for weather advisories, and check your stations often for the latest weather warnings.

Remember, if you do have a slip and fall on the ice, and it’s not an emergency, we can check you out a lot quicker than the emergency room and we have state-of-the-art x-ray technology to see if you have broken a bone.

#AFC #DoctorsExpress cares, so you know.