Winter can be beautiful, and if it’s even white, as we mostly remember it from our parents’ stories, we can fully indulge in Ladova nostalgia. It’s just that life doesn’t wait, so sometimes we also have to go out by car. What must we not forget before driving in a snowy landscape?
Temperatures will drop below freezing and if we’re lucky, snowflakes will also appear. At least that’s what winter and winter sports lovers think. Only frost and snow also bring with them many difficultieswhich we need to know about. One of the fields where they can make a big clearing is traffic.
The rules speak clearly
Well we know that preparing the car before driving is even more important in winter (and more comprehensive) than in summer. It’s not just about changing the tires – we should have done this by the end of November long ago – but also about strict adherence to road traffic rules. They start paying even before we leave our own property on the road. What is it about? First of all we have to see enough from the car and others must also be able to check with whom they have the honor.
A car is not a tank
It clearly follows from the above that driving out on the road with a snowy car is not right not even according to the rules. Before you hit the road, that’s why thoroughly . At the same time, we mean thoroughly its entire surface. You must have already met “tankers” on the road who barely scratch the narrow window right in front of their eyes, while the rest of the car is covered with several centimeters of snow. It is not only a threat to them, but also to all other road users.
Windows aren’t everything
Ok so window cleaning is probably obvious to everyone – a view in all directions and if possible in all angles is really essentialwe will neither doubt nor argue about it. But that’s still not all. Drivers often make the mistake of sweeping the snow off the glass parts of the body. This is still not enough. We have too mirrors that are definitely not just for decoration. It must also be cleaned.
Don’t even leave the snow on the roof
Although no one wants to, don’t leave other parts of the car covered in snow either. It makes sense – once you speed up, snow piles up on the windshield from the front of the body. All the work of cleaning the window is wasted in a second, and the view, as well as safety, is gone. In addition Both snow and ice can fall from the roof which then endanger other road users in the row behind you. The police therefore consistently insist on removing the snow from the entire car. At the same time, it can be up to two thousand fine. So anyone who is not convinced by the argument of safe driving can at least watch out for their own wallet.
The car must be on
What else must we not forget? Of course they are all the lights on the vehicle, which we simply need cleanand then also registration mark. Even if it would perhaps sometimes be useful to make it more difficult to read, the police have a clear opinion on this situation as well. Only in this way is it possible to have a perfect overview of traffic and, in the event of a problem, discover its originator. It’s nothing complicated, but let’s repeat one more time to be sure: In the winter season take to the road only on winter tires and with a perfectly cleaned car. You will avoid not only fines, but also, more likely, unnecessary collisions.
