
{"id":44,"date":"2021-12-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2021-12-08T19:32:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T01:32:37","slug":"tips-to-avoid-accidents-in-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/tips-to-avoid-accidents-in-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Avoid Accidents in the Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter driving brings a lot of challenges. The weather is cold and can be unpredictable. You may also be driving in plenty of snow and ice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, as long as you are careful, you should be able to get where you need to. Here are some tips to help.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check your car over before you go. <\/strong>Before winter hits, you need to give your car a good inspection. You need to make sure that your tires are good. Bald tires won&#8217;t go in the snow.&nbsp;Also, make sure that your battery is newer, and your windshield wipers work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t run out of gas.&nbsp;<\/strong>You should never let your gas tank get too low in the winter. You don&#8217;t want to get stuck somewhere and then run out!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Give yourself extra time to get where you need to.&nbsp;<\/strong>You should always leave earlier than you need to, just in case. That way, you can take the extra that you need to drive carefully.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You also need to give yourself more time to start, stop, and turn. <\/strong>Because the roads may be slippery, you will have to give yourself more time. Don&#8217;t hit the brakes quickly, or you may find yourself sliding out of control.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t get too close to the cars in front of you. <\/strong>Since you are going to need more space to start, stop, and slow down, you are going to want to give yourself extra space to do so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Winter driving can bring challenges, but as long as you are careful, you should be just fine. Just take your time and watch your speed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make sure that you have enough car insurance in Spring Grove, IL, don&#8217;t hesitate to contact us today at Spring Grove Insurance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter driving brings a lot of challenges. The weather is cold and can be unpredictable. You may also be driving in plenty of snow and ice.&nbsp; However, as long as you are careful, you should be able to get where you need to. Here are some tips to help.&nbsp; Check your car over before you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10,11],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-insurance","tag-spring-grove-il","tag-spring-grove-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springgroveinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}