{"id":10391,"date":"2021-01-28T23:51:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T23:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=10391"},"modified":"2021-01-28T23:51:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T23:51:34","slug":"winter-driving-tips-issued-for-motorists-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/winter-driving-tips-issued-for-motorists-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter driving tips issued for motorists in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canada Safety Council has issued tips to drivers on how to drive safely this winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinter driving can be challenging at any time but more so when snow and slush interfere with solid contact with the road and the clear visibility we enjoy in the non-winter season,\u201d said Gareth Jones, President and CEO of the Canada Safety Council.<\/p>\n<p>The safety council is asking drivers to take a minute to remind themselves of what it takes to drive in winter conditions and follow these tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjust your driving habits \u2013 including giving yourself some time before leaving to check the weather conditions and consider canceling or delaying your trip if conditions appear to be worsening.<\/li>\n<li>Winter Tires \u2013 install winter tires, they can reduce braking distances by as much as 25 percent and should be installed when the weather drops below 7 degrees Celsius.<\/li>\n<li>Car maintenance \u2013 make sure your car is winterized and ready for the season. This includes a fully charged battery, a full windshield washer fluid reservoir, a functional heater and defroster and windshield wipers that can withstand the ice and snow without leaving large streaks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the Canada Safety Council <a href=\"https:\/\/canadasafetycouncil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canada Safety Council has issued tips to drivers on how to drive safely this winter. \u201cWinter driving can be challenging at any time but more so when snow and slush interfere with solid contact with the road and the clear visibility we enjoy in the non-winter season,\u201d said Gareth Jones, President and CEO of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":10392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}