Stay Safe on the Road by Making a Winter Survival Kit

While road safety is important all year, it becomes a much stronger focus for many Cedar Rapids, IA motorists during the winter months. If you want to be well-prepared to deal with seasonal road hazards like ice and snow, then one of the best ways of doing this is to make a winter survival kit.

Some of the most obvious items to include when creating your car's next winter survival kit are snow shovels and snow scrapers. These will help you remove snow and ice from both your car and your driveway. A small bag of pet litter, sand, or road salt will also be useful if traction is becoming a problem.

If you experience a winter road emergency at night, then you will not want to be caught without LED flashlights and some spare batteries. At Cassill Motors, we also suggest adding some long jumper cables to your vehicle's winter survival kit in order to avoid getting stuck in a snowstorm with no way to jumpstart your beloved vehicle.