{"id":2280,"date":"2014-02-11T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2014-02-11T17:48:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T17:48:26","slug":"top-ten-tips-for-driving-in-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2014\/02\/top-ten-tips-for-driving-in-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Tips for Driving in Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Driving-in-snow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2281\" title=\"Driving in snow\" alt=\"Driving in Snow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Driving-in-snow.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accelerate gently and smoothly.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maintain a sensible, steady speed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leave plenty of distance between you and the vehicle in front.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Use your gearbox to help slow down. Avoid sudden braking\/acceleration.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Check your tyre treads &#8211; 1.6mm depth is the legal minimum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>If you have an older car, make sure you replace the anti-freeze.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Check screen wash fluid and wipers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carry a shovel, blanket and food.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Plan your journey in advance. Check the weather forecast.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t drive when it&#8217;s not necessary.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Best cars to drive:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4x4s for example, \u00a0Land Rover, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Toyota or Land Cruiser.<\/p>\n<p>Front-wheel-drive for example, Mini, Honda Jazz, Ford Focus.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Worst cars to drive:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rear-wheel drive cars ncluding BMWs and Porsches, and any\u00a0automatic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accelerate gently and smoothly. Maintain a sensible, steady speed. Leave plenty of distance between you and the vehicle in front. Use your gearbox to help slow down. Avoid sudden braking\/acceleration. Check your tyre treads &#8211; 1.6mm depth is the legal minimum. If you have an older car, make sure you replace the anti-freeze. Check screen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2280"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2284,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280\/revisions\/2284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}