Driving from TN to OH in a winter storm?

Question

I decided to move to Ohio on Friday and from Tn to Oh there is a winter storm watch have driven in snow and sleet before, but not for 8 hours! What all do I need to do or have to be prepared for that?

Answer 1

You should be fine they keep I-75 clean

Answer 2

just be careful and look around and you will see many other drivers doing just fine in the same weather

Answer 3

Go to the hardware store and get a few big sandbags if they have them, or 50-pound (or, better, 100-pound) bags of cat litter if not, and put them in the back. It's amazing how much difference weight makes, and if you do get stuck they'll help get you out. Welcome to life in the Midwest!

Answer 4

A lot of time and patients. You could upgrade to an SUV with 4 wheel drive, then your eating up gas. I have a 2 wheel drive pickup, and if I take my time and the major roads, I usally can make it to work.

I've been driving in this c**p all my life. Still wondering why I'm hear.

Answer 5

is it really necessary to do this with bad weather coming on. better have warm blankets and sig. device in case you get stuck. also food, and tissue paper.

Answer 6

CHAINS!!!!

You should have tire chains in your truck and MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT THEM ON BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROAD!

Do it 10 times in your driveway if you have to before you leave...

Chains do nothing if they are sitting in your trunk.

DRIVE SLOW, keep your lights on, and in a white out, turn your blinkers on!

Oh, and PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY if you feel unsafe and wait for conditions to get better.

And by "pull off the highway" I mean get on an exit ramp, drive onto a frontage road, and wait with your lighs and blinkers on.

Pulling to the side of the road in a storm is THE main reason people have horrible wrecks...

My father was driving a tractor trailer down the highway a few weeks ago and another truck had stopped but hadn't pulled far enough over... His blinkers were broken so the driver STOOD AT THE BACK END WITH A FLASH LIGHT.

With the storm and the strange white light, not the red or yellow lights expected, my father almost crashed head on into the back of the truck. He would have died, he would have killed the other driver... Luckily he was able to change lanes and not jack-knife the truck but it was close...

He almost rolled it.

JUST KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU and if you EVER feel unsafe, find a gas station and wait it out until you feel safe again.

That is the best thing you can do.

Driving when your not sure of your own abilities to handle the situation will lead to an accident...

Answer 7

Chains

Ice Scraper

Tow Straps

A Shovel

There is a general rule when it comes to driving in the snow. Everything slows down, and I don’t mean only vehicle speeds.

On snow-covered roads there is significantly less fiction between the tires and the road, and therefore it takes longer for the vehicle to lose its momentum and come to a complete stop.

So, if a driver rapidly applied his brakes on a snow-covered road, his vehicle is very likely to go into a slide.

Any attempts to accelerate suddenly on snow will always result in the vehicle’s tires spinning freely.

Rapid acceleration while on a snow-covered highway, such as an attempt to pass, is equally bad and can result in the vehicle spinning out of control.

Remember, since everything slows down, take it easy on the accelerator pedal and only increase the vehicle’s speed slowly.

Swerving on a snow-covered road is a one-way ticket to either an accident or the ditch.

When driving on a snow-covered road, especially a highway, the only safe way to change lanes is nice and slow. It is very common for a mound of snow to build up between the traffic lanes before the plows have had time to totally clear the road.

Any vehicle that swerves into one of these snow mounds has an increased chance of spinning out of control.

This has to do with the angle between the tires and the snow mound plus the vehicle’s forward momentum.

Slowly changing lanes reduces this angle and therefore increases the odds of successfully making the lane change.

Any changing of direction, such as changing lanes or turning corners, must be done without acceleration.

This requires the driver to allow their vehicle’s momentum to carry it through the direction change.

In the case of changing lanes on the highway, simply let off the gas pedal and let the vehicle slowly coast to the other lane.

A similar principle goes with turning corners in town.

Ease off the gas and let the vehicle turn powered by its momentum. If turning a corner for a complete stop, use as little acceleration as possible.

In some extremely snowy cases, rolling through a stop sign is necessary if there is a possibility of not getting the vehicle rolling again.

Answer 8

Contact the state police in each state you will be traveling in. Use the NON emergency number

Here in Indiana we can call a number for conditions within & outside of Indianapolis.

1-317-232-8300 Road and Weather information within Indianapolis

1-800-261-7623 Road and Weather information outside Indianapolis

If they don't have anything like that then go to the department of transportation sites for each state and see if they have something that can help