{"id":114144,"date":"2017-01-06T11:02:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T17:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=114144"},"modified":"2017-01-06T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T17:02:53","slug":"ndhp-with-cold-weather-driving-reminders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=114144","title":{"rendered":"NDHP with cold weather driving reminders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13707\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDHPpatch-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"NDHPpatch\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDHPpatch-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDHPpatch-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDHPpatch.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Fargo (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol says, oOver the past two days, Fargo-area troopers covered 16 property damage and\/or minor injury crashes on Interstates 29 and 94.<\/p>\n<p>Cold temperatures, humidity in the air, and fresh snowfall combined with the exhaust from heavy rush hour traffic, causing icy roadways. Problem areas include the several bridge decks along with on-ramps and merging areas.<\/p>\n<p>The extreme cold makes ice removal difficult. We ask all motorists to be aware of changing road and weather conditions and to drive accordingly. Buckle up and remove any distractions in your vehicle. Be prepared to encounter ice-covered roads.<\/p>\n<p>Ways to mitigate losing control on ice-covered roads include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not using cruise control<\/li>\n<li>Slow acceleration<\/li>\n<li>Navigating turns and curves at the appropriate speed<\/li>\n<li>Driving at, or less than, the posted speed limit when appropriate<\/li>\n<li>Increasing following distance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The cold weather will continue into the weekend. Be prepared for icy roadways, especially in high-traffic areas, bridge decks, culvert areas, and on-ramps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fargo (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol says, oOver the past two days, Fargo-area troopers covered 16 property damage and\/or minor injury crashes on Interstates 29 and 94. Cold temperatures, humidity in the air, and fresh snowfall combined with the exhaust from heavy rush hour traffic, causing icy roadways. Problem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114145,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114144\/revisions\/114145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}