Prevent hydroplaning by ensuring your vehicle’s tires have the proper tread depth.

What to Do If Your Car Hydroplanes

The winter snow may have melted away, but that doesn’t mean the roads are clear of slippery, slick danger. As gentle as it can be, rain can cause many safety concerns for highway motorists, often in the form of hydroplaning — where your vehicle’s tires lose traction on a rainy roadway surface and skid across a thin layer of water instead. Knowing what to do if your car hydroplanes can help keep you safe and prepared for future rainy days.

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Considering these tips for how to keep your dog safe in the car could help you and your pet avoid injuries.

How to Keep Your Dog Safe in the Car

These days, just about everyone understands the importance of safety belts in vehicles, and most occupants will wear them. There is one passenger in many vehicles that is often not restrained by a safety belt, however, and that is the family dog. If you want to know how to keep your dog safe in the car, read on to see what you can do to help your pet avoid injury in a collision.

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A spring car cleaning can remove winter salt and prepare your vehicle for warmer weather.

How to Wash Your Car: Spring Car Wash Tips

It’s that time of year, when the sun shines down to melt the snow and we all remove our winter overcoats to bask in its glow. Our cars, however, don’t fit this joyous scene, and are likely in need of a spring car wash to remove the caked on salt and dirt. A little while back we gave you some winter car cleaning tips, but if spring has arrived on time, you can put to use our spring car wash tips. Read the rest of this entry >>