After recent numerous crashes and slide-offs attributed to snow and icy driving conditions, the Indiana State Police at the Lafayette Post has issued some winter driving tips. Drive according to road conditions: • Pay attention, hang up, and drive. • Allow extra time to get to your destination. • Clear all windows of ice and snow and remove snow from hood, roof, head lights, and tail lights. • Beware of bridges, underpasses, shaded areas, and intersections where ice and snow is slow to melt. • Slow down to increase traction; don't use cruise control on slick roads. • Avoid abrupt stops and starts, slow down gradually, and keep wheels turning to avoid loosing traction. • Use low beam headlights to decrease glare from ice. • Buckle up. • Move over and slow down for emergency vehicles.

For road information: • The best sources for road and weather information are your local radio and TV media.

• PLEASE DO NOT CALL city, county or state police dispatch center to ask what the road and weather conditions are. Police need to keep lines open for emergency calls. • For recorded statewide road and weather information that is updated every six hours the public may call 1-800-261-7623 and follow the voice prompts. • Detailed road and weather information is also available at the Indiana State Police web site: www.in.gov/isp,