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The weather season oncoming cold brings a host of problems for car owners. Cars subject to frigid weather are prone to breakdowns and malfunctions. For this reason, the American Automobile Association (AAA) has provided advice to motorists on how to avoid car crashes due to extreme weather conditions.

They were released in response to the surge in the number of vehicles breaking in our roads. In fact, the auto club has been receiving calls for emergency roadside assistance, which has twice the number than they were last year at this same season. Of all these requests for assistance, the club gives priority to those calls for motorists stranded on highways or caught in the middle of traffic.

Since the number of motorists who live the bursting of their cars on the road, the association has issued advice to motorists. One major concern during the cold season is from a car and start a car in an intense cold climate, a good battery is necessary. Due to the decrease in temperature, power from a battery is also reduced. At zero degree, the drops of the battery power from 35 per cent and is a good battery. So old or defective batteries are great for cars passive cold weather. When the temperature drops to 20 degrees negative starting power of the battery is cut in two. AAA advises motorists to take a test their battery charge if more than three years.

AAA also advises motorists to park their car in a garage or a garage is not available, car owners should cover their cars with a tarpaulin in particular the hood or park in a way that the hood will be protected prevailing winds. And to keep doors from freezing shut, AAA urges motorists to put a trash bag between the door and frame. To prevent frozen fuel lines because of extreme cold air, colder than the air generated by fan blade Volvo , motorists should keep their tanks in less than half full.

Door locks are also prone to freezing, to avoid such a situation lubricant must be applied to isolate the locks freezing temperatures. If in case you forgot to lubricate the door locks and freezes, heat your key to help melt the ice formed on the locks. Holding a plastic jar filled with spirit of hot water against the door panel or lock area will also unlock the locks. Discard hot water in the car is not recommended because the water that would later freeze and fail to crack the glass. This we know is not good at all.

If the weather is very severe, and where the car was snowbound motorists, AAA advises motorists to stay in the car from inside the car gets a shelter against the cold and also locate drivers much easier. Snowbound motorists can start their engines idling and keep enough to keep them warm. Running a car engine means that the exhaust gas will be produced, it is important to make sure the exhaust pipe must not be blocked by snow. Emergency supplies would also be of great assistance to stranded motorists AAA then advised them to keep their cell phone car, boots, hats, gloves, blankets, a coffee "can heater", flashlight and reflective triangle.

The American Automobile Association also reminds drivers and motorists to drive carefully when a tow truck was found nearby and give them a "brake". This will help the tow truck operators that they are supposed to do easily.