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AAA offers vehicle safety tips during statewide arctic air advisory

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As arctic air continues to blast Michigan it’s important that you stay safe and that your vehicle is “road ready”

AAA has issued a Michigan statewide arctic air advisory as temperatures hover in the teens and single digits over the next couple of days.

With wind chills dipping into the negative numbers, those extremely cold temps can wreak havoc on your vehicle’s functionality. AAA is offering some tips to help motorists keep their vehicles road ready during the cold weather.

To start, make sure your battery is fully charged, keep your gas tank at least half full to avoid gas line freeze-up. Use a windshield washer fluid with a solvent that wont freeze. You can also keep car doors from freezing shut by placing a plastic trash bag between the door or window glass and the frame and postpone car washes until temps rise above freezing. Another reminder… always travel with a cell phone and a car charger.

You can find more safety information at aaa.com.

Jennifer is an award winning broadcast news journalist with more than two decades of professional television news experience including the nation's fifth largest news market. She's worked as both news reporter and news anchor for television and radio in markets from Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo all the way to San Francisco, California.
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