Expect the unexpected. Wear seat belts consistently. They can reduce injuries and save lives. Make sure your lights, signals, horn and brakes are in proper order. During rain and snowstorms, drivers must be extremely attentive and situationally aware.
Accidents increase dramatically during storms and particularly at night.
Make no assumptions about what another driver may do or how they will react in a situation. Unexpected stops or turns without signaling, for no apparent reason. Stopping in unexpected locations to pick up or let off passengers by cars, buses and trucks, including main highway entrance ramps, intersections, and along major highways. Pedestrians seemingly completely oblivious to oncoming traffic who continue to walk or run in front of vehicles to cross streets and main highways. Trucks parked at night without lights on the highway rather than on the side of the road.