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• Pack a winter survival kit, including a blanket, warm clothes, gloves, boots and an emergency flashlight. (Some people keep a flashlight in their car at all times.)

• Keep another driving kit in the trunk, including a snow shovel, an extra pair of gloves, a snow brush or ice scraper, a spare set of windshield wiper blades, and safety flares or reflective triangles. (If you carry flares, heed all safety warnings and check the flares at least once a month to ensure they aren't leaking.)

• Always try to keep at least a half tank of fuel in your car. This will minimize your chance of running out of fuel. Also, any water in your fuel or fuel line could freeze.

• Clear all ice and snow off of your windows, mirrors, headlights, taillights and license plates. Check your windshield wipers to see if they move freely and make full contact with the windshield.

• Drive in someone else's tire tracks for better traction, but move out of those tracks if you see ice.

• If you start to skid, turn in the direction of the skid and don't slam your brakes. If your car has an anti-lock braking system (ABS), keep your foot on the pedal. If not, pump the pedal gently, pumping more rapidly as your car slows down. Braking hard with non-anti-lock brakes will make the skid worse.

• Remember that bridges and overpasses freeze first. Intersections are also a potential hazard because traffic may pack down snow and turn it into ice.

• Familiarize yourself with the location of campus emergency telephones. Call boxes have an orange or red button near the bottom of the faceplate that will autodial Campus Police. We can identify the source of the call and dispatch an officer to the scene.
  
  Call boxes phones are available across campus, including locations:
  near Selby, Bartlett, and Fayerweather,
  between Brown and Andrews (near the outside entrance to Izzy's),
  along the sidewalk of the Hermann parking lot,
  at all security doors in Parsons Hall,
  at the front door of Russell Hall,
  all Theme Houses on Fourth Street, and
  on the Fifth Street Mall between Thomas and Erwin.
  
  Additionally, telephones are located near the common areas in Theme Housing, outside and just inside the front door of Marietta Hall, at the front door Dorothy Webster Hall and in the lobby of Parsons Hall.

• Avoid displaying large amounts of cash or other tempting targets such as jewelry or expensive clothing.

• Trust your instincts. If have a strange feeling that something's not right, change directions to a well -traveled, well-lit area and head toward a campus emergency phone, the Campus Police offices, or your dorm.

• Place valuables left in your car under your seat, in your trunk, or somewhere else out of sight.

• If ever confronted by a "flasher," Campus Police urges you to take the following steps:
  If you feel that you are in danger, leave the area and contact Campus Police immediately.
  
  We will ask you several questions about the location and the subject's appearance (height, hair color, etc.), and it is important to relay the information to the best of your ability.