8 ways to avoid winter driving wrecks

POSTED: 12:58 PM Feb 08 2013   UPDATED: 3:28 PM Feb 08 2013
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As a potentially historic winter storm closes in on New England on Feb. 8, millions of people will contemplate winter weather travel. Here are tips on how to stay out of trouble when road conditions become dangerous.

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Big winter storms, like 2011's "Groundhog Day Blizzard" in Chicago (pictured here) where motorists had to be rescued from closed interstates, create big problems for drivers. Here are tips on how to stay out of trouble when road conditions become dangerous.

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