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Time to Brush Up on Winter Driving Skills

Time to Brush Up on Winter Driving Skills

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While it looks like the weather will cooperate during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, we all know it’s a matter of time before we need to brush up on our winter driving skills.

Lee Axdahl, Director of the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety, says there are lots of road hazards ahead……

Axdahl says a major cause of accidents this time of year is over driving road conditions……

Axdahl says we all know how quickly weather and road conditions can change…..

Axdahl says highway patrol troopers will be out in force though the weekend.

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