{"id":387,"date":"2015-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:29:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:29:25","slug":"what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"What should you do if you hit black ice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are tired of snow and icy conditions, chances are that you are not alone. There\u2019s a reason why the weather patterns in our region have made headline news. Nevertheless, enduring the weather is what makes us strong, resilient and appreciative of spring. In the meantime, we must drive in these conditions, and that is not always easy despite the snow plows and salt trucks that patrol our streets.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their efforts, there are still areas where black ice can form and present hazards. As we have noted in some of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/car-accidents.html\">previous posts<\/a>, black ice can form when snow (or ice) melts and then refreezes on the street. It can be virtually invisible to drivers until it is too late. But when you hit black ice, what should you do? This post will provide some helpful tips.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t hit the brakes \u2013 <\/strong>The natural inclination is to slam on the brakes to avoid sliding into danger, but ironically, hitting the brakes could lead to losing control and spinning into tragedy. Instead, try letting off the accelerator and coasting back into control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What should you do if you hit black ice?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are tired of snow and icy conditions, chances are that you are not alone. There\u2019s a reason why the weather patterns in our region have made headline news. Nevertheless, enduring the weather is what makes us strong, resilient and appreciative of spring. In the meantime, we must drive in these conditions, and that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What should you do if you hit black ice? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 25, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What should you do if you hit black ice? - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What should you do if you hit black ice? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 25, 2015\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"What should you do if you hit black ice? - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeff DeFrancisco\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What should you do if you hit black ice? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 25, 2015","description":"What should you do if you hit black ice? - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"What should you do if you hit black ice? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 25, 2015","twitter_description":"What should you do if you hit black ice? - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeff DeFrancisco","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeff DeFrancisco","@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/798006ba40dee3a60d61603f8022a9f9"},"headline":"What should you do if you hit black ice?","datePublished":"2015-02-25T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-23T16:29:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/"},"wordCount":311,"keywords":["Car Accidents"],"articleSection":["Car Accidents"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/","url":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/","name":"What should you do if you hit black ice? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 25, 2015","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-02-25T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-23T16:29:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/798006ba40dee3a60d61603f8022a9f9"},"description":"What should you do if you hit black ice? - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-should-you-do-if-you-hit-black-ice\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What should you do if you hit black ice?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/","name":"Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog","description":"Published by New York Medical Malpractice Attorneys \u2014 DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/798006ba40dee3a60d61603f8022a9f9","name":"Jeff DeFrancisco","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f6660cf0b9e029623b52ccc2e33d1fef7eb66d590325c2b6a1fb85d5ef1e2cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f6660cf0b9e029623b52ccc2e33d1fef7eb66d590325c2b6a1fb85d5ef1e2cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f6660cf0b9e029623b52ccc2e33d1fef7eb66d590325c2b6a1fb85d5ef1e2cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeff DeFrancisco"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1714,"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}