Wintry conditions can cause hazardous driving conditions. It's key to get yourself – and your car – ready for the road.

Every winter, as temperatures fall and roads turn slick, the same preventable driving errors reappear with grim predictability. Drivers underestimate how dramatically ice, snow, and cold change the rules of the road,

If you start to skid while driving, ease your foot off the gas and turn your wheels in the direction you want the front of the car to veer. For those with ABS braking systems, apply steady pressure to the brakes; NEVER pump your brakes on an ABS-equipped vehicle.

Extreme winter conditions, including ice, freezing temperatures and heavy snow, are expected to blanket much of the U.S. later this week and into the weekend. Here's how to prepare for winter driving.

A winter storm warning was released by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 5:01 a.m. in effect until Monday at 1 p.m. for Northern Clinton, Northern Centre, Southern Centre, Northern Lycoming, Southern Clinton and Southern Lycoming as well as Warren,