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University Launches Snow App
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Can help drivers in extreme weather
- Duration 1:54
- Date Dec 1, 2011
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Rick has some new information on a brand new -- that might actually help save your life wrecked.
It's true I mean -- you -- -- California California -- you might not have had to deal with this.
-- if you have ever been in a car in the middle of a snowstorm and you were afraid about getting stuck.
If you might wanna download this -- it's -- the winter survival kit.
It was developed and lost -- by the North Dakota State University.
The best part about it.
It's free listen.
It's likely that this may be the first or only time hopefully that you're ever stuck in in a winter storm in your car.
And so -- the absurd -- is designed to take some of the thinking out of it for you.
Okay so here are a few of the things that this app does for you.
It provides you with your curry GPS location in case you have to tell emergency officials exactly where you're located.
It lets you know when you should turn your car off to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning that can be very dangerous and deadly.
It even advises you as to how much gas you have left.
In your tank -- you know how much longer you can have your car running the designers working on this as you heard from the gentleman there wanted to take the thinking.
Out of the potentially dangerous situation the App Store is a number emergency contact numbers for you also your phone book so it can contact 9114.
You can call your friends and family.
It also has helpful information.
For when you're not in an emergency like putting together things that you might want to have in the trunk of your car.
In the event of a cold weather emergency about how to prepare your vehicle.
For winter driving so.
These folks out North Dakota and they know what they're talking about in Fargo.
But this is something they could be used by people all over the country.
I'm glad I have it on my phone it's available on both the iPhone and the android systems Jana so good.
Free card is good your right as that.
At a California -- -- have to deal and lizards but a whole host of other very tough issues.
