If you're about to travel to an area of the country that has vastly different weather than what you're used to being in, you may want to work with a limo or town car service to plan your transportation. The drivers you have will likely have been living in the area for quite some time and will be familiar with seasonal patterns, as well as driving in different conditions such as snow. With winter weather affecting more and more of the nation now, you really don't want to use your trip to experiment with driving in snow or harsher weather conditions. 

Unfamiliar Conditions

If you have to attend a meeting or convention in an area that gets snow and ice, and you're from an area where you never get those things (or where, when they happen in even small amounts, the city shuts down completely so no one goes out), you are not going to have an easy time getting where you need to go if you try to drive yourself. You likely won't be able to judge road conditions correctly, and you may encounter black ice without realizing it was a risk that day.

Unexpected Conditions

It's not just winter weather that can cause trouble. Someone coming from the balmy, dry regions of Southern California to the Hill Country of Central Texas in late spring isn't going to be prepared for potential sudden downpours and flash flooding. Despite all the public service announcements about not driving into flooded intersections and roadways, people don't really pay attention to those if they never encounter the conditions. While flooding and downpours certainly happen in California, they are much more prevalent in Texas, and you need a local driving service to help you navigate those conditions properly. 

Unique Conditions

Sometimes regions have their own quirky weather that you don't really see anywhere else, and local drivers know exactly how to handle the conditions, if they think it's safe to handle them at all. The wisdom to go slowly and keep your distance behind other cars works only so well when you've encountered conditions that shock you.

For example, the Central Valley of California (which encompasses the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys) experiences something called tule fog in winter. This fog, pronounced as TOO-lee, is so thick that it's been the main cause of many multi-car pileups along valley highways. Crashes have involved as many as 108 cars, according to KCRA, and the station reports that one section of the fog, near Fresno, tends to be so thick that you can't even see tail lights. Tule fog banks can appear suddenly, especially if you're descending into the valley from higher elevations, appearing as a dense wall of grayish white. This is not something you ever want to drive into when you're trying to drive through an unfamiliar area to a business meeting.

A local driver service, though, will know how to drive through the fog and what warning signs to look for that indicate that no one should be on the road. Plus, a limo or twon car is going to be a lot tougher than an econo-rental car should the worst happen and you get into a pileup. 

If you are headed to a city later this winter where the road and driving conditions are forecast to be a lot different than what you're used to, talk to limousine services (such as Extreme Limo & Shuttle Service) now. See what they offer in terms of town cars and other business transportation to ensure you reach your destination in one piece.