"The best thing you can do to stay safe is do not drive," South Bend Police Information Officer Ken Garcia said. "It seems pretty simple, right?"

Regardless of the warning, police are expecting accidents and slide-offs all over the city starting Friday morning.

Knowing that people will be out on the road, despite warning, they want everyone to stay safe and pack an emergency kit with them if they do go out.

The kit should have things like gloves, jumper cables, a flashlight, blankets, a charged cell phone and- as crazy as it sounds- food.

As soon as you slide off the road, even if you have all of those things, you need to make sure nobody is flying down the road and then get out to clear your exhaust pipe so carbon monoxide doesn't build up. If you can't do that, crack a window and keep a blanket on.

Because police are expecting a lot of accidents tomorrow, they don't know how long it will take to get to you if you need help. That's why they say to carry food with you and let someone know where you're going if you do need to leave the house.

"It is incredibly hard to say," Garcia said. "We may get fortunate and there's no problems and we're able to respond very quickly. But if the past has shown us anything that we can have numerous slide-offs happening at once to the point where we have a backlog of trying to respond to those calls, which is why we encourage people if they do not have to drive, don't get on the roads."

As always, police say if you're out on the road, slow down and give yourself time to get to where you need to go. On top of that, you should make sure someone knows where you are at all times.

"If you do have to drive, let someone know where you're going," Garcia said. "What time you're leaving, what time you think you're going to arrive, and the route you're going to take. So if something were to happen, you at least can notify family or friends and let them know 'hey, this is taking place. I need some assistance.' You may be able to get some help from family members and friends before police are able to arrive and provide assistance- if they're even able to get there in a timely manner. Because, again, you know, if we do get overwhelmed with calls, we're going to make priorities of any injury-accidents. Those are going to be a our top priorities versus a slide-off where there are no injuries."

If you take nothing else with you, police say a fully charged cell phone is the most important thing. Nothing can truly help you if you can't make a call for help.