GREENSBORO, N.C. – So you're sitting at home this weekend, and thinking you want to go out. You're an expert driver in snow and ice, so why not, right? Wrong. 

• Driving this weekend when not absolutely necessary is not only dangerous, it's a waste of resources for emergency responders.
• Don't drive even if you think you're a pro snow driver, and even if you have the right equipment on your car.
• No matter how good of a driver you are, there will be bad drivers on the road beside you.

Even if you're confident in your driving abilities, the experts say you shouldn't risk going out and driving on snow-covered roads this weekend.

"It always puts yourself and others in harms way by getting out on the roadway. We urge everyone to stay at home unless you absolutely have to drive. It's just foolish for anyone to get out and drive unless they absolutely have to,” said Randolph County Sheriff Greg Seabolt.

Seabolt says it is not only dangerous, it's selfish.

"We, as sheriff's officers, emergency services workers, we need to only respond to emergency calls. When there's other vehicles out there stuck in a ditch or something, we have to go check it. And it's putting our officers and emergency workers in a hazardous situation,” Seabolt said.

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The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office agrees, it's a waste of resources.

"It can always impact us trying to get to emergency situations,” said Sgt. Seth Carter with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. “Just because there's snow on the road doesn't mean that emergencies stop, that domestics stop, other calls for service stop that we need to get to. If people are out on the road and they end up getting stuck, that's something we're going to have to deal with on our way to a potential emergency. They can be blocking the road, they could have gotten hurt. And it's going to take us away from another call for service."

Even if you think you're a professional snow driver, and even if you have the right equipment on your car.

"Just because they feel comfortable, or they have a four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive vehicle, doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to be safe,” Carter said. “Usually your primary roadways are going to be well taken care of. But especially out in the county where we work, you get on the secondary and even back roads, they're not going to be well taken care of and it can get pretty dangerous pretty quick."

And remember, no matter how good of a driver you are, there will be bad drivers on the road beside you.

Law enforcement agencies also don't want to waste resources when drivers call-in stuck cars, or crashes that have already been investigated. Deputies will leave a three-foot section of crime scene tape somewhere on the car to let you know they have already checked it out.