Need driving lessons apparently, snowed in.

[*The.Doctor]

Originally Posted by Monster_user

4. Any recommendations for driving on ice?

Slow down. 30-40mph should be your top speed on snowy or icy roads, especially if you not used to driving on them.

Take turns much slower. If you car/truck is rear wheel drive, be very careful about accelerating out of turns as the back end will spin around very easy. Like said, if you start to slide, don't panic and slam the brakes or anything, that will just make it worse. Simply let off the gas and counter steer.

Brake well ahead of time. Don't just slam your brakes either, all that will do is cause you to start sliding. If you slowing down on a hill the best thing to do is down shift ahead of time before hitting the brakes. Shifting to a lower gear will let you slow down much easier and faster on snow or ice. Works with automatics as well.

Leave more room between other cars. You never know when the person in front of you could start sliding.

Accelerate slower. Mashing on the gas will get you nowhere. Literally. All you will do is sit there and spin.

Originally Posted by Admiral Antilles

1: a Snowplow is a Kinda of Dump truck with a massive plow on the front with, sometimes a dispurser with sand in the back, depends on the area.

The plow trucks our township has here are fucking awesome. The state trucks are just regular dump trucks with a plow mounted to the front, regular road tires and everything. The township trucks sit much higher, have bigger plows, have massive snow tires, and are four wheel drive. I didn't even know four wheel drive dump trucks existed till i see these beasts.

I didn't even know there was a "snow salt". There is nothing available this far south called "snow salt". I guess the cities have an emergency supply, which may last a couple of days.

lol. Up here in the north east road salt (or snow salt to you) is the number one cause of vehicles rusting out.

2. What type of chains should you put around tires? Should they have a plastic covering to keep from puncturing the tire? Would a length of chain from a swingset work?

You don't need tire chains. Trust me. Unless your planning a arctic expedition with your car or something that is.

s far as driving goes, 98% of the population south of Atlanta has never driven in snow.

lol. Its completely opposite here in PA. We are all used to driving in the snow (and lots of it!) just as much as driving on clear roads.

[Bunker37]

I am from the midwest, and my street is the last to get plowed so I have a fair amount of experience driving on snowy/icy roads.

1. If your car is light in the back end fill it with something heavy such as a few bags of sand.

2. Do not over correct, if you start to slide don't go turning your wheel way to the left or right instead slowly correct.

3. When you feel traction coming back a bit easy on the breaks. Also if your anti-lock breaks don't work pump the breaks.

4. Practice, me, and a lot of my friends use to always play around spinning our cars out on the ice, and now when our cars actually start to slide its not a big deal.

[Pethegreat]

lol. Its completely opposite here in PA. We are all used to driving in the snow (and lots of it!) just as much as driving on clear roads.

I live in Pittsburgh. We got 3 inches of snow today and the whole town went crazy. Half of the people in the area can't drive in the snow.

If your car is light in the back end fill it with something heavy such as a few bags of sand.

This works if you car is rear wheel drive. If it is front wheel drive the extra weight won't make a difference.

Accelerate slower. Mashing on the gas will get you nowhere. Literally. All you will do is sit there and spin.

This reason is why I love having a manual transmission rather than an automatic. Feathering the clutch allows you do control exactly how much power you are putting to the wheels.