Driving
on
Snow
or
Ice
Most of the time, those places where your tires meet
the
road probably have good traction.
However,
if
there is snow
or
ice between your tires and
the road, you can have
a
very slippery situation. You’ll
have
a
lot less traction
or
“grip” and will need to be very
careful.
What’s the worst time for this? “Wet ice.” Very cold
snow
or
ice can be slick and hard to drive
on.
But
wet
ice
can be even more trouble because it may offer the
least traction
of
all. You can get wet ice when it’s about
freezing
(32°F;
OOC)
and freezing rain begins to
fall.
Try
to
avoid driving
on
wet ice until salt and sand crews
can get there.
Whatever the condition
--
smooth ice, packed, blowing
or loose snow
--
drive with caution.
Keep your traction control system on.
It
improves your
ability to accelerate when driving
on
a slippery road.
Even though your vehicle
has
a
traction control system,
you’ll want to slow down and adjust your driving to the
road conditions. See “Traction
Control
System” in
the
Index.
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