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.
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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 sana
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
(TCS)
on
page
4-9.
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