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;
0”
C)
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. Accelerate gently.
Try not to break the fragile traction.
If
you accelerate
too
fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surface
under the tires even more.
Keep your Enhanced Traction System on. It will improve
your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery road.
Even though your vehicle has this system, you’ll want to
slow down and adjust your driving to the road conditions.
See “Enhanced Traction System’’ in the Index.
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