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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

will have a lot less traction, or grip, and will need to be

very careful.

What is 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 is 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.

Your anti-lock brakes improve your vehicle’s stability

when you make a hard stop on a slippery road.

Even though you have an anti-lock braking system, you

will want to begin stopping sooner than you would on

dry pavement. See Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS)

on page 4-8.

• Allow greater following distance on any

slippery road.

• Watch for slippery spots. The road might be ﬁne

until you hit a spot that is covered with ice. On

an otherwise clear road, ice patches may appear in

shaded areas where the sun cannot reach, such

as around clumps of trees, behind buildings,

or under bridges. Sometimes the surface of a curve

or an overpass may remain icy when the

surrounding roads are clear. If you see a patch of

ice ahead of you, brake before you are on it. Try not

to brake while you are actually on the ice, and

avoid sudden steering maneuvers.

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