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Driving on Snow or Ice
What's
the
worst
time
for
this?
"Wet
ice." Vev cold
snow or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But wet
Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the ice can be even more trouble because it
may offer
the
road probably have good traction.
least traction of all.'You can get wet ice when
it's about
However, if there is snow or ice between your tires and the
freezing (32
O F ;
0
O
C) and freezing rain begins to fall.,
road, you can have a very slippery situation. You'll have a
T q
to avoid driving on wet ice until salt and sand crews
lot less traction or "grip" and will needko be very careful.
can get there.
Whatever the condition
--
smooth ice, packed, blowing
or loose snow
--
drive with caution.
If you have traction control, keep the system
on. It will
improve your ability to accelerate when dnving 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.
If you don't have the traction control system, 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.
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