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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'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; 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.
If you have ASR, keep the system on. It will improve
your ability to accelerate when driving on a slippery
road. Even though your vehicle has the ASR system,
you'll want to slow down and adjust your driving to the
road conditions. See "ASR System" in the Index.
If you don't have the ASR 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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