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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; OOC) and freezing rain begins to fall.
T r y
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 the Enhanced Traction System or "Traction
Control System", keep the 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" or
'Traction Control System" in the Index.
If you don't have the Enhanced Traction System or
"'Traction Control System", accelerate gently.
T r y
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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