Just because your 4-wheel drive gives you more traction for accelerating, doesn't mean that you have any more stopping traction than the 2-wheel drive cars around you (boneheads!).

You left out one important hint. If you start to slide don't use your brakes, use corrective steering. If your starting to slide because you are using your brakes let off the brakes don't push harder because this will make you slide more.

With older vehicles the braking technique on slippery roads is to pump the brake instead of applying it hard. Of course with ABS that's not valid. You are right about corrective steering vs brakes, in general, brakes should be used gently in snowy or icy conditions.

Make sure your insurance premium is paid up.

In your father's day that was probably true. Now the idiots drive SUVs and because they're idiots they think that their 4WD vehicles have greater traction and so they can drive without regard for road conditions. A few years ago, I drove from Cape Cod to New York in a heavy snow storm and passed 31 accidents all involving SUVs.

Good tires! It where the rubber meets the road. I'll take my VW with good S/T tires over a AWD with crappy radials any day.

VISIBILITY! No-one mentioned this but you can't miss what you didn't see. Clean those windows and mirrors well and use the defroster!

Good Snow tires.

And remember that an object in motion tends to want to stay in the direction of that motion.

Your father was close too correct about removing the idiots from the road. I have found that it just culls the herd.

The idiots just come back.

In bad weather I do the following:

I double the distance between the car in the front and me

I turn the wipers as soon as I see that a truck or car is getting closer, anticipating that the swirling snow or slush on the wind shield could reduce my visibility

I do not stop in the white out conditions because I could be hit by a car behind me

My hubby and I listen to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 to calm us down

I agree with all of your advise but I like to listen to Ozzy.

I am more fond of Vivaldi, the Four seasons, I forgot to mention that, I turn up the heat as high as it will go. Full defrost when I drive. This will keep most windows ice free. I drive in a "T shirt".

The Parka is for outside.

Always carry a survival kit: flares, candles, shovel, cat litter, blankets, wind shield deicer fluid and energy bars. The absolute rule is to have a full gas tank.

We've seen this more than once I'm sure, the idiots don't always get involved in the accident , they just caused it and drove away on their way to help cause another.

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