Take it easy, and you'll be fine!

[Chev]

Well I am an exception. Not many people learned to drive in Missouri winters with a soupped up El Camino. Smooth is the key.

A lot of people are not equipped to drive in the rain down here. Walk through a parking lot and check out the windshield wipers.

I guess kids down here don't get to play in the snow like I did. I can remember getting run out of the parking lots, or drifting the corners for sport. You learn a lot on the edge of death.

 

[BKBrown]

Yep, South of Buffalo, NY (in the Lake Erie Snow Belt). VW Bug, Pick Up Trucks, 64 Impala, LTD 390, 70 & 74 Novas, Garden Tractors with Snow Blowers and Chains. :biggrin:

 

[Carscw]

From what I hear Atlanta is not going to use gravel or sand this year they going to just use salt Not good for me I sell them river sand

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[fastback]

BK, I am someone who does not question the age of anyone when reading their post. However, I am really surprised to find out that JM is only 16. He writes and thinks like someone 3 of 4 times his age. I mean this as a compliment.

As for snow I find that people in my area tend to increase speed when it snows. I don't know if they are checking the limits of their vehicles or what. The biggest offenders are those with 4 wheel drive. I call it false security, these people think with 4 wheel drive the tires are glued to the pavement. I try to stay off the roads after a fresh snow fall.

 

[Parkmower]

Jmurray is 16??? Holy cow!!! I thought you were a crabby old man like JD. Lol

 

[LandN]

driving in winter is something i take very very very very seriously.I have to,because the other drivers usually don't.. With that being said, - ONLY- in isolated areas is were i do an extreme amount of throwing the vehicle around and drifting,braking, accelerating, etc, SO THAT when i am in the main stream of regular traffic conditions,there will NEVER be an incident where i would panic IF a certain traffic condition came about suddenly. Instinct and muscle memory take over in a nano second. i have seen over the years where WAY,WAY,WAY too many people freak out really bad when their vehicle makes an unexpected slight spin,and freeze up in the drivers seat,not knowing what to do:confused2: you really really really have to know your limits , know your cars limits , learn to read road conditions and above all r e l a x your mind, don't be tense.:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[Mower manic]

My personal rule is when on snow keep below 40MPH, and when on ice keep below 20MPH, and when going round a snowy/icy bend, slow to half of that (20MPH for snow or 10MPH for ice).

Another thing I've learned this year, is not to lower your tyre pressures.

In the past I've lowered my tyre pressures thinking I was giving the treads more grip, but that has been proved wrong this year when I kept the pressures at the recommended numbers and we went out today without any skidding or wheel spin, unlike last winter with lowered pressures.



That's my two pence...

The Truth is.....

I am 16, and I don't drive, my mother does, but I keep the car maintained (washed, tyre pressures, servicing etc...).

Thank you for qualifying your advice, most of it good, however you must be aware that most of the members here have been driving longer than you've been alive. For you to imply that your knowledgeable when you are clearly not, is an insult.
Speaking of driving on snow and ice when you have no direct experience doing so is a misrepresentation at the best.
Here's my advice: You just be Jamie and everything will be fine, not the King, or the Prince just "Jamie Murray" the articulate lad from Scotland, no need to misrepresent yourself.
"Tut Tut"
That's my 2 pence

 

[BKBrown]

Wasn't personally offended, but many of us have probably spent more time driving in or on Snow and Ice than Jamie has even seen.

Most of the advice was good, but can't have come from much personal experience.

 

[jmurray01]

I understand most people on here have been driving longer than I've been alive, but you'd be surprised how many people I've seen in their forties and fifties who don't know the first thing about driving in snow, so experience doesn't always mean you know what you're doing.

I'm sure most people do know how to drive in snowy conditions, but I thought I'd post this thread just to get my advise across to people who didn't know. I wasn't trying to patronise anybody.

 

[jmurray01]

Jmurray is 16??? Holy cow!!! I thought you were a crabby old man like JD. Lol

You're not the first person to say that, and you'll probably not be the last! :laughing: