What are YOU doing to ensure safe driving in snow/ice

atrixblue.-MFR-.

kevin0410 wrote: »

flicking your handbrake up as you turn at low speed, then steering into the slide and straightening up as the back end regains grip makes for a beautifully executed hand brake turn.

also doing handbrake turns greatly reduces your turning circle

but increases your slide sideways and hightens the risk of loss of control curbing your car causing damage! to your car or another, what was i saying about village idiots!

goldspanners

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

but increases your slide sideways and hightens the risk of loss of control curbing your car causing damage! to your car or another, what was i saying about village idiots!

i regularly pull a handbrake turn in this weather its great fun and does aid turning quite a bit. i drive hundreds of miles a week, i keep a safe distance from the car in front, i drive to suit the conditions and the only times ive been sliding around over the past 3 or 4 weeks has been when ive wanted to. ive seen others drive far to fast into corners and then wonder why they ended up out of control.

i also read your first post where you recomend making sure tyre pressures are at the correct pressure, by this i assume the recommended pressure for normal conditions. if you loose a few psi it can assist in gaining traction so correct manufacturers pressure doesn't always apply in ice and snow.

Inactive

kevin0410 wrote: »

flicking your handbrake up as you turn at low speed, then steering into the slide and straightening up as the back end regains grip makes for a beautifully executed hand brake turn.

also doing handbrake turns greatly reduces your turning circle

As long as you are not stupid enough to do it on a Public Highway.:rolleyes:

Glitzkiss

A wee tip for after the snow and ice has gone. Keep an eye out for all the bloody great pot holes that will have appeared on the roads and inform your council where they are. Ok, they won't do anything about them immediately but they still need to know where they are to [STRIKE]ignore them[/STRIKE] efficiently plan their road repairs.

dannymccann

I havent changed my driving style at all, its just a bit of snow, everyone gets stupid panicky about it causing stupid accidents. These people should have their licenses taken off them

neilmcl

Personally I think those who don't think they should adjust their style of driving to meet the prevailing conditions should perhaps have their license revoked.

whatmichaelsays

The best way to drive in this weather is simply not to.

AdrianHi

whatmichaelsays wrote: »

The best way to drive in this weather is simply not to.

+1 as most of use (myself included) are not properly equipped to drive in these conditions (winter tyres, snow socks / chains etc.). 4x4 helps but you still need the right tyres and as someone pointed out earlier 4x4 doesn't help you stop any better. My father in law had to abandon his Mitsubishi L200 4x4 pick up truck (he has a farm) because he couldn't get it down the hill without sliding. He has regular summer tyres like most of us.
We live on a hill and have been stranded for about 6 days in total over the last year counting last February, December and this month. Snow socks (autosocks) on order for the car now, thinking seriously about a 4x4 next car change so we can be sure of getting children home from their schools if it snows in future. So we will end up being one of those families doing the school run in a 4x4 which will seem a silly waste 359 days of the year but essential for the other 6 :rolleyes:

Obukit

Another tip - if you need to park, please pull into the side of the road, don't park right on the tracks other people's tyres have made. Saw a Ka totally smashed today, they'd parked on the tyre tracks on a snowy road and an artic jack-knifed when it tried to pull out past them.

pulliptears

whatmichaelsays wrote: »

The best way to drive in this weather is simply not to.

+2. I'm fortunate enough not to have had to go anywhere this last week or so. Anything non urgent has been put on hold. DD's school is within a mile so she has walked home and actually enjoyed it so some good has come out of it lol

My street is at the top of a long incline and is very dicey to say the least, especially with cars parked either side. The common sense of letting the car coming uphill through is lost on all the motorists in these parts :mad: