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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.
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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