If you get stuck, get out the shovel and clean in front and behind ALL wheels. Trying to climb or crush "snow mountains" with minimum traction is fruitless. Dig yourself out before you dig yourself in spinning the wheels. On Tuesday, December 14, 2004, at 02:21 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Subject: Re: winter handling / driving > > The #1 rule for driving in snow (or ice) is that gentle is the way to > go...and stop. > > In other words, slow accelerations, and gradual slow downs are the key > to safe driving. If you start spinning your wheels, you are trying to > go too fast. If feathering the clutch (slipping the clutch) won't let > you start up gradually, try starting to move in 2nd gear instead of > 1st. Finally, if you get stuck, rock the vehicle forward and back until > you get some momentum going forward. The trick with rocking is to be > able to switch between reverse and a forward gear fast enough so as to > actually apply power at the appropriate moment. > |
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