Driving in snow
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Where I am there's quite a tall hill, with a corner on it - you can get up it if you maintain a sensible pace and amble up it, maintaining momentum - but if you stop, you're done for. The person in front of you will usually fail to do this, so you'll have to stop, then you're done for as well - all whilst the person behind you is ever creeping closer then realising that you're starting to move backwards
Yep
A couple of friends of mine live near a junction on a reasonable hill, earlier in the year when we had the snow we just sat outside arsing around and watching people trying to negotiate the junction, followed by "uh oh, another one's stuck" and we all wander over and give them a push up the hill"
My road was pretty snowed in and icey but once I got out of that and onto the main roads it was fine, I don't have to go anywhere near a motorway though and my journey to work in about 10 minutes of 40mph A roads so nice and easy.
Couple of people have not come into work, I think if it was Uni or something I'd not have gone in just so I could lay in!
Couple of people have not come into work, I think if it was Uni or something I'd not have gone in just so I could lay in!
My Car handled like it was on rails this morning. Oh wait, I took the train
Mine didn't, was great fun driving to work
, getting up a hill was a little iffy thoughDriving in the snow this morning might actually be the high point of my day. I love it.
All you have to remember is that the car will simply want to keep traveling in the direction it's currently traveling. If you want to do anything to change that (brake, accelerate or steer), make sure it's smooth and gentle and remember that each movement of the wheel will have a lot of 'lag'. Imagine you're playing an online game with high latency or something.
Don't go into a corner at speed thinking it doesn't look slippery otherwise you'll end up facing the other way like the chap I saw this morning.
All you have to remember is that the car will simply want to keep traveling in the direction it's currently traveling. If you want to do anything to change that (brake, accelerate or steer), make sure it's smooth and gentle and remember that each movement of the wheel will have a lot of 'lag'. Imagine you're playing an online game with high latency or something
.Don't go into a corner at speed thinking it doesn't look slippery otherwise you'll end up facing the other way like the chap I saw this morning.
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Exactly, and when you slide into a kerb it only slightly bends the wheel under the car 
I like driving in the snow had my first experience of it last jan/feb, although today ive got to try get from se london to canterbury to get my sister from campus, it seems there are a few road closures today :O not sure which route to take!
Bit irrelevant to the thread but don't use the swirl/twirl filter to obscure numberplates as it's really easy to undo!
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Anyone know where I could find out which fuse is for the ABS in this ol' volvo 440 tank? It's annoying; I hate ABS anyway but of course it's extra useless in this weather.
Drift in the car park was made extra funny when I tapped the front brakes and the whole car vibrated
Drift in the car park was made extra funny when I tapped the front brakes and the whole car vibrated
Owner's manual? Although on the 850 you can lock all 4 wheels quite easily on snow despite the ABS.Anyone know where I could find out which fuse is for the ABS in this ol' volvo 440 tank? It's annoying; I hate ABS anyway but of course it's extra useless in this weather.
Drift in the car park was made extra funny when I tapped the front brakes and the whole car vibrated
You rather people that don't want / feel comfortable / am able to drive in snow conditions should do so anyway?
or just not go out to start with
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Good point, not sure I *have* it, but I'll have a look.
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Had some absolute tool just drive by my house doing 30mph. Now this is a smallish backroad with not much traffic and no salt on the road so it's a proper icerink. He tried to turn right but his car decided to just slide into the curb!
He went past again doing the same speed AND ON THE PHONE!
I'm beginning to think that people who don't know how to drive on snow are worse than MLMs!!
He went past again doing the same speed AND ON THE PHONE!
I'm beginning to think that people who don't know how to drive on snow are worse than MLMs!!
usually in places that get a lot of snow they put winter tyres on, in the UK we don't we have all year round (summer) tyres, that are simply not grippy enough. a lot of people are relatively inexperienced on snow, as they don't know how their car will react.
driving in at around midday, the snow was melting round near me and the road were pretty clear bar a small slush hump in the middle of the road, and a reasonable safe speed could be maintained, yet there were people crawling along at 10 mph....