Winter Driving Techniques / Stories

[nikita7]

I have 0 winter driving expirience. My mom drove in the snow, ice, fog for 10 years on stick cars without ever getting in an accident (I am from Ukraine, we have real winters). She did have a few close calls. One time she hit a patch of ICE of a freeway and car spun 180 degrees while hitting a curb that kept it from going in a ditch, she was rolling down the freeway in reverse for about 200 feet before car came to a stop. Another time she was driving at night and her VW was not pulling in 3rd, she got out of a car and it was all ice. It seemed that she never gave car too much gas in the snow or ice, just enough to keep tires spinning. Slowly but cars were starting to move, I was always freaking out because I see cars all around us standing still and spinning tires while our car slowly crawls. Also in many occasions she used gears to slow the car down,I never seen her use rapid braking and rapid steering movement in winter.

I know this is not much about techniques, but it said you can post stories too.

[VincentDurango]

I live in winnipeg, that is in Manitoba Canada. Nikitas good stories, it seems like she know how to drive.

[12GONE]

how about pullign cops out of ditches on a daily basis.

[vectorspecialist]

seeing cops that cant drive in snow is great, we just got a charger in the local town, the car already hit the ditch 2x.
as for my story, getting up at 6am ,and driving on rt.31 and 57 in nw NJ, those are both major roads in the area, neither of htem had been plowed yet, so easily like 4inches on each.
i decide to go thru the intersectoin instead of the cut thru, figure it would b better.
well like with most intersections on highways there were traffic lights. i have a green light and begin to go thru the intersection. i drive a neon, so fwd, good in snow, not great but good. as i'm in the middle of the intersectoin. a tractor trailer comes flying by the other way and packs snow right in front of me, i went no where, make it short. i was there untill noon, till they plowed and i could move

[midgetracing28]

There has to be a special thread for driving in snow? im sorry i was born and raised in iowa i dont see why its difficult although ill admit ive pulled many a moron outta the ditch. Even when im at work driving the big rig its no damn differant just watch the brakes a lil closer nothing difficult or fancy you learn to kick the rearend around to get around a lil better in places. that and if you own a truck your learn the value of weight distribution rather quickly.