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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; 0°C) 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 traction control, keep the system on. It will

improve your ability to accelerate when driving on a

slippery road. But you can turn the traction system off if

you ever need to. You should turn the system off if

your vehicle ever gets stuck in sand, mud, ice, or snow.

See

If You Are Stuck: In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow on

page 4-30

. Even though your vehicle has a traction

system you’ll want to slow down and adjust your

driving to the road conditions. See

Traction Control

System (TCS) on page 4-8

If you don’t have a traction 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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