All of my snow/ice driving has been going to, and returning from, the Lake Tahoe area (norcal) to go snowboarding.
Along with what others here have mentioned... I'd say:
1. increase following distance: better to be too far back, than not far back enough
2. let that speed demon behind you pass -- so you can help him when he slides off the road... I've lost count of the number of times some dork has rolled up doing 60+ in snowy conditions, blown past me, and slid/spun out a couple of turns ahead.
3. try to have a plan in your head, about what you'll do if/when you start to slide/lose traction... Sometimes, shtuff happens (trust me: my buddy and I slid out and rolled his 4runner going uphill doing less than 20mph. Road looked dry as an AA mtg, but when we walked across it, it was a 4-lane sheet of ice).
4. if you do lose traction: use small corrections -- slamming on the breaks, punching the gas, cranking the steering wheel all the way in "the other direction" usually makes a bad situation worse.
-r
Along with what others here have mentioned... I'd say:
1. increase following distance: better to be too far back, than not far back enough
2. let that speed demon behind you pass -- so you can help him when he slides off the road... I've lost count of the number of times some dork has rolled up doing 60+ in snowy conditions, blown past me, and slid/spun out a couple of turns ahead.
3. try to have a plan in your head, about what you'll do if/when you start to slide/lose traction... Sometimes, shtuff happens (trust me: my buddy and I slid out and rolled his 4runner going uphill doing less than 20mph. Road looked dry as an AA mtg, but when we walked across it, it was a 4-lane sheet of ice).
4. if you do lose traction: use small corrections -- slamming on the breaks, punching the gas, cranking the steering wheel all the way in "the other direction" usually makes a bad situation worse.
-r
