Dressing for Cold Weather

Disneyphile · 02-04-2011, 01:40 PM

Btw.... on the topic of driving on snow:

Even if you have AWD and snow tires on an SUV, keep a slow pace. I recall numerous idiots with their SUVs in ditches alongside the road, because they thought snow tires and AWD meant they were immune to the sideways action of snow and ice. I'd putz right on by them and laugh my ass off, because it was usually the people I'd see pass me at 30 mph. (Seriously, that's all it takes in some conditions.) And, I only had regular tires and FWD on my little Dodge Shadow. Now, if the roads are plowed and well-salted, you can move a bit more normally, but if it is actively snowing at the time, don't even try it.

So, allow more time for where you need to go, and don't even hope to get there faster. Speed can turn you into an uncontrollable sled in the blink of an eye.

02-04-2011, 01:40 PM	#37
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Btw.... on the topic of driving on snow: Even if you have AWD and snow tires on an SUV, keep a slow pace. I recall numerous idiots with their SUVs in ditches alongside the road, because they thought snow tires and AWD meant they were immune to the sideways action of snow and ice. I'd putz right on by them and laugh my ass off, because it was usually the people I'd see pass me at 30 mph. (Seriously, that's all it takes in some conditions.) And, I only had regular tires and FWD on my little Dodge Shadow. Now, if the roads are plowed and well-salted, you can move a bit more normally, but if it is actively snowing at the time, don't even try it. So, allow more time for where you need to go, and don't even hope to get there faster. Speed can turn you into an uncontrollable sled in the blink of an eye.
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