Tips on driving in ice / snow

fryup

CaptnGumption wrote: »

I hear that driving in a high gear keeps the torque lower to the wheels and should lessen the risk of skidding.

MarkoC wrote: »

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• Use low gears to keep traction, especially on hills.

so what is it to be, low or high gear?

MarkoC

fryup wrote: »

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so what is it to be, low or high gear?

Use low gears to keep traction, especially on hills.

In case of emergency you have no traction at all with the lower gear, its not cruizing.

peasant

just to add ...as long as the ice & snow is on the radio, in the news, on the telly or on the internet but NOT on the road in front of you would pleeeeze for the love of God and the sake of my bloodpressure put that right foot on the gas and drive faster than 40 km/ h ...pleeeze :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

tommy21

peasant wrote: »

just to add ...as long as the ice & snow is on the radio, in the news, on the telly or on the internet but NOT on the road in front of you would pleeeeze for the love of God and the sake of my bloodpressure put that right foot on the gas and drive faster than 40 km/ h ...pleeeze :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

And all ice is visible? :O

peasant

tommy21 wrote: »

And all ice is visible? :O

Let me put it this way ...when the salt spray from the oncoming traffic makes it necessary to use the windscreen wash/wipe all the time, you can be preeeeetty certain that there is no ice on the road