Icy, slippery roads: This is the safest way to drive your car in ice and snow
Created: 2022-12-15, 8:15 p.m
By: Sebastian Peters
Anyone who drives a car on wintry roads adapts their driving style better to ice and snow and does not just rely on the technology.
A few tips will help.
Stuttgart – rain and cold and soon snow: winter is just around the corner.
And in some places the roads can already be slippery.
Then the following applies: Take your foot off the gas, keep even more distance and approach traffic lights and intersections at a slower speed, advises the Society for Technical Monitoring (GTÜ).
Because the braking distances are getting longer, as reported by
kreiszeitung.de
.
Be safe on the road in snow and ice - this is how you drive your vehicle safely on the road
Most cars today have an anti-lock braking system (ABS).
If you have to brake hard with it, step on the pedal "boldly", according to the GTÜ.
The car can still be steered if necessary, for example to avoid obstacles.
But even if you have other electronic helpers such as a stability program on board, you should not take any risks and drive carefully.
According to the GTÜ, the laws of driving physics always remain in force.
Very old cars without ABS should be braked more carefully.
Otherwise, the wheels will quickly lock up on ice and snow - and no longer transmit any steering movements.
Don't rush and step on the gas with feeling
Drivers should generally avoid hectic steering on slippery terrain in order not to skid.
And winter drivers also step on the gas by stroking the pedal rather than stepping on it.
A higher gear than usual helps prevent sudden wheel spin and can smooth body movements.
Important tips on how to drive safely in ice and snow (symbolic photo) © Jens Büttner/dpa/Symbolbild
If you are driving with front-wheel drive, you can cause the front wheels to spin if you accelerate too much in a curve on snow.
The car then pushes over the front wheels towards the edge of the curve, it understeers.
Anyone who now takes the gas off reduces the speed.
Now the wheels can grip again and the car follows the chosen steering again.
Erupting stern wants to be caught with skill
If the rear axle drives the car, the rear can break out if there is too much gas.
Fast, sensitive counter-steering is required here in order to catch the car again.
The best way to practice something like this is during driving training.
According to GTÜ, four-wheel drive cars have an advantage.
These show their strengths both when starting off and when cornering.
This is because they can distribute the drive forces more evenly to the wheels.
When braking, however, there are no longer any advantages.
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Despite caution and good all-season or winter tires: If the black ice is reflected on the road, adhesion is close to zero, even if the tires are intact.
Then it makes more sense to wait for the gritting service.