Snow and Black Ice

**janice123** · 06.19.2012

Hello, my name is Janice I would like to know what would be some great advise as to traveling in snow and on Black Ice, It is kind of terrifying when I think about that aspect of driving a big rig.....

**daf105paccar** · 06.19.2012

Snow...............use common sence.
Fresh snow is easier/safer to drive on then compacted snow.(adjust speed to your comfort zone)

Black Ice........................have spare underwear.
Be very afraid off it.

**upnorthwpg** · 06.19.2012

back your foot out of it... no need to have the hammer down all the time. Black ice.... until your on it for the first time, hard to explain. Try not to make sudden moves with the steering wheel, don't touch the brakes.

**Sabine in Mo** · 06.19.2012

the best advice would be stop and park it if you get too scared. No matter what anyone tells you, if you don't feel comfortable, don't do it.

**OpenRoadDreamer** · 06.19.2012

Originally Posted by janice123

Hello, my name is Janice I would like to know what would be some great advise as to traveling in snow and on Black Ice, It is kind of terrifying when I think about that aspect of driving a big rig.....

Ice... find a safe place to park.

I ran into black ice last year. Watched Conway roll his truck into the median at 65+

**Lonesome** · 06.19.2012

SLOW DOWN! That's the best I can come up with.

**PackRatTDI** · 06.19.2012

Like what was said above, slow down in snow and don't even mess with ice. I could use some of that winter chill here in Waterloo, NY. 86F and 60% humitidy. The truck is idling, I don't give a frac what the NY Environmental law says.

FWIW, the only two times I got "snowed" in this past winter was in Big Spring, TX and Deming, NM, two places one wouldn't associate with winter weather. Extremely bad black ice in Big Spring and near blizzard conditions in Deming.

**AZS** · 06.19.2012

snow is easy, slow down. Ice...slow down, take next exit. I'll leave that to the super truckers.

**Allow Me.** · 06.19.2012

Your truck will sliiiiiiiiddddeee big time on ANY ice. Park it, unless you want to travel at 3 mph for hours on end.

**fireba11** · 06.20.2012

The above advise is good! When it is raining and the temp is around 32 degrees, watch your mirrors and every now and then roll your window down to see if ice is forming on the body of the truck (Feel the metal frame on your door). If ice is forming, find a safe place to park as the road will be getting slick pretty quickly. Remember this......A dispatcher is not driving your truck, you are, and reguardless of your delivery time it is more important to arrive safely then not at all.