This is what happens when you don't SLOW DOWN in bad winter conditions

The time to slow down is BEFORE you start to slip & slide. Once you realize ya ain't got no traction, it might be too late.

 

Lesseeee....

Outside air below freezing, shiny crap on road surface, no spray coming off yer tires. Hmmm, this is tough. Do I get a lifeline???



Oh yeah... must be ice!!!

 

I still remember my first winter driving big trucks. I hadn't seen the road since I left the house...just snow-packed...and I thought I was making pretty good time. I learned to drive in the snow, and play in it every chance I get and I figured I was moving at a pretty good clip when I got passed...by a large SUV...with Texas plates. Now I learned to drive during the winter in Chicago, in a little 2wd pickup with bald tires. My parents knew not to expect me home until every last road & parking lot were cleared and I had nowhere left to play. Anyway, if the SUV had WI or MN tags, I probable wouldn't have given them a second thought...but TX? Yeah, I'll see you again.

Wasn't 5 miles up the road, they were spun out and banged up after losing it on an overpass.

 

Hydroplaning on bad tires...

 

...but them steel belts you see poking through where the tread used to be, them's there for traction! Just like them chains y'all put on your tires in the mountains, just without having to get out in the cold...

 

It sure would be nice if this thread had as many facts as it has high horse judgements by people who weren't there.