Snow and Black Ice

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Ice... find a safe place to park.

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.