What NOT to do when crossing an ice covered bridge

Again, consult your mechanic or dealer for more information about your particular truck. The truck I drive allows for highway speeds with the IAD and it is likely the driver in the video has the same technology.

 

A professional driver will drive on ice at some point in his/her career. Whether it is an iced over bridge or you just entered a section of highway without any good exits for getting off the road and conditions get icy and you have to continue for a period of time before finding a safe place to park it, you will at some point in your career drive on ice.

I also disagree with the idea that driving on ice is something "no one can prepare for". If you don't prepare for it then your chances of an accident increase. The purpose of this thread is to generate discussion to perhaps help newer drivers prepare for it.

Ice happens.

 

Good question. I think from my own experience a couple weeks ago I'd opt for engaging it before I think I'd need it when approaching that bridge. Temperatures were dropping to below freezing, yet spray was still coming off tires. The temperature should have been topmost in my mind when approaching that bridge.