Actual advice being given to Southerners about how to drive in the snow

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[drray23]

1. sounds like an accurate description.

no sudden moves, dont hit the brakes or accelerate quickly, go slow and steady speed. Oh, do not stupidly stop in a slope, keep enough even constant speed in that slope to clear it .

[lastlib]

11. What my dad told me:

"Drive like you have no brakes, no steering, and everyone on the road is DRUNK!"

[chowder66]

2. LOL.

[Catbird]

3. Just don't.

Everything is closed anyway.

[brewens]

4. Shiny side up, rubber side down is really all you need to know. If it's to shitty out to

ensure you can do that, stay home.

[Klaralven]

5. It's OK to drive fast on snow and ice

Just so long as you don't need to accelerate, brake, or change direction.

Planning ahead is the key.

[drray23]

8. as a matter of fact driving too slowly in a slope

will get you stuck or worse sliding backwards. Better to keep an even pace.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. If grandma can make out that there's a vehicle in front of you, you're following too close.

[Kaleva]

7. spent many an evening spinning doughnuts in iced over parking lots while stoned

[Klaralven]

9. A well frozen lake can be a lot of fun.

Lakes in the Upper Midwest should be properly frozen now. Just check for cracks, holes made by ice fishermen, etc., first.

It's a good way to learn how to drive a little bit sideways and to handle a skid.

[lastlib]

15. When I was in high school, my dad drove his pickup truck onto our frozen pond.....

which covers about two acres. He cut down two big trees on the shoreline, dropping them onto the ice. (No way these trees could've been cut to fall back onto the shore, and they needed to be cut down.) We cut 'em into firewood. There was enough wood for three loads, so we had to load one, drive to the house and unload, then return and drive back onto the ice, lather, rinse, repeat. We were just about loaded for the third time when we heard the crack. That was when we bailed--headed for shore for the last time. We left a little bit of wood and some brush/branches, which would make some good habitat for fish, so no problem leaving it.

I don't think that pond has been frozen that hard or that thick since. I would never do it again, and I still think my dad was a little nuts doing it that time!

[roamer65]

13. Front wheel drive donuts are fun.

Put it in reverse and floor it.

[Kaleva]

23. Spinning doughnuts in reverse with parent's front wheel drive Subaru in church parking lot

With my equally stoned friends.

[roamer65]

24. A Subaru can take it.

They are built like a tank.

👍👍

[ornotna]

10. That's funny,I do like Margo Price

[roamer65]

12. Here's some secrets from a Michigan driver.

If you are on snow and ice, slow down and greatly increase the distance between your vehicle and the one in front of you. If you cannot, slow down even more.

If you feel the vehicle getting unstable on snow, ice or even rain, LET OFF the accelerator and avoid using the brakes. Steer the vehicle through it and let it slow down naturally.

If you must use the brakes try to pump them quickly on/off. Don’t just push and hold. If you are going to crash, try to guide the drivers side corner of the front end to be the impact point. It is the strongest part of the front end.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. Yep, and watch out for overpasses. There is no earth to warm the roadway so it freezes faster.

[roamer65]

16. Yup, let off the accelerator when passing over them.

That is how I handle them.

[TheBlackAdder]

17. Same here. That's where you definitely don't want to brake or turn the wheel at all.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Also,...

...because of the pitch of an overpass (to facilitate drainage) the ice doesn't clump or ripple.
So, it can be hockey rink worthy.
The smoother the surface, the slicker it is.
Overpasses are dangerous even for those of us who do winter driving every year.

[brush]

18. Slow the fu_k way down, no sudden jamming on brakes and keep your distance...

sort of like social distancing with cars. Actually driving on fresh snow is not so bad as you can get traction, it's old snow with ruts carved into it by previous traffic which mininizes contact with the road and your tire treads are running on hard packed snow and ice...very easy to lose traction and go into a skid on.

Black ice is the worst as you can't see it until you're on it and try to turn or break on it. It's usually on bridges and overpasses. It can be lethal. People in states that don't get much snow and ice just don't have experience with cold weather driving.

[Buzz cook]

19. Get a VW Bug

Those things were amazing in the snow.

[Hoyt]

20. No 4 wheeler, use a front-wheel drive vehicle and add smooth power in slides.

[niyad]

21. My advice: DON'T!