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I've always been curious what "skills" need to be practiced to drive in the snow. It isn't overly technical. Just don't accelerate or brake too fast and dont tu

• pwg 8y ago
  One "skill" that very much needs practice is skid recovery (for those eventual times when the car, no matter how careful you are being, will want to skid). It was described in the drivers ed manuals when I got my license, but it is a skill that has to become muscle memory habit (i.e., you don't have time to think "which way do I turn the wheel and how much", you have to "just do"). Without any practice (which was way easier in the 80's with rear wheel drive vehicles) you never got the "touch" down to just turn the wheel the correct direction and amount to recover when the car does start to skid.
• planteen 8y ago
  Fish tail doesn't necessarily mean you are going too fast. If you are cruising, it means let off the gas. Have you ever driven a rear wheel drive car on a packed road? You will fish tail when accelerating from a light or stop sign. You need to build some speed and ride the fish tail out.