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There's different levels of black ice. I guess I had a lot of experience and even hit black ice and used my skills to avoid problems but this one time I crested
by djmips 3y ago
There's different levels of black ice. I guess I had a lot of experience and even hit black ice and used my skills to avoid problems but this one time I crested a hill and then entire downhill portion had just frozen from shoulder to shoulder. I wasn't speeding and I had winter tires but the only thing that would have saved me is studs. The car started to drift on the crested highway and my wife even had enough time to ask "Are we going to crash" and I replied yes - and we did! It was a weird feeling having ZERO input - steering wheel - acceleration - brake - nothing.
- yencabulator 3y agoThe point is to learn when & where black ice might be, and slow your speed before you get to that spot. And more generally, drive at speeds appropriate for conditions, even outside of black ice. Black ice tends to have pretty specific weather conditions and locations (bridges, valley shapes, etc); the newspaper headline shows up at the same time of the year, every year, and sometimes mentions the same location.