N.E. Snowstorm: Stay Off the Road, but If You Have to Drive Slow Down
Stay Off the Brakes, Even If You Have the Urge
Stay off the roads, unless you have to drive!
If you have to drive, slow down and use your headlights on low beam!
Anticipate everything you do - if you drive a small car, think that you're driving a semi- and that you've got a huge trailer following you around the corner. In other words, slow down and make your turns slowly - even exaggerate the motion
Stay off the brakes at all times, just use your car's transmission and stay in either low or low and 1st and second.
If you have ABS, stay off your brakes at all time. Sometimes ABS can do more harm than good, especially if you hit your brakes hard and you are trying to turn at the same time. It's a recipe for a skid or spinout.
If you feel your car is losing traction, get off the brakes and get off the gas as soon as possible, you'll lose headway, but regain traction.
Never turn your wheels sharply in this weather as you are inviting a turn.
If there's wind, assume you could run into whiteout conditions at any time.
Best advice of all, according to public safety officials. If you don't have to drive, stay home and look out at all the pretty white snow.
Source: author's experience, Mass. State Police
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