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30 minutes ago, ckn said:

 

I have an 11 year old BMW 5 series that is like Bambi on ice if someone merely mentions snow :P

Bet she don't corner in the snow like on the track.

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Although I do feel sorry for those folk caught in the snow in their cars, all I can think of is the red and amber warnings and “are they thick?” Too many clips of stranded people with no supplies

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16 minutes ago, Kayakman said:

Bet she don't corner in the snow like on the track.

My comment was a bit flippant, as with most things to do with winter driving, it's how you drive just as much as what you drive that's important.  No braking on corners, slower braking, slower acceleration, etc.

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2 hours ago, ckn said:

My comment was a bit flippant, as with most things to do with winter driving, it's how you drive just as much as what you drive that's important.  No braking on corners, slower braking, slower acceleration, etc.

I had to take Mrs Griff9of13 for winter driving lessons last year after she put her car in a ditch on an icy road. She didn't know any of those things, especially not breaking while cornering; hence ending up in a ditch. 

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33 minutes ago, Griff9of13 said:

I had to take Mrs Griff9of13 for winter driving lessons last year after she put her car in a ditch on an icy road. She didn't know any of those things, especially not breaking while cornering; hence ending up in a ditch. 

My mum booked herself into an advanced driving course, including skid pan training (in one lesson, she was driving a bus!). Not only did she learn plenty, she had a lot of fun too.

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5 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

My mum booked herself into an advanced driving course, including skid pan training (in one lesson, she was driving a bus!). Not only did she learn plenty, she had a lot of fun too.

I did the bus skid pan training in Manchester years ago (don't know if it's still going) also did a week in Sweden last year learning how to drive properly in the snow.That was worth every single penny.

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Another foot of the white stuff last night....too cold in the day time again so the maple syrup has stopped running for awhile...it has got to end sometime I guess...patience.

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On 3/9/2018 at 4:55 PM, Futtocks said:

My mum booked herself into an advanced driving course, including skid pan training (in one lesson, she was driving a bus!). Not only did she learn plenty, she had a lot of fun too.

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On 8/3/2018 at 5:55 PM, Kayakman said:

What about chains, anyone using chains with their tires in the snow...now Shadow I mean chains as for putting on a tire, not as a form of distance measuring in England...you still using chains over there to measure distance  or have you graduated to inches, feet and yards (imperial type I hope), and gallons, you still selling gas in gallons?

In Canada we have progressed to the metric system...you should try it some time.  We've also improved the English language in a form we call  Canadian, you should try it some time eh?...its a certain improvement to the old archaic ways....call it progress over here.   Its 2018.

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22 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

The boy's car just taken it up the rear by a young un unable to steer out of a skid.... snow in rovrum is a kind of "mushy grey" colour.....

Been trying to advise mine on this.  Have said about keeping distance and only touching brake lightly.  Should you steer out of a skid?  I've never done it ??

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10 minutes ago, heartofGold said:

Been trying to advise mine on this.  Have said about keeping distance and only touching brake lightly.  Should you steer out of a skid?  I've never done it ??

Quite a lot depends on your car but there are generic tips that work most of the time.

If you feel the car skid, take your feet off the pedals immediately.  Then think what way the car is sliding: is the back of the car sliding in one direction?  If so,  steer GENTLY into the same direction, i.e. back of car is going right, steer right.  Keep your eyes on the road ahead so you can keep good context on your skid.  It's a very rare bit of ice that's more than 5-10 metres across in the UK so keep feeling for when the tyres start gripping again and then GENTLY add a bit of power and recover your steering slowly to normal.  If you're feeling confident then get yourself down to the lowest gear you can so that you don't run a stall risk.

Once through the skid, get to a safe parking spot and let the adrenaline out!

Generally though, if the roads are icy then don't drive.  Even if you're the best snow and ice driver in the world, you have to cope with those others who think it's midsummer's day and that they're immortal. 

If you must drive, treble the distance you'd normally have with cars ahead and watch them for any skids or problems, they'll get it before you and you should be able to use that to adjust.  If you're coming up to a corner, brake before the corner so that when you start to turn the wheel that you're already at the speed you think is safe to go around it, no braking on corners as that's the main cause of a skid.  Who cares if you annoy someone else behind you if you really go down to a crawl on a corner you're not sure about.

Don't sweat it too much though, think of how many years you've been driving and how many times you've skidded.  As long as you know the basics then you'll most likely be fine.

On that braking into corners thing, get into the habit of doing it ALL the time, even in perfect conditions, brake to the corner on the straight bits and when you start to turn the wheel then accelerate gently through it.  If you ever go into a skid then you're doing most of the stuff by muscle memory anyway, plus you'll find yourself actually driving far more efficiently once you get the hang of it.  Also, if you ever decide to do track racing then the only difference is harder braking (on/off) and hard acceleration in corners! 

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So much for this being a “mini beast” there’s a lot more snow up here and it’s much colder than the last one. 

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33 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

Alston Moor and my house are coping it again... practically cut off for the second time in a month.

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Same up here, quite grim at the moment 

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