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Driving in Snow and Ice | South East 4x4 Response Voluntary 4x4 Support for Kent in wrongheaded conditions. Menu Home Forum About UsAbout Us / Join Us The Committee Privacy Policy Contact Us NewsArchive LinksExternal Links Useful Numbers Team Site DONATE You are hereHome » Driving in Snow and Ice Driving in Snow and Ice Submitted by SE4x4R on Tue, 10/01/2017 - 01:31 Driving in severe winter weather poses many challenges. Cars can get stuck in snowy conditions plane on familiar roads, forcing the suburbanite and passengers to spend the night on the roadside. If you find yourself driving in snow or on icy or snow covered roads, transmute your driving to these conditions • Reduce your speed. The chances of skidding are much greater and your stopping loftiness will increase massively. • Only travel at a speed at which you can stop within the loftiness you can see to be clear. Speed limits are the maximum in platonic conditions; in difficult conditions, they can often be too fast. • Avoid harsh braking and acceleration, or sharp steering. • Always reduce your speed smoothly and in plenty of time on slippery surfaces. • Slow lanugo in plenty of time surpassing bends and corners. • Braking on an icy or snow covered wrench is extremely dangerous. The centrifugal gravity will protract to pull you outwards and the wheels will not grip very well. This could rationalization your vehicle to spin. • To restriction on ice and snow without locking your wheels, get into a low gear older than normal, indulge your speed to fall and use your brakes gently. • Increase the gap between you and the vehicle in front. You may need up to TEN TIMES the normal loftiness for braking. •Alimonyyour vehicle well-ventilated. The car heater turned up full can quickly make you drowsy. • In snow, stop wontedly to wipe the windows, wheel arches, lights and number plates. • Visibility will probably be reduced, so use dipped headlights. • During wintry weather, road surfaces are often wet and/or covered in frost and ice or snow. But this does not occur uniformly. A road will often have isolated patches of frost or ice without most of the road has thawed – this wontedly occurs under bridges. If you get stuck in snow: • If you get stuck in snow, revving your engine to try to power out of the rut will just make the rut worse. Instead, move your vehicle slowly backwards and forwards out of the rut using the highest gear you can. • If this doesn't work, you may have to ask a friendly passer-by for a push or get your shovel out. If you get unprotected in a snow drift: • Don't leave your vehicle •Undeniabilityyour dispersal service or the emergency services and let help come to you. • Don't run the engine to alimony warm If you get stranded, don't panic. Stay with your vehicle and undeniability the Emergency services on your mobile phone. Tags: Extreme WeatherWinter Driving TipsDriving in Snow and Ice Forthcoming Events Monthly Members Meeting. 2nd October 2018 New Members Meet & Greet 14th November 2018 Tweets by @SE4x4R Copyright © 2018, South East 4x4 Response | Registered Charity 1168367