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A video from the blizzard we had last week. My brother and I drove all night to get into town just that morning to sunny skies (we knew the storm was coming and didn't want to get caught at Raton Pass near the Colorado/New Mexico border). The storm managed to hit just in time for rush hour traffic.
Caution: strong language in video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5exATIaQiI
No one's heard of airing down? I think quite a few would have made it if they let some air of their tires to increase their static coefficient of friction. Once they start sliding and start using their kinetic coefficient of friction, though, you can forget it.
Watch the pickup and the Jeep coming up the hill at 1:25. They'll be baack! The guy in the blue car does a pretty nice job. He gets hit in the rear and knocked off line, but then manages to recover.
Caution: strong language in video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5exATIaQiI
No one's heard of airing down? I think quite a few would have made it if they let some air of their tires to increase their static coefficient of friction. Once they start sliding and start using their kinetic coefficient of friction, though, you can forget it.
Watch the pickup and the Jeep coming up the hill at 1:25. They'll be baack! The guy in the blue car does a pretty nice job. He gets hit in the rear and knocked off line, but then manages to recover.
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). Of course, sometimes, there's just nothing you can do, breaks or not. But if you want any hope of ever regaining control, let off the breaks! And of course if you have the foresight and opportunity to shift into neutral, that might just also save the day (that might have been the only recourse for those sliding backwards in the video).
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