Best Tips for Safely Driving in Snow

When the winter season is started, the weather becomes cold and there has been raining in the plain areas and snow fall in the mountainous areas. Most of the people living in other cities and towns, they want to go the hilly areas to enjoy with the cold and snowy weather. They bring their vehicles most of the time. They as well as the local people of the hilly areas face some problems, when they drive their vehicles on the snowy roads. They need to prepare their vehicle and modify their driving habits for snow and there is no reason to fear of driving when snow begins to fall.

Preparing your vehicle for winter
People look for the winter tires, which is the best option for driving on snow and ice covered roads as they give better traction. They need to travel with the speed of 30km/h on the snowy roads and winter tires can stop 13 feet shorter than tires of all seasons and 16 feet shorter than tires of all terrain.
If you come from the southern area, the wiper fluid can freeze in this extreme cold weather. You need to drain it and replace it with winter fluid, before in the temperature. They need to take a snow brush and scraper for the car. Then they need to clean the roof, mirror and windows from snow before going the snow covered roads. They need to take some emergency items including jumper cables, shovel, flashlight and spare jug of wiper fluid with them.

While driving on winter roads
When you come out on the road, which is covered by snow, it is important to drive the vehicle smoothly and at the suitable speed. Driving the vehicle very fast is the main cause of accident during the winter season and the sudden turns o r stops can cause loss of control on the vehicle and the car can skid away. Tailgating is also very dangerous on the snowy roads and they need to leave extra space between their vehicle and the vehicle, which is going ahead. The driver needs to turn off the cruise control when the roads become slippery. The drivers can do the cruise control of the car hylanes to compensate by accelerating and it can cause you lose the control of the vehicle.
When you make a turn o r drive around the sharp curve, they can apply the brakes slowly to reduce their speed. When they complete the turn and their wheels are straight, they can accelerate. When they reach near to the steep hill, they can accelerate before start going up to the hill with some extra speed. When you accelerate on the slippery hill, it can cause the tires to spin.
When it is snowing, then the driver needs to turn on the lights of the vehicle so that other drivers can watch their car easily. During the winter and summer seasons, the driver needs to turn on the headlights, when they need windshield wipers.
When handling the brakes
On the snow covered roads, the drivers do not come to the full stop unless they have to stay there. You can get stuck o r skid, when they try to accelerate after full stop than their car has some inertia. When there is snow to few inches on the road, slow down and when they reach to the red light, they can creep towards the intersection till then the green light is on.
The experienced winter drivers cannot tell how the slipper and snow covered roads might be. They can approach to the stop sign o r turn, they test the conditions swiftly by applying the brakes to get it slow. If the car gets slow down o r it does not slow down then they should greatly reduce their speed.
If you car has the anti-lock breaking system o r ABS, then never pump the brakes. They need to use the constant pressure and let the ABS to do its work. If the driver is not sure how slippery the road is, they need to test the road before they reach to the stop sign o r intersection. They need to press the brake pedal gently for a while and see how their car is responding.
When facing a skid
When you car start skidding, the drivers apply the brake and they turn the car towards the direction, in which they want to go. Actually they need to do opposite in that case. When they face the skidding area, they should turn the wheels into the skid and press the accelerator gently. It transfers the weight of the vehicle from front tires to the rear tires and it will help them to regain their control.