How to drive a car in snow

Driving a car in winter season is a challenging task to both you and your car. The cold weather examines the limits of car's engine condition – how fit it is for driving. The dangerous driving conditions in winter test your abilities as a driver as well.

Driving car while the roads are snowy and icy can be very stressful. In this article, know how to keep your car under control in snowy and icy roads.

Here are some of the steps how to drive your car in winter condition.

How to drive your car in snowy and icy roads

• Get your car serviced before winter starts
• Before the winter seasons starts get your car serviced.
• Make sure your battery, cooling system, and windshield wipers are in good condition.
• It is better to service your car regularly in winter season to avoid breaking down in while your driving in snowy weather.

• Buy a new snow tires
• Snow tires differ from normal ones.
• Snow tires are built with special treads that takeaway the snow and allow the vehicle to have better amount of friction between the tires and the snowy roads.
• Snow tires are also made of a more protective type of rubber material. Due to this,  snow tires don't freeze hard in snowy weather condition.
• For rear-wheel drive, add snow tires to the rear end.
•  If car's are equipped with tires that have very thin tread linesdue to this clogging of tire occurs easily making steering difficult.
• The rear tires should have equal friction as the front tires for better handling especially when making turns.

• Look ahead and keep a very safe distance from vehicles ahead of you
• Look ahead from your vehicles in front of you and look out for brake lights.
•  If you have kept safe distance you can able to bring your vehicle to a stop with distance to spare.
• Instead of having to hit on your brakes and skidding into the vehicles in front of you.

• Better friction between your car tire and the road
• The wheels should have better friction avoiding slipping.
• If you have an automatic transmission system put the lever to 2 position.
• In many cars the transmission system lock in second gear to provide easier starting from a slippery surface.

• Drive slowly
• Even though your good in driving and have experience in driving in snowy weather condition, the way your car will move on snow or ice always has a big element of unpredictable.
• Do not accelerate into turns. Gliding through the turn works best in deep snow or icy roads.

• When stopping, plan in advance and apply the brakes gently
•  If your car is equipped with anti-lock brakes, a better way to stop the car quickly is to apply constant pressure to the brake pedal.
• The Anti Breaking system will maintain friction and you can able to steer the car.
• If your car is not equipped with anti-lock brakes and the wheels do lock then release the brake and re-apply.
• Do not try to steer your car that are not equipped with Anti Breaking System if your wheels are locked or close to locking.

Following these points will make it easy for your drive in snowy weather in winter.