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You shouldn't just rely on the technology when you have to drive your car on winter roads. You should also adapt your driving style to the conditions. Here are a few tips on how to do this. It's cold and it's raining and soon snow is to be expected. Here and there the roads can already be slippery. Now is important: Take your foot off the accelerator, keep more distance and slowly approach traffic lights and intersections. Because the braking distance is a lot longer under these conditions!
ABS and stabilization programs!
Almost all vehicles have one Anti-lock braking system (SECTION). Stepping hard on the pedal when you have to brake hard does not restrict the car's ability to steer. Obstacles can still be avoided. But even if z. B. a Stability program is available, you should not take any risks and still drive carefully and carefully. After all, no electronic helper in the world cancels the laws of physics. It is better to brake old cars without ABS carefully, otherwise the wheels will block on the slippery road and the car can no longer be steered.
Avoid panic and be patient
In general, hectic steering should be avoided on smooth terrain so as not to cause the vehicle to skid. You should also carefully accelerate and drive into a higher gear than usual to prevent the wheels from spinning suddenly and to calm any movements of the body. Front-wheel drive can cause the front wheels to spin when cornering in snow due to too much gas. Then the car is pushed towards the edge of the curve and it understeer. Then you have to take off the gas to reduce the speed so that the wheels can grip again and the car follows the steering again.
If the rear breaks out, skill is required!
If the car has rear-wheel drive, the rear can be too much if the gas is too much breaking out. Quick, sensitive counter-steering and reducing the throttle are now important in order to get the car back on track. You can practice this during a driver training course, for example. Have an advantage, of course Four-wheel drive cars. They are much better at pulling away and cornering too. They distribute the power of the drive more evenly to the wheels. However, there are no advantages between the drives when braking. The following also applies to good all-season or winter tires: Even with perfectly new tires, the grip is almost zero on mirror-smooth roads. Here it makes more sense to wait for the spreading service and not to drive.
in summary - clear the car properly from snow:
- Remove snow and prepare the ground
– Dig up the car with a shovel or similar tool
– all wheels should be visible
– In addition to snow, also watch out for ice
– heavy or deep snow requires a lot of strength
– Be sure to dig out the tires far enough so that you can get in
– Do not necessarily remove ice with a rough surface, it may offer grip
– Look at the exhaust before starting the engine (it must be free of snow, otherwise exhaust gases can get inside)
- Spread something granular around the tires (behind and next to the tires, powder - grit - wood chips - salt - cat litter - car mats - door mats - carpet scraps, this gives the tires more grip)
- try to drive out - Place solid objects such as boards, checker plates, etc. in front of and behind the tires
– this gives grip if the litter didn't work
– Driving the car out of the snow
- Switch to four-wheel drive, if available
– Put on snow chains, if available
– shift to the lowest gear (automatic vehicle level 1)
– Straighten the wheels
– Turn the steering wheel so that the front wheels are as straight as possible
– rock the car out of the snow (a bit backwards, forwards again, etc.)
– Proceed carefully and not too much speed
- if there are no visible successes after a few minutes, give up to keep your gear intact - let some air out of the tires
– deflate until the tire can be easily depressed (no longer than 20 to 30 seconds)
– but only if the tires are not already low on air
– do not let out too much air if you have no way of increasing the tire pressure again afterwards
– Do not let the wheels spin
– the wheels spin but nothing moves, let it go
– Inflate air again - lift the car
– Clear a sufficiently large area for the jack
– If possible, use a particularly stuck bike
– Remove loose snow and ice as best as possible
– Clear a flat and firm place for the jack
– Only raise the car with the jack at a stable point on the frame
– Lay down a solid base for the jack
– lift the car from the vehicle / jack according to the operating instructions
– fill up the area under the tire with solid objects to give it grip (sand, gravel, rocks, blankets, plants, wood shavings)
– compress the whole thing (if possible with a rubber mallet or stone)
- Lower the car
- try to drive out
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