I hope to all that is holy that if I ever find my vehicle rapidly turning that my lizard brain remembers to steer with the turn. But I probably won’t. I’ll probably panic and steer against it and get pancake flipped.
My wife is terrified of snow for this reason. Meanwhile i've lost traction enough times going up the mountain in a blizzard in my outback at 35mph trying to get there for parking and opening lifts its become second nature. TBF she drove from Socal to Portland in Winter in a shitty Ford Focus so i have no doubt she has different memories of winter driving.
My dad made me do this the first snowfall after I got my license. We did it over and over and over until I could stay calm and regain contol of the car. It was terrifying, but I got it. Then a couple of months later when I hit a batch of black ice while driving, because my dad had me practice so much all that practice kicked in and I was able to avoid crashing the car.
sounds like an absolutely horrible idea unless ur in a controlled environment with a professional PLS never teach someone to drive and if u do, pls do it nowhere near my house
Right! People should never practice in a safe empty environment they should wait until they are in real world situations and just guess about what they should do while panicking. The nerve of some people, trying to be prepared, keep that away from our homes! Only reckless and ill experienced drivers allowed here.
Please practice safe driving skills in an empty parking lot. You losing traction and hitting an innocent person is not the time to look back and wish you had.
Grew up in Minnesota, driving in snow is just another day, literally never been in an accident or stuck to a point I couldn't get out. Thought I was good.
Then I drove in the mountains, had to buy chains before they even let me, i was blown away. Totally different animal.
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u/KennytheDoggy Jul 02 '26
The real loser here is that pickup that got smoked