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Tips for Driving in the Snow

Do you have chains for your car and do they fit?

Not having the proper size chains for their car is what I encounter the most with Guests not prepared for winter driving.  The chains should match the tire size printed on your tire sidewall. Sometimes people don't realize the manual lists several tires sizes for your model, so you need chains that match the tires installed on your car. You should check that the chains fit properly by putting them on at least once before using them which also gives you the opportunity to understand how to install them.  Reading the installation instructions for the first time in the snow or in the dark is just no fun!!

The snow is coming and you need to be ready as Central Washington can get snow and allot of it quickly.

In the picture above to give you scale, I am 6 feet tall next to Carol's snow covered car.

A tip for driving in the snow: When you start sliding you have to back off your brakes and turn into the direction you are sliding in order to regain traction.  Once you are back in control you can touch the brakes lightly or shift your car into low gear and let the engine help slow you down.

It is a weird feeling and seems counter intuitive, but continuing to brake and trying to turn in the opposite direction you are sliding prevents your tires from rolling and regaining their frictional grip.  It is just plain and simple physics at work.  The moment you start sliding you have lost all frictional control.  Pushing harder on the brakes makes it worse. I have been helping Guests for over a quarter of a century with driving in the snow and pulling people out of ditches becasue they are not prepared or react improperly once they begin to slide.

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