Winter Driving Tips

[LD1]

I'm not saying a 2wd truck stops faster, I thought I made it clear enough that if your 4wd truck is in 2wd, it will stop faster than it would in 4wd

No, it wont.

I have 4-channel ABS.

The wheels (or the ABS) dont care what is connected to the wheel. All it knows is that if I am pressing the brakes hard enough for the ABS to do its thing.....it is gonna do it exactly the same regardless of what I have the t-case selected to

 

[MossRoad]

I'm not saying a 2wd truck stops faster, I thought I made it clear enough that if your 4wd truck is in 2wd, it will stop faster than it would in 4wd

How, please?

 

[My Gym]

As with most threads it has gotten off subject. We are now discussing the merits of ABS. not winter driving tips.

#1 winter driving tip. You can be sure the roads are bad if the cars upside down in the interstate median tires are still spinning.

The person recommended down shifting. I do not want to be on the road with you under slick conditions. Shifting is one of the most dangerous actions you can do on very slick roads. It creates uneven forces on the wheels that cannot be corrected by ABS. Even slight acceleration or deceleration can cause loss of control. You are better off to shift to neutral and let ABS do its job.

Question? Do you follow tracks or move to one side and drive on fresh snow.

 

[LD1]

i dont really see discussing ABS as being off topic.

It directly relates to winter driving.

Some prefer 4wd or AWD with ABS and traction control for winter driving.

Others insist that ABS is for lousy drivers and 2wd will stop better.....go figure

 

[RoyJackson]

i dont really see discussing ABS as being off topic.

It directly relates to winter driving.

Some prefer 4wd or AWD with ABS and traction control for winter driving.

Others insist that ABS is for lousy drivers and 2wd will stop better.....go figure

Just proves the "one size doesn't fit all"

I reckon everybody has their methods for safe driving...and those methods don't work or apply, to everybody else.

 

[Sigarms]

On a sidenote, I believe we all learn from experience.

It's easy to read what to do and what NOT to (such as speed/breaks) but it's another to learn from experience, particularly when it comes to driving in bad weather.

In my early 20's, I was the idiot behind the wheel when it came to driving in bad weather. For some strange reason, never wanted to listen to my father. Coming back from winter dive with 2 loose tanks in a VW Golf, and decided to take the back road instead of the major highway in a snowstorm due to bad traffic. Rolled that puppy down a hill (think I took 2 complete rolls) and had to climb out the drivers side window to get out. How I wasn't killed no clue. Wasn't going fast, but fast enough.

The only thing I we can hope for is we all learn from experience and grow from it. Glad to say haven't had a fender bender in over 20 years now no matter what kind of weather I drive in (knock on wood).

As for all the new gadgets in vehicles now, no different than 4WD IMO. It's nice, but sometimes I believe it gets people into trouble because they figure they don't have to worry or actually know what do to, and sometimes, they get more careless because they figure the vehicle can handle it.

I was watching a video a friend posted on facebook with him driving in bad weather the other month. Guy is in his early 40's, prior military, pretty sharp guy in some aspects. That said, he was doing over 60MPH in snow covered roads, passing people (people had their flashers on driving slow as it was also snowing pretty bad) in the passing lane and right lane, and he seemed proud of of his driving skills. The only thing I could think of was what a freaking idiot. Sooner or later, driving fast in bad weather is going to bite you big time. Apparently he has never learned that.

 

[Bingo9991]

Here's to all you naysayers

4WD VS 2WD Braking Final Test - YouTube

 

[LD1]

I'm confused.

You have been claiming that a 4wd vehicle takes longer to stop when in 4wd.

Then you post a video showing that 4wd stops quicker.

I don't get it?

 

[MossRoad]

Question? Do you follow tracks or move to one side and drive on fresh snow.

Well, that depends on if the tracks are dry, wet, snowy, or icy.

 

[CobyRupert]

Question? Do you follow tracks or move to one side and drive on fresh snow.

Yes I follow them, right up until the point they lead me to a car turned upside down in a ditch. Then I don't. :laughing:

..but yes, in snow, you can sometimes spot a little payment peaking through the tracks and I figure the coefficient of friction (traction for turning &breaking ) is probably better there. In turns, I'll cheat to the inside of the tracking thinking that if I guess wrong and am going too fast for the turn, I'll just slide back into the track and have a better chance of recovery than if I slide out of the track onto snow.