Canadian winter driving tips

This is my first snowy winter and you sure are right.
The last time the boyfriend and i went and played in the snow we tried goin down this hill to a lake and he got stuck and started backing up the hill. Was slowly making it up

 

ive been up some dirt hills where 4x4 has problems... in a k-car going reverse .

 

We used to go out and drift race on snow/ice covered roads in western PA with late 60's early 70's fullsized GM cars. (Impala, Bonneville, etc.) We used reverse as our brakes while going forwards. Fill the trunk with cast iron engine parts, (a couple of blocks and a handful of heads) put on a pair of studded snows, and pass anything on the hills. I pissed off quite a few stuck 4X4's

Those things were the ultimate snow rods.

 

ABS isn't all it's cracked up to be. Learn to how to pump your brakes.

 

yea you get better stopping distance when you can adjust for conditions, etc.

 

ABS is best ....when used properly

people will always find faults with everything

 

tip #13

disabling an ABS system is perfectly legal in Canada...as long as the warning light is left in to warn the driver that its been disabled

 

Or better yet, learn threshold braking. You apply the brakes to the point just before lock up, it will give you your maximum braking. It is not an easy thing though.

 

.....I'm pretty sure that it is tied in with the speed sensor.

But it doesn't matter, because I also don't think it will take all of the brake force off, just most of it.... it's still possible to lock ABS, or at least some ABS.... so on ice, it's like 10,000x easier to lock, is all -- and when you let up, it's too late.

tip#something: don't trust ABS or traction control. They're great when you're trying to navigate little hills or something, but if you try to go faster/harder, it's a matter of time until you crash, they don't change the car, just simulate a better driver. And even then, they limit your car, a better driver can do better than ABS.

 

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tip #14


the tires provide 100% of the traction...and not the whole tire...just a few square inches actually touch the road

so USE WINTER TIRES...and studded is even better if legal where you live

 

just learned this a minute ago

we used to be legal to disable abs systems as long as the driver had a dash warning that the system wasnt functioning (orange or yellow abs light)

now they changed laws that we cant do that to cars manufactured after july 1st 2011....any car built with abs since then must have functioning abs to pass inspection if it was originally equipped

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/trucks/regulations/annual.shtml

 

I think you may have misunderstood something, Glen.
Your quip makes no sense.

 

LOL
That's what I get for posting so early.
If I could sleep, I'd go back to bed. I can't so I'll keep making bleary posts here.

 

i can do the inspections but cannot sign off on them because im not registered as an employee of a licenced inspection station


the facilities need to be licensed ...and the tech needs to be licensed to sign off..i am just a licensed tech

 

......but your ABS fuse can magically blow right after your inspection.

I guess they think ABS has gotten better?