Canadian winter driving tips

feel free to add your own



tip #1

When approaching a railway crossing..always look ahead ..the size of the dirty knocked off snow chunks will make it easier to judge the current elevation changes of the frost heave and allow you to better judge whether you need to speed up or slow down :afro:

 

Tip # 2 - Take chains of your children - add chains to tyres.

 

tip #3

snow tires go on when its too cold to wear shorts
snow tires come off when its warm enough to wear shorts

 

Tip #4
Don't go driving during the first snowfall, because 90% of the population will have forgotten how to drive in the snow.

 

tip #5

tailgating that 4x4 suv with a.b.s. and traction control with your piece of shit non a.b.s. non traction control vehicle is a bad idea

 

Tip #6
If nobody is around, roll through stop signs. Less chance of getting stuck.

 

tip #7

if you drive a front wheel drive vehicle and cant get up the hill....try it backwards..you'll be surprised

 

When should I be putting them on? I wear shorts almost year round.

 

sorry...people who wear shorts here year round should actually be riding the short blue bus

 

tip number eight

keep a couple candles and energy bars in the glove box

a single tea candle will heat the inside of a vehicle and possibly save your life while you lie impaled on your stick shift after being knocked into a snow drift by a plow dude



tip 9...never leave a case of beer in the trunk over night

 

Dang, we could use a thread like this just for the northern states

 

tip #10


when travelling through michigan...stop when the drifts get more than 4 feet thick

 

:rofl::smilielol5:Thats nuttin with some Michiganders I use to know.

 

having never had to worry about doing this before, I'm unsure when I should change over to snow. I was told (by random car enthusiast) that driving them on dry pavement would wear them out in less than 10000 miles.

I'm not so sure I even need snow tires here, as all the roads get plowed and (over)salted anyway.

 

driving tip #11

move outta canada or the northern states, cuz cold sucks trust me.
i did, and where i live,, IT NEVER SNOWS,, E V E R. but yeah you do get some nasty ocean storms though..

 

they will wear out more quickly if you drive them in warm weather. i think it's something like anything above 7C will wear them really fast.

 

i remember driving around on icy roads and just sliding through lights or stopsigns.
talk about scary.

what i remember doing was as you approach the stop, start to slow way further back than normal, and pump the breaks here and there to slow down slowly

 

you don't really need to pump brakes anymore, as long as you have abs

 

this was a long time ago, i dont drive anymore, and just ride a bike around.

 

ABS will still slide on ice... the ABS computer can't realize the car is still moving if all 4 wheels are sliding... It thinks the car is stopped. Many time the brakes are your worst enemy on ice.


Tip # 12... Using reverse artfully really works.