Anyone else venturing out to go to work this morning? If so, any updates on roads?
Is highway 6 okay? Any overpasses particularly bad??
Is highway 6 okay? Any overpasses particularly bad??
I agree. 4WD means that you will have four wheels spinning loose rather than two (assuming pos-trac). The best thing for ice is to slow down and do not break (unless you really need to), let the car slow you down, keep it in drive (2nd or 3rd for manual transmissions and slip the clutch when you need to move), go straight (no weaving thru traffic) and finally give yourself plenty of room.Quote:
4WD doesn't make your vehicle safer on ice
That "storm" blew through pretty quick... no accumulation.Stupe said:
Ice pellets are coming down in Tower Point. The roads are going to start getting more ice on them this morning than they did last night.
Back in the 1988/89 ice storm where there was about a half inch of ice on every road for 2-3 full days, a friend of ours had a Subaru 4-wheel drive... they had gone to see a concert in houston the night storm came in... they were able to drive back from houston on completely iced roads at about 30-35 MPH. Wheras, my nissan truck with only back wheel drive could barely go about 10MPH and was in constant danger of skidding out of control.AgDotCom said:
Three weeks ago we became owners of a Subaru Outback. Guess we might find out any benefits it has on ice or snow today, but the wife will drive it cautiously like any other car on a day like today. I hear it's great for these conditions but not tempted to test it like it's a magic bullet.