36 ~ Friday, November 11, 1988 - North Shore News NORTH, WINTER MOTORING Play it driving IT’S LATE at night on the highway in the dead of winter. You’ve been following the tail lights of the car in front for the past half hour, using them as a beacon in the blowing snow. You switch your gaze to the rear- view mirror for a moment too long. Your tires hit a patch of black ice; you brake and start to skid toward a snow bank. It’s a distressingly typical winter scene, but the ma- jority of Canadians, all of whom consider themselves good drivers, don’t know how to handle it. Skids usually end in disaster because drivers don’t react fast enough and when they finally do, they choose the wrong action at the wrong time. Your safe choice in this case is to release the brake, rather than stomp on it; take your foot off the accel- erator; and shift into neutral — fast —- to stop the drive of the wheels against the brakes. TURN GENTLY Then, gently turn the steering wheel toward the direction you want the car to go. If the car has already started to spin around and you’ve lost control, don’t yank the steering wheel back. In this instance, your safe choice is to hit the brake pedal — but do it stnoothly and gently. This will lock all four wheels and keep the car travelling in a straight line. safe on ice Keep maximum pressure on the pedal until the car has come to a complete stop. Do not pump the brake pedal! It will extend your stopping distance. When driving in icy conditions, normal brakins should result in a fairly controlled stop when you’re not in a skid. Press down on the brake pedal gently but with maximum pressure. RELEASE BRAKE If the wheels start to fock and you’re not in a skid, release the brake pedal slightly and re-apply gently. Again, don’t pump your brakes. Steering and braking at the same time are virtually impossible on a slippery road, so if you see it’s best to turn the car, release the brake pedal. But remember that the car will then start moving in the direction the wheels are turned. To get your car moving again on a slippery surface, make sure the front wheels are straight; put the car in drive or low gear and push down gently on the gas pedal unti} the car just starts to move. If you acceler- ate too quickly the wheels will spin. When this happens, ease up on the gas pedal and start again, gently. If your tires still spin, rock the car back and forth lightly by moving the gears from for- ward to reverse and back again several times, beginn- ing with reverse. SUNDAY + WECNESOAY « FRIDAY next time you think of VEHICLE ID . REQUIRED. | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1969 ALLIED RADIATORS. 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