(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Well as some of you may know, most of the midwest has been getting hammered by snow the past few days. We received more than a foot sunday night and got a little more today. It wasn't as bad, but the plows hadn't gotten around as well yet.

I'm 18 and this is my first real winter after getting my license. I was doing about 30 or 35 and I reached a small hill, so obviously I let off my gas since the roads were bad but not too bad (or so I thought). As I were going, the guy in front of me hits his breaks and starts slowing up, so as I go for my break, things go poorly. When I tapped my break, my back end started sliding. Normally not a problem, if I was in my dad's suburban, because of the 4WD. However I was driving our buick century which is front wheel drive. Going down a hill and sliding are two very bad factors. The guy in front of me either realized I was loosing control and bailed on his plans to turn, or realized he was never going to make his turn because he slid too, idk which. Anyways as I was loosing control my car turned right for a snowbank and I said fuck it, better to hit the snow than another car. I hit the thing going maybe 25 or 20, nothing too bad. My car spins around in the middle of traffic and there is a ford truck that had stopped behind me and threw on his emergency flashers. I waved at him with that embarrassed look. he waved back, and I ducked off into a sidestreet. Got out to check my car, no damage. Airbags never deployed thankfully. Didn't bother telling my parents.

Lesson learned: just because traffic is going 35, best to play it safe and just do what you are comfortable with.

Any other tips (other than drive slower) for winter driving? I admit I haven't been able to stop thinking about it, but I am also kind of glad my first "accident" was one where I can learn a lesson without paying a price (literally).

I feel ya bud