(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).

Don't underestimate going 20 or 25 MPH, lol. I know a former police chief and he told me about an accident where the driver was going 30 MPH and died on impact (idk the details exactly). Glad you're safe.

I will say drive at speed all the drivers are driving.
It doesn't matter what your car is 2WD or 4WD last winter while turning my car slipped(black ice) into side walk and damaged brake rotors and wheel at speed of 7mph.
Cars can be repaired bought new but what matters is your life.

i was going to school, some ricer thought he was cool and his car was fast, so we were waiting at the stop light i was turning left and he was in lane next to me, idk who he was trying to impress, he started revving his engine, then when the light turned green he stepped on it and the people behind him followed, i guess he was going speed of light he didn't see the car right in front of him and he crashed into it, then another car crashed into him, and so on for like 5 cars. i just chuckled and drove on.


tl;dr guy crashed i laughed, and don't try to impress with ricer car

That's what gets me with all 4 wheel drivers that are flying down roads usually. I have four wheel drive myself but I know when it comes down to braking it's all fair game to everybody. Yes you can get out of things better and have more control in snow but braking is fair game with everybody.

This is why I drive a Nissan Pathfinder . Throwing that baby in 4x4 makes driving a breeze. I've driven a 2wd van in snowy conditions before and my God was that impossible. Glad everything is okay though, it wouldn't have been nice to hit a car. And it would have been even worse to be injured, stay safe.

Well if you live where I live, the hills are very steep and it's pretty hell to drive around here, especially in Boston where cars just come out of no where.

Get new tires in the winter never used i have a suburban and a mini van I've been driving both never gotten stuck or havent slid yet im in Detroit and none of these fools can drive to be honest glad you safe tho

I had a similar accident not too long ago in my mom's 2012 Honda Civic, it was icy and I was going about 30 and went to turn left, realized I wasn't turning at all and slid right into an icy little snow hill. Impact was pretty bad but no airbags deployed, was stuck for about 20 minutes until some guy helped me out. The passenger door was jammed and couldn't shut all the way and the right side of the bumper collapsed. Caused about $5,000 in damage but the insurance deductible was only $1,000 thank god lmao. I'll never speed again during bad weather conditions.

Wow! Thats alot to type