OK so I should know better than to drive a mini-van with summer tires in winter, but it does have ABS brakes and the forecast was good.
Anyways driving home in a snow storm. Crested a steep hill at a very conservative 60KPH. For what ever reason the snow had been piling up in this one location and there were ten trucks at a standstill attempting to come uphill.
Realizing there might be drivers out of their vehicles I did what we are instructed to do and pressed hard on the brakes. Nice straight line, I could feel various wheels locking and unlocking but zero change in speed. Reverted to driving mountain driving 101, put it in neutral and pumped brakes hard and fast. Had it down under 40K before passing the first truck. At that point I could have easily stopped or swerved had the need arisen.
BTW it is front wheel drive and attempting to downshift could easily have allowed the rear end to pass the front. Neutral allowed for better braking with no loss of control.
Moral spend the money on good snow tires and forget ABS altogether. An expensive useless option.
FWIW our other car has snow tires but no ABS and would have easily slowed with just a light application of the brakes.
Anyways driving home in a snow storm. Crested a steep hill at a very conservative 60KPH. For what ever reason the snow had been piling up in this one location and there were ten trucks at a standstill attempting to come uphill.
Realizing there might be drivers out of their vehicles I did what we are instructed to do and pressed hard on the brakes. Nice straight line, I could feel various wheels locking and unlocking but zero change in speed. Reverted to driving mountain driving 101, put it in neutral and pumped brakes hard and fast. Had it down under 40K before passing the first truck. At that point I could have easily stopped or swerved had the need arisen.
BTW it is front wheel drive and attempting to downshift could easily have allowed the rear end to pass the front. Neutral allowed for better braking with no loss of control.
Moral spend the money on good snow tires and forget ABS altogether. An expensive useless option.
FWIW our other car has snow tires but no ABS and would have easily slowed with just a light application of the brakes.
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