This post is originally from January but has been tweaked slightly.It is actually worth doing a driving lesson in difficult conditions so you know what to expect.
Driving in these conditions is an extremley hazadous undertaking.Thankfully Altrincham,Sale and Timperley are fairly flat so sliding down hills into something hard is unlikely.If you do need to drive then here are a couple of pointers to help you avoid trouble.The first thing to do is obviously drive slower.In dry conditions you always try to leave a 2 second gap to the vehicle ahead which creates a safe stopping distance,in snow and ice this gap increases to 10 seconds.This will leave you plenty of time to apply the break in a progressive manner to avoid locking the brakes and the car sliding.Right and left turns into side roads in icey conditions can be trouble.Avoid arriving too fast,hitting the breaks and sliding into the curb side on and buckling a wheel.If the car does start to slide in this situation,come off the brake and the car hopefully will grip and you should be able to steer around the corner.
Not too much gas and smooth acceleration should avoid wheel spin and changing up into a higher gear earlier will also avoid the wheels spinning.

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