More snow is falling. Unlike yesterday, this time my dad decided we 
would attempt to get to work today.

Usually that takes 1 hour. Not today. Every time we reached a hill, 
there was a lorry at the bottom of it spinning its wheels. We managed to 
illegally overtake a few of them, but then we'd drive a mile or so and 
hit another 4-mile traffic jam behind another lorry stuck on another hill.

At 9:30 AM we decided to turn round and come home. Except the route we 
came by was now blocked as well. We got less than half way to work, and 
it took until noon to get back home again - several times longer than 
the outbound journey. :-D

Oh, and we also helped a damsel in distress on a deserted backroad we 
found. She was sitting in her heavy car with its powerful engine, 
spinning the wheels. Me and my dad were able to rock the car until it 
attained traction. (I make it sound easy. It wasn't. My office shoes 
have no tred; they are flat at the bottom. I couldn't get any traction 
to push with.)



While I'm here, can we straighten this out? I was under the impression 
that the correct way to drive in snow is the following:

- The correct way to get traction is to turn the wheels as slowly as 
possible, not spin them at maximum power.

- If your car skids, turn into the direction of the skid.

- If you skip under braking, ease off the brakes. If you skid under 
acceleration, reduce power a little.

- If you need to go up hill, do it fast so the momentum will carry you 
over. (I saw lots of people slowing down for the hills in case they 
skid, or trying to go up a hill from a stationary position.)

Can anyone confirm or refuse these claims?

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