Recently, a sudden heavy snowfall swept through Hefei, bringing a different style to this beautiful city. However, ice and snow weather can easily cause the road surface to freeze, which brings many unfavorable factors to driving safety.
In snow and ice, safety comes first
Next, I will mainly talk to you about driving suggestions and experience sharing in the face of ice and snow weather.
How do you get your car on the road after a snowfall?The first step is to remove the snow
For car owners who have a basement and use car clothing, they naturally don't have to worry about how to clear the snow from the car after a heavy snowfall. Don't rush to remove snow after the vehicle is covered with snow, you can start the vehicle first, heat the rear window on, wait for the water temperature to rise, and then turn on the warm air, and blow the glass while clearing the snow, which will do more with less. Even if you don't drive that day, you should clear the snow in time, otherwise the snow will melt during the day and freeze at night, resulting in a situation where you can't open the doors and windows the next day.
When the snow falls at night and the next day is cleared, the loose snow can be used gloves or car towels, here it is recommended to use wool and rubber gloves, it is best not to use more expensive leather gloves, the leather gloves will be wet with snow during the snow removal process, causing some damage to the leather. Gloves and towels are only the primary equipment for snow removal, and they have little effect on frozen ice slag. As a professional snow removal tool, the snow shovel can effectively clean up the snow and ice ballast on the window, but it is only recommended to clean the snow on the window, and use the snow shovel with a plastic head to clean up the snow on the body.
Don't be in a hurry to use the wiper to clean the snow on the front windshield after getting into the car, because the wiper strip is made of rubber and has good fit with the windshield, the wiper strip may be frozen on the glass after snowing, in this case, the forced use of the wiper will damage the wiper, tear the wiper strip, and damage the wiper motor, which will outweigh the loss. When you find that the wiper strip is frozen, do not pull hard or open the wiper, do not try to pour hot water on the windshield, not to mention that the glass bursts, the water will continue to flow along the drain pipe, and the drain pipe and other parts will be frozen. If there is antifreeze glass water in the car, it can be used to pour windshield and wiper strips, the ice will melt quickly.
Some people like to use the method of lifting the glass to remove the snow from the side windows, using the sealing strip on the lower edge of the window as a "snow scraper", which is sometimes very useful. However, it should be noted here that the snow that has just fallen is fine, but if it is snow slag that has already frozen, it will hurt the car. First of all, it will damage the rubber strip, and secondly, if the edge is frozen too porcelain, lowering the window will affect the life of the window lifting motor, and even burn out the motor in serious cases.
How to drive calmly on the road after snow?Reasonable combination of tires and drive forms
The all-season tires are relatively balanced, but the start, braking, and cornering must be relatively soft, especially in the compacted snow or icy corners, do not give oil in the corners, judge the coming of the curve in advance, brake a few hundred meters before the curve, reduce to a soft turn after the safe speed, do not turn sharply, and do not be too afraid to turn.
If it's a winter tyre, congratulations!A good sense of safety gives you an extra grip bonus, and in the cold winter roads, a softer and stickier tread allows you to better navigate icy or snow-compacted paved roads, which greatly improves safety, but it is also necessary to follow the principles of safe driving and not to be reckless. Similarly, winter tires can be tough on some heavy snow, and the fine patterns and soft formula won't give you the snow shaving ability of MT tires, so you still need to drive cautiously with thick snow!According to the test, the winter tire + two-wheel drive has better handling and braking performance on the ice and snow road, and the acceleration performance of the four-season tire + four-wheel drive is better than that of the two-wheel drive + winter tire.
How to form more safely on the road after snow?SteadyBothSlow
When driving on rainy and snowy roads, do not drive like usual "vigorously out of the miracle" wanton merging and random plugging, the road surface is slippery will increase the braking distance, any small action will make the rear car obviously want to step on the brakes and step on the brakes, but the car just can't brake. How to follow the car after driving after snow?In fact, you don't necessarily have to be hundreds of meters away from the car in front to be safe, first of all, you have to keep your sight distance away!Don't keep staring at the car in front, you should pay more attention to the left and right of the car in front and the rhythm of the vehicle in front, such as whether the car in front of you starts to slow down sharplyIs the speed slowing down?Is there congestion or a centralized merger?The results of this far-sighted distance allow you to better anticipate the traffic ahead, allowing you to make more global and predictive operational decisions.
Similarly, if you follow a car, depending on the severity of the rain, snow and fog, you can reserve a certain amount of surplus. For example, if you can see 200 meters, then I reserve 25-50 meters with the car in front of meIt can be seen that 100 meters, then I reserve 15-20 meters with the car in front of meReserve according to your own speed at that time, based on the fact that you can brake relatively calmly at this distance, or you can reduce to a safe speed relatively within this distance. As for overtaking and merging, simply put, because the judgment ability of the front car to the rear car will decrease, so whether it is a merge or overtaking, the active party needs to make a full prediction of the surrounding vehicles, if you can't be sure, don't act rashly, even if it is overtaking, you also need to do enough prompts to the front car before operating. Of course, it is also necessary to avoid driving on the downhill section that freezes after the snow, try to detour on the downhill road with a large slope, and try to slow down the downhill and brake slowly on the downhill road with a slower slope to avoid a series of rear-end collisions.
What should I do if there is an accident on the highway after the snow?
Every year after snowfall, it is common to see a series of accidents involving dozens or even hundreds of vehicles on a certain section of the highway, so what should you do if you are accidentally involved in such an accident?
1.Turn on the double flash and evacuate to the guardrail with the same car as soon as possible to avoid secondary injury.
2.After the evacuation of personnel, a warning triangle is placed 150 to 200 meters behind the accident vehicle on the premise of ensuring safety.
3.Call the police and wait for rescue.
4.After the first two things are the best, take photos and record the scene outside the guardrail to negotiate and deal with it.
In the face of sudden disasters or the impact of extreme weather, only by mastering certain driving skills, common sense and self-rescue ability can we better protect our property and personal safety. Natural disasters cannot be avoided, but correct driving methods, risk avoidance skills and self-rescue capabilities can allow us to calmly deal with various problems and reasonably rescue the trapped victims while ensuring our own safety. I wish you all a safe trip!