Snow in the shire in 2021 brought me here!

I passed my test last month thanks to the help from these videos. I still continue to watch them as there's always more to learn

Pretty good advice. The tyres being one of the most important factors - a dedicated winter tyre is recommended for the colder months and they pay for themselves in the end.

First time ever driving in the snow today on the way to work. This has given me the understanding to be more confident today. Thank you.

Just passed my test first time and I want to thank everyone on this channel! Your videos were so clear and informative, really helped me study x

I’ve just passed my driving test and moved to an area where in winter gets bad in some areas so this helped a lot.

What wasn't mentioned is hitting snow or slush can be a bit like hydroplaning, so when do hit that stuff at high(ish) speed it can make your front wheels jerk left or right if you're not careful, sending you into a spin when your front wheels regain traction. This can also happen when you change lanes and go from one set of tracks to another.

Thank you so much!

Thanks for the update

Production value is immence

Fantastic video ,thankyou so helpful 😊👌 Brrrr looks so cold there 😨 sharing to my FB driving groups 😊👍 safe & happy driving everyone 🚗 XXX

That first statement!

Have my road test at the end of November in Canada🙃 hopefully this will help

best winter driving advice you could give people is to swap summer tyres to winter. simple and basic.

Firstly winter tyres. The trouble is in the UK the seasons change every few days. So you could think 'winter's here. Better change my wheels for ones with winter tyres.' Then a few days later it's spring, so you change your wheels again for ones with normal tyres. Then a few days after that winter is back, so you change your wheels again. A few days after that - you get the picture. Secondly, I have one rule for driving on snow - don't. Take a bus - a big heavy vehicle driven by a professional driver and if the driver skids and piles into a lamp post - not my problem. Either this or a taxi. Again driven by a professional driver, and if they skid and pile into a lamp post not my problem. People say 'if you can get moving on snow then fine. No problem.' But what if a pedestrian suddenly jumps out in front of you? You may have all the technological gizmos going but you are still going to hit them. And you will be the one in court, not the pedestrian. No, all things considered I will leave the car at home. It will cost more, but it is a lot cheaper than repairs to a scrunched car, plus whatever I hit.

Hi. A Northern European here. As we drive in snow and ice conditions each winter for several months, maybe there is something I can add to this good video. First of all I would say driving in snowy conditions is 80% about tires and 20% skill. If the road is covered with snow (i.e. totally white), then do not drive with summer tires. Even if you have to, don't. The risk of an accident happening is just too high. Even a good driver in these conditions with summer tires cannot do much, not to mention an unskilled one. But an unskilled driver with good and appropriate tires will probably do just fine. Just try to avoid hard maneuvers and you won't even get any skidding. Summer tires however have absolutely no grip on snow whatsoever - you cannot steer, you cannot brake, you cannot control the movement of the car. It can be expensive to get an extra set of tires and change them for winter, but it is still cheaper compared to paying higher insurance premiums if you cause an accident, not to mention if someone gets hurt. And summer tires don't work anyway if the temperature drops below 5'C, even if it does not snow. If you get snow for only a couple of days a year, then just don't drive during this time, but if it is longer, then consider buying proper winter tires. Prefer European if you can, Asian and Chinese brands are cheaper but they really are not that good in snow and ice, contrary to what they claim. Keep in mind that winter tires have a shelf life of 5...7 years. After that they usually become "plasticky" and lose most of their grip ability. Chinese brands last less. Secondly if you have appropriate tires, then give yourself some distance while driving. Even with good tires the stopping distance is still about two times longer than in summer and dry conditions. And as the last thing that I would suggest is when the snow hits, find an empty parking lot or something and go and test how the car behaves. Accelerate, make sudden and hard maneuvers, brake hard, turn hard at regular speed, etc. Make sure you have enough space so you can't hit anything if you lose control for a moment. Try to find how much the car and tires can take until the car starts skidding or how long the stopping distance is. This way you know where the limit is that you should not cross while driving on public roads later.

It’s going to be snowing on my test should be easier 🎉🎉🎉

I passed my test in July, and moved to Canada in September. I've just driven 3000km through mostly dry and a wee bit of rain and sleet, now it's coming up to winter. I need all the luck.

thanks for good advice and could you please make vedios for Navigation system for new test I really need to watch more vedios 👌👌👍👍

A RWD car with winter tyres will be much better than a 4WD/AWD one with summer tyres... In my opinion it's a split of 75% right tyres and 25% knowledge. A tip that you missed is that, if you're on the correct tyres, if going uphill you start to lose traction, it can be beneficial to turn off traction control. Another tip that should be said is that, at lower speeds, driving on the snow and not the tracks of others can give more traction.

Hello, great advice as usual. I appreciate you can’t cover every eventuality when driving in snow, but perhaps some advice about what to do should you go into a spin on ice, or possibly what to do when encountering black ice on the road might also have been beneficial. This information is widely available on KZfaq in addition to your excellent professional advice offered here, in my humble opinion. Many thanks.

5:40 a wonderful gem. lol

Drive RWD car, snow tires on the front Flick the steering before the corner Make quick sharp adjustments in steering Prevent over drift unless you have angle kit installed Just keep the front heading where your going Remember to use the hand brake in residential areas as they have sharp turns with vehicles parked along the side this makes it useful to do a 180 as there may not be enough space to turn around

Yeah - stick proper (not all weather) winter tyres on the driving wheels and you will go anywhere - even across fields and even in an automatic (strictly speaking whilst many tyre centres say you must have winter tyres on all 4 wheels - yep you do if you have a rear-wheel drive, but with front-wheel drive just the two driving wheels as they will 'pull' you out of trouble - it works !)

I was always taught to use the gears instead of the breaks in the snow. I've never used the breaks unless I really have to.

When talking about clearing the roof and bonnet, you forgot to mention that snow could slide off the roof under braking, and fly off the bonnet under acceleration, onto the windscreen, and it can weigh too much for the wipers too clear leaving the driver blind.

Thank you! My mate lives in the states and he tells me that everyone goes the speed limit in snowy conditions doesn't leave any space. When he attempts to go a reasonable speed (usually 50 mph) on a dual carriageway or motorway, he often sees cars almost rear end or people overtaking going the speed limit or over the speed limit. Do you have any tips to maintain safe whilst not creating a hazard to the other road users

All of the advice in this video applies to every day driving. If you can drive safe and confident on snow and ice transfer these skills to every day driving and you will find yourself a better driver. Windscreen wipers ! If the visibility is such that wipers are needed full time then you’re headlights should be on!

👤 🕶 I disagree. I've always found it safer to drive in fresh snow rarther than following other drivers tracks which are often slippy and frozen.

Got my test booked Friday morning! Due to have heavy snow 🥺

Been watching random videos, i was thinking to myself "are they really just gonna say keep traction control on?" and then you totally redeem yourself and i felt like a rager...haha great video...cover alot in a short time....great job

You never mentioned about using your gearbox to slow down, in snow my gearbox is used more than my breaks to reduce skidding even more.

With the cost of a new car approachig ₤30,000 investing 400/500₤ in winter tyres makes sense. I live in Canada where snow tires are mandated in many areas. Winter driving is difficult enough without having to contend with selfish or inconsiderate drivers.

Snow ❄️ in London today brought me here.

Living in Norway i can tell, u do 2 big mistakes. Dont ever have tracktion controll on in winter time and never hold your stearing wheel at 9-3 position. When its icy, your hold on steering wheel will make u turn around of our car. Make sure your hand resting to your legs when driving on icy conditions. In icy roads i only use 3 finger on my wheel, and my hand is resting on my legs. Never crashed on very icy roads

Dallas snow brought me here❄⛄

As a Norwegian who lives 170m above sea level and 20km from the closest fjord, this is so funny to watch :) Edit: Today(20th October 2023) is the first day of snow here in Southern Norway. I haven't switched over to winter tyres yet 🤣 Might do that today..

I know it's not related but I was wandering what is that device in the centre of the dash that lights up with LED when it detects centrifugal forces? Where would I get one for my minibus? Thanks

If you’re in an automatic that doesn’t have a winter mode and you need to pull off... do NOT gas the car, engage DRIVE (D) and release the brake. As you want to brake ahead without skidding.. slow down naturally, don’t let your brakes lock, engage neutral (N) as you reach 5-10mph before the stop, and one last (very) gentle brake.

do you not have snowploughs in the uk?

No mention of downshifting at all?!

I've never had ABS or Traction Control (did have 4WD once) but tbh, watching the drive along at that speed of the car in the video feels a bit scary to me! I feel like the older I get the more cautious I'm getting, just got a different car so not as confident with the handling in snow yet? :-)

I wish we didn't have to work during winter time this is awful

I’m very prepared and love driving in the snow it’s just there’s always that one person 🤦‍♂️

you can teach me next year, please

What about in an automatic?

The most dangerous part of snow driving in the UK is all the other muppets on the road with SUMMER TYRES. All season tyres are terrible, unless its a Michelin Cross Climate. 4WD summer tyres in snow can be just as useless as FWD summer tyres in snow. WINTER tyres are a must.

I’m guessing you had to wait 3-4 years to upload driving in snow lmao

If cars follow too close behind signal and pull over in a safe place allowing them to overtake you.

If you start to skid let go of the gas pedal no brakes and steer in the direction you want to go

In ice and snow, one should only drive at 1/3 of the speed limit.

Oddly enough the first time I drove in snow in my RWD BMW 323ci, I had no problem. Prior to that I temporarily lost my 74 V8 on black ice at 40mph. That was fun! Left to right tank slapper all the way to 0. I drove home very carefully after that, but I knew I was in safe hands. I witnessed an idiot in a refrigerared van reverse into my V8 while it was parked. Both rear doors were caved in, tail lights popped out and not even a dent in my bumper. I guess for me, the choices are, do I want traction control and ABS? Or do I want to be behind the wheel of something that will rip through modern cars and road furniture like tissue paper? The BMW can prevent me from having an accident, but the V8 can shrug off idiots who drive into me. 🤔

Skid training should be mandatory. You can't learn to control a skid unless you get into one; and that is what catches a lot of drivers out as by the time they do skid it's too late to learn how to get out of it. I can vouch for ABS being useless in snow/ice; my first experience of it was a Mercedes; on ice the pedal just went to the floor and stayed there; while my car had no ABS and I could stop safely. BTW I ended up using the handbrake to stop the Merc otherwise (at walking pace) I would have hit the gates into the firm's carpark before they opened.

Call that snow? More like heavy dandruff. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

Excellent overall video, Well thought out and presented. However, you do need to address the steering. Thumbs should be along the wheel, not hooked around it (being hooked around the wheel is more consistent with fixed hand steering which is more a race track technique). However, more importantly, do not allow a hand to go past 12 o'clock because the arm is then across the center of the wheel leaving driver vulnerable to air-bag deploymeht which could result in serious injury.

DONT try and control a skid on a vehicule WITH anti skid control just slow down and point the steering wheel in the direction you want to go specially AWD ones, they already are doing your work just sit enjoy and known the cars limit (hello from Québec where snow is normal and alot heavier 5 months a year) People don't slow down enough here but at least proper winter tyres are an obligation now, no all-terrain or all-season tyres allowed

Hmmmmm no mention of tyre pressures, lowering tyre pressures by a few pounds from summer or high load carrying pressures allows more tyre contact/footprint on road surface, be aware of your load however as you don't want the car wallowing around on ballooning tyres.

Anyone know what is that green light on his dash? like crosshairs?

snow tyres. caution. problem solved. also 4x4 will not give you good traction in snow on summer tyres. 4x4 only gives extra traction if the wheels have grip. of course it rarely snows long enough in this country to justify winter tyres, just stick the kettle on and stay in :P be melted in a couple of hours.

Thanks for watching - if you found this video interesting then please subscribe to our channel and click the bell to be notified of our next video! This video includes; * 0:06 Introduction * 0:45 Do we really need to drive? * 1:43 Prepare the car * 3:12 Pulling away * 4:05 Look well ahead * 4:37 Skid control * 5:27 Braking * 5:38 Be careful with speed * 7:47 Cornering * 8:35 Junctions * 9:08 Residential areas * 9:46 Other traffic * 10:19 Hills * 10:56 Summary

2:08 listen to your own advice!

No 4/all wheel drive vehicles do not give good traction on any tyres. If you have a 4/all wheel drive vehicle with summer tyres on and a 2 wheel drive vehicle with winter tyres on and going up hill the 2 wheel will get you up the hill 1st and safer

Just need right hand on top steering wheel, left hand ready on handbrake and send it, yeehar

What really annoys me is when I am driving very carefully in these conditions, and there is someone right on my rear bumper.

I have few years experience in driving in snow and icy roads (more than 10yrs). To reduce speed also use your engine and gearbox. Yes use your break pedal very gently but to reduce speed quicker start reduce gears dipressing clutch slowly and using lowest gears like 4-3-2. When you start slipping on snow TC should be off coz you can use breaks at that time and you need use some more accelerate to move back of your car staright. With TC it's impossible coz computer will reduce it straight away.... But 1st thing what make me a bit angry in this video is the question "think if you really need to drive".

All Season,Tire for everything and good in nothing.

who’s here today

The ‘t’ is silent in ‘often’

Why does no body talk about scary it is going down the hill????? Going down is scary cause you're not allowed to brake but gravity keeps pulling you down faster and faster

Come on it’s easy in a car try it on a motorbike 😂

lol, that's not snow

2:45 absolute rubbish. A four wheel drive on summer tyres is as useless and dangerous as a two wheel drive car on summer tyres.

“It may be the first time an inexperienced driver has seen snow”... right, who is teaching 5 year olds to drive?!

Just buy an Quattro Audi and off you go. And if you feel like an expert giving kids an advice you should NEVER tell them to go Allseason tires. Winter is for REAL winter tires!

Expert driving tip: Wear warm clothing Hokay

I seriously expected you to address how to rectify a skid, what a disappointment! As what has been mentioned here any monkey knows better!!!!

Get all the snow off the roof, lol no thanks