How to get out of the ice rut without causing an accident
- December 20, 2022
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You will be surprised, but snow and ice in a sense improve the road surface by filling the small defects. However, if there is a lot of snow,
You will be surprised, but snow and ice in a sense improve the road surface by filling the small defects. However, if there is a lot of snow, a track forms on the road. On the one hand, it keeps the car safely within the lane. But sometimes it becomes an insurmountable obstacle when maneuvering and causes sudden driving problems. Portal “AutoVzglyad” tells how to get out of the rut.
On wintry roads, we often encounter a situation when the cleaning equipment, having cleaned one lane, has piled up a snowdrift, reliably isolating drivers from the other lane. Everything would be fine, but from time to time it is necessary to rebuild. However, such an obstacle can be formed without the cooperation of caring road builders. For this it is enough for a heavy snowfall to happen. As a result, rutting is formed, which has one unpleasant feature – the edges of the railway line are soft. And upon contact with them, the car begins to react too easily to turning the steering wheel.
And all due to the fact that the front wheel, in the direction of which the turn is made, begins to experience increased rolling resistance upon contact with the edge of the track. This creates clear conditions for the development of drift. And since the car moves in the current and the driver becomes anxious, he reflexively releases the gas, making the situation even worse. Here you have an accident out of the blue. But there is an easy way to fix the situation safely.
We look for traces of someone else’s maneuver and already on that we get out of the trap. But if there are none and it is necessary to rebuild, you have to “go your own way”. First you need to remember that when overcoming such obstacles, you cannot turn the steering wheel at a large angle. And under normal circumstances, this can lead to a loss of controllability, and even more so in this situation. The rest of the steps depend on the disc type.
The front and full use a little too much throttle to keep the front wheel from getting stuck in a snowfall. Rear-wheel drive comes closer to even throttle, so as not to provoke a slip. But in any case, we must be prepared to prevent it. And how to respond to that, we discussed here. The second type of track is typical of roads covered with snow and ice.
Cars very quickly fill two grooves in it, and as a result of constant polishing of their edges with tires, the track becomes perfectly smooth. This can make it nearly impossible to get out. And in this case, it is not necessary to fear the occurrence of a skid, but the fact that the car does not want to turn at all.
This may even require some kind of build-up on the front of the machine. So that, having built up inertia, she popped the front wheels onto the icy parapet. Admittedly, this does not guarantee that the rear wheels can also maneuver.
As a result, a very unpleasant situation can arise when the car begins to turn sideways. Visually, this is very similar to slippage, but the physics of the process are completely different. How to be? To overcome such a track, you can use sections of the road where it is relatively narrow. Or, as described above, use the inertia of the body. For example, due to the short construction of the machine in the track.
True, it is worth remembering that in this way you provoke the instability of the car, which can be difficult to cope with even an experienced pilot at high speed. So if no one is around, you can simply reduce the speed significantly and still do the necessary rebuild. In addition, all-wheel drive vehicles will have a clear advantage over the rest in this situation. But it is very important to understand that we are not talking about better handling of 4×4. Only such a car will overcome the obstacle more easily.
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Photo freepik.com
On wintry roads, we often encounter a situation when the cleaning equipment, having cleaned one lane, has piled up a snowdrift, reliably isolating drivers from the other lane. Everything would be fine, but from time to time it is necessary to rebuild. However, such an obstacle can be formed without the cooperation of caring road builders. For this it is enough for a heavy snowfall to happen. As a result, rutting is formed, which has one unpleasant feature – the edges of the railway line are soft. And upon contact with them, the car begins to react too easily to turning the steering wheel.
And all due to the fact that the front wheel, in the direction of which the turn is made, begins to experience increased rolling resistance upon contact with the edge of the track. This creates clear conditions for the development of drift. And since the car moves in the current and the driver becomes anxious, he reflexively releases the gas, making the situation even worse. Here you have an accident out of the blue. But there is an easy way to fix the situation safely.
We look for traces of someone else’s maneuver and already on that we get out of the trap. But if there are none and it is necessary to rebuild, you have to “go your own way”. First you need to remember that when overcoming such obstacles, you cannot turn the steering wheel at a large angle. And under normal circumstances this can lead to a loss of controllability, and even more so in this situation. The rest of the steps depend on the disc type.
The front and full use a little too much throttle to keep the front wheel from getting stuck in a snowfall. Rear-wheel drive comes closer to even throttle, so as not to provoke a slip. But in any case, we must be prepared to prevent it. And how to respond to that, we discussed here. The second type of track is typical of roads covered with snow and ice.
Cars very quickly fill two grooves in it, and as a result of constant polishing of their edges with tires, the track becomes perfectly smooth. This can make it nearly impossible to get out. And in this case, it is not necessary to fear the occurrence of a skid, but the fact that the car does not want to turn at all.
This may even require some kind of build-up on the front of the machine. So that, having built up inertia, she popped the front wheels onto the icy parapet. Admittedly, this does not guarantee that the rear wheels can also maneuver.
As a result, a very unpleasant situation can arise when the car begins to turn sideways. Visually, this is very similar to slippage, but the physics of the process are completely different. How to be? To overcome such a track, you can use sections of the road where it is relatively narrow. Or, as described above, use the inertia of the body. For example, due to the short construction of the machine in the track.
True, it is worth remembering that in this way you provoke the instability of the car, which can be difficult to cope with even an experienced pilot at high speed. So if no one is around, you can simply reduce the speed significantly and still do the necessary rebuild. In addition, all-wheel drive vehicles will have a clear advantage over the rest in this situation. But it is very important to understand that we are not talking about better handling of a 4×4. Only such a car will overcome the obstacle more easily.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
Donald Salinas is an experienced automobile journalist and writer for Div Bracket. He brings his readers the latest news and developments from the world of automobiles, offering a unique and knowledgeable perspective on the latest trends and innovations in the automotive industry.
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