for the love of everything, make sure your insurance is paid up and active, make sure your card is present and accounted for, your registration is current, and your driver's license (and tax disc?) are valid...
At this point, you have paranoia and preparation on your side, but if you do get in a wreck, you want to make sure your papers are in order...
A note on driving in this crap -
Slow. Slowly accelerate, slowly decelerate. Once your tires have locked up or are spinning, you are accomplishing very little. 1% throttle, 1% brake. craaaaaawl your way through or up or out of or down.
If downhill, do not stop or attempt to stop without extreme caution. Once your tires are locked up/stopped, you have zero control of your direction. Take your foot off the brake and steer away from the worst of the hazards facing you.
At no point stop. Intersections - 'stop' as far back as you can get away with and crawl forward. Going a constant 1mph or thereabouts is possible through the most amazingly hellish conditions, so long as you just keep that 1mph. Starting from a dead stop in low-friction conditions is a surprisingly difficult accomplishment.
May the Lady smile upon you, you're in for an interesting few days.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
At this point, you have paranoia and preparation on your side, but if you do get in a wreck, you want to make sure your papers are in order...
A note on driving in this crap -
Slow. Slowly accelerate, slowly decelerate. Once your tires have locked up or are spinning, you are accomplishing very little. 1% throttle, 1% brake. craaaaaawl your way through or up or out of or down.
If downhill, do not stop or attempt to stop without extreme caution. Once your tires are locked up/stopped, you have zero control of your direction. Take your foot off the brake and steer away from the worst of the hazards facing you.
At no point stop. Intersections - 'stop' as far back as you can get away with and crawl forward. Going a constant 1mph or thereabouts is possible through the most amazingly hellish conditions, so long as you just keep that 1mph. Starting from a dead stop in low-friction conditions is a surprisingly difficult accomplishment.
May the Lady smile upon you, you're in for an interesting few days.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies