Coping with snow in the UK

Urea is a perfectly good deicer when you have barely freezing conditions. It only works down to maybe 15 degrees F. They like to use it at airports because it dosen't rust all those million dollar aircraft.

 

Part of the problem is practice. People develop a standard set of reflexes that they use when driving, and then they don't really think about it. One day it stops working and they default back to being brand new student drivers.

Something I do, that you can do too, is go out the first evening when it snows. Find any empty parking lot and practice skidding. If you have kids, kids love this.

See if you can get the car to spin all the way around when you tromp on the brakes. The Prius is actually a lousy car for going skidding in, the darn thing fights you when it feels a skid coming on.

This will give you a feel for the point where the car starts to break loose from the road, what it feels like when you begin to lose grip, and what to do to get it firmly back under control. Now when you go out and drive you have a new reflex to call on if things get funny in the roundabout. It works for me. :rockon: