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What do people that are for the first time moving to a place where is snows need to know? (lemmy.autism.place)

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If you never lived where it snows and were moving North to where it does snow, what would you have liked to have known? What would you do to prepare?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

There is no such thing as good winter drivers and bad winter drivers. There is only those with snow tires and those without.

I don't agree with that. Good tools are useless in the hands of the ignorant. Somebody can have the best winter tires ever engineered, but if they stop and turn on ice like they would do on perfect pavement on the dryest summer days, then they're fucked and they're a cocky jackass. A good driver will know the limits of their tires, whatever they are.

True, it follows that having this knowledge will generally convince good drivers to get better tires, but it's not like buying fancy new rubber will turn you into Ken Block (rip).

TL;DR: Get the winter tires, they're great and worth it. But PLEASE for the love of god take the time to learn how to fucking drive on snow and ice or you'll be stuck in the medium with the rest of them, because even with the best winter tires it's NOT the same physics