To drive safely when it is snowing, you should
- allow extra space margins ✓
- keep your car well tuned up
- brake every time you see a hazard
- turn on your high beam lights
Answer: A. allow extra space margins
When it is snowing, you should allow extra space margins.
Why this is the answer
The emergency strategies chapter lists allowing extra space margins, including more following distance, among the actions for icy or snowy driving. It also says to avoid passing unless absolutely necessary, not to use cruise control, to slow down before curves because braking in curves may cause a skid, and to use gentle, smooth steering. Together these points support giving yourself more room so you can stop and keep control when the road is snowy.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. keep your car well tuned up — Keeping your car well tuned up is not what the snowy-driving passage lists; it does not address the space margins or smooth control needed in snow.
- C. brake every time you see a hazard — Braking every time you see a hazard is not advised in the snowy-driving passage; it warns that braking in curves may cause a skid and says to ease off and reapply if wheels lock.
- D. turn on your high beam lights — Turning on high beam lights is not mentioned in the snowy-driving passage; the listed actions are about space, speed, gears, cruise control and steering.
Remember it
Think of a wider safety bubble around your car when snow is falling.