When driving under snowy or icy conditions:
- It is safe to use your cruise control.
- Make speed and directional changes more gradually than you would otherwise. ✓
- Drive as you would under normal conditions.
Answer: B. Make speed and directional changes more gradually than you would otherwise.
Make speed and directional changes more gradually than you normally would.
Why this is the answer
The California handbook says rain, snow, or mud can make roads slippery, and it tells you to drive slower than on a dry road and leave more space ahead. It gives specific speed reductions for wet roads, packed snow, and ice. That advice points toward gentle speed and steering changes on a slippery surface, not abrupt ones. The handbook does not say to keep cruise control on or to drive as usual.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. It is safe to use your cruise control. — Nothing in the handbook passages says cruise control is safe on snow or ice; the guidance is to slow down and adjust to slippery conditions, not maintain a set speed.
- C. Drive as you would under normal conditions. — The handbook gives lower speeds for packed snow and ice and says to drive more slowly than on a dry road, so driving as you would normally does not match the rule.
Remember it
Slick road, soft inputs: slow down and make your speed and steering changes gently.
Official handbook: California Driver Handbook (DL 600), Section 8: Safe Driving, p. 61