When driving on slick roads, you should:
- Take turns more slowly than usual. ✓
- Change lanes quickly.
- Accelerate quickly.
- Brake hard.
Answer: A. Take turns more slowly than usual.
When the road is slick, slow down and take turns more slowly than you normally would.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says there is no safe speed range for driving on snow or ice, and that you should start slowing down before you reach a turn. It also says to take precautions when approaching turns. Because traction is uncertain from one block to the next, carrying less speed into a turn gives you a better chance of staying in control. The handbook also warns against locking the brakes on ice, since that costs you steering and control.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Change lanes quickly. — Moving over quickly calls for a sudden steering input, which is the opposite of the extreme caution the handbook asks for on slick pavement where traction is uncertain.
- C. Accelerate quickly. — The handbook says to start out very slowly and that spinning the wheels burns rubber without helping, so hard acceleration on a slick road works against you.
- D. Brake hard. — The handbook warns that locking the brakes on ice causes a loss of steering and control, and it tells you to test your brakes gently instead of slamming them.
Remember it
Slow down before the turn, not while you are in it.