Find a BIG parking lot. Something like the back reaches of a regional mall, or a large stadium or concert venue. This is a place where you can have a bit of a run without having to worry too much about keeping things perfectly straight or running into things. You can find out how the car you're practicing on behaves, and try things out.
After you're getting experience with that, wait for a decent snowfall, and then do it all over again. [puts on raised-in-snow-country hat] Driving in snow is a real-time physics exam. If you did OK in a high-school physics course, and recognize this fact, you'll be way ahead of the eejidts I always see littering the roadsides and ditches when things get dicey. [takes off hat] Get done with that, and you'll be well on your way to being a better-than-average driver.
And above all, make sure you know where your towel's at, and DON'T PANIC!
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Find a BIG parking lot. Something like the back reaches of a regional mall, or a large stadium or concert venue. This is a place where you can have a bit of a run without having to worry too much about keeping things perfectly straight or running into things. You can find out how the car you're practicing on behaves, and try things out.
After you're getting experience with that, wait for a decent snowfall, and then do it all over again. [puts on raised-in-snow-country hat] Driving in snow is a real-time physics exam. If you did OK in a high-school physics course, and recognize this fact, you'll be way ahead of the eejidts I always see littering the roadsides and ditches when things get dicey. [takes off hat] Get done with that, and you'll be well on your way to being a better-than-average driver.
And above all, make sure you know where your towel's at, and DON'T PANIC!