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How our Driving Instructors in Sheffield deal with the winter conditions

Driving in winter conditions is never an easy task even for experience drivers. Make sure your prepared this winter and take a few useful tips from this article.

As soon as the snow starts to fall and ice starts to form, it causes a lot of hassle, especially for driving instructors and other people in the driving profession. Stay safe this winter and follow a few driving tips when on the road:

1. Match your driving speed to the road conditions, if the road is very icy then ease off the accelerator because in the snow and ice your tyres have less traction to the road and it is very easy for them to slip. A speed limit is a maximum recommended speed to go on that road when in ideal weather conditions, and you would not be expected to go the speed limit in bad weather condition. Driving instructors in Sheffield and other driving professionals never go the speed limit in icy and snowy conditions.
2. Remember your 2 second rule from your driving test? Well this should doubled or tripled when in winter weather conditions. Leave a gap of about 4-6 second from the car in front to ensure you have enough time to stop. Your car tyres have less traction to the road in bad weather conditions and you should take this into account.
3. Keep a look out for black ice! Black ice can form anywhere and is the most dangerous thing on the road because it is very hard to see. It is more likely to form in shadowed places, bridges and overpasses, knowing where black ice will form is good to know as a driver so you can plan ahead and take more care when driving past these areas.
4. Always have your headlights on when driving in winter conditions, this is very important for visibility and applies even more so when it is snowing.
5. Steer smoothly at a slow speed. Avoid sharp steering at high speeds because this is how you lose control of your vehicle. Sharp steering, acceleration and deceleration can cause skidding so try to avoid doing any of them.
6. If you do skid you need to be aware of how to handle it. Most people would panic and slam on their break whilst throwing the steering wheel around. You must stay calm, place you steering wheel in the direction you want to go and come off your break or accelerator.

Driving instructors Sheffield and others in the driving industry are very experienced drivers and have lots of useful driving tips. Above is just the basics and you should always take into account these tips when driving in poor weather conditions.

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