Don't feel bad, here in Cleveland, Ohio, the first several snows and 
there are accidents all over the place. In Atlanta, if it's icy or snow, 
don't even try to go anywhere until the roads are dry. They don't have 
salt or plows.

Vitaliy wrote:
> Herbert Graf wrote:
>   
>>>> I think these things become natural over the years of driving
>>>> experience. Most case when there is an emergency situation you do not
>>>> think, just act and then when it is over you start thinking what has
>>>> happened.
>>>>         
>>> How can you train for that?
>>>       
>> You practice "loosing control" in controlled situations.
>>
>> Every winter, when the opportunity arises I pull into an empty parking
>> lot and "refresh" my loss of control skills (assuming there's enough
>> snow).
>>     
>
> I do this every time we visit our family up North. :) Icy roads are never a 
> problem in Phoenix, so my body "forgets" what it's like when I hit the brake 
> and the car starts to skid.
>
> Vitaliy 
>
>   
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