Be especially careful not to make overly abrupt or forceful movements when driving in winter.
Published: 2026-09-24
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Last updated 2026-09-24 — When driving in foggy conditions, promptly turn on your fog lights and low beams, reduce your speed, and strictly adhere to the principles of keeping to the right side of the road and staying in your lane. Maintain a safe distance between vehicles and pedestrians, especially when passing through villages, intersections, or making turns on mountain roads. Carefully observe your surroundings and sound your horn as appropriate...
When driving in foggy conditions, promptly turn on your fog lights and low beams, reduce your speed, and strictly adhere to the principles of keeping to the right side of the road and staying in your lane. Maintain a safe distance between vehicles and pedestrians, especially when passing through villages, intersections, or making turns on mountain roads. Carefully observe your surroundings and sound your horn as appropriate to alert pedestrians and other drivers, preparing to stop or yield to avoid collisions or scrapes. When visibility is extremely low due to heavy fog, promptly pull over to a safe location, turn on your sidelights, tail lights, or clearance lights, and wait until the fog clears before continuing.
Be especially careful not to make overly abrupt or forceful movements when driving in winter, particularly when turning the steering wheel or applying the brakes. Otherwise, you will increase the likelihood of your vehicle skidding, with potentially dire consequences. The key here is to control your speed, maintain a safe following distance, and operate the vehicle cautiously—both to prevent your own car from skidding and to watch for signs that other vehicles around you may be losing traction.
Maintain a safe following distance from the vehicle in front, allowing ample time to react and brake. In winter on icy or snowy roads, the safe following distance should be two to three times greater than on dry roads during other seasons.
When turning on icy or snowy roads, reduce your speed in advance, turn the steering wheel slowly, and pass through at a constant speed. Avoid sudden steering maneuvers, as they can easily cause the vehicle to skid out of control.
When driving on icy or snowy roads in winter, avoid using higher gears. Instead, maintain control of your vehicle’s power with some margin for safety, and minimize gear shifts to prevent accidents. Keep a consistent driving speed, reduce your speed, and avoid or minimize lane changes and overtaking. Emergency braking is strictly prohibited. When driving on slopes, try not to change gears—if going uphill, increase your following distance from the vehicle ahead in advance and select an appropriate gear; if going downhill, choose a lower gear early based on road conditions to make full use of engine braking. Especially, bridges, underpasses, and elevated roads are the most prone to icing. When approaching these areas, reduce your speed in advance and avoid using the brakes to prevent skidding. Do not overly rely on high-tech braking systems such as ABS or EBD—they only serve as auxiliary braking aids.
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