Looking for some advice from some of you with cold weather experience. I have a short business trip coming up later this week/weekend and it’s going to take me into the northern Georgia mountains with snow expected up to four inches or more. As a guy who grew up near the Charleston area and has spent the past couple decades in Florida, my snow driving experience is almost zero, and my snow-in-mountains experience is literally zero. The good thing is I’ll be mostly confined to the major roads and highway. Also, although I’ll be north of Atlanta and in the mountains, I won’t be in the much higher elevations, just around an hour or so north of Atalanta.
Any tips would be appreciated. I do have a couple questions:
1. Are the highways salted before the snow and does it help much? Can “black ice” still occur with salt down?
2. At what speed and/or conditions do you recommend 4wd?
3. Recommendations for braking and car distance in snow conditions.
Any tips would be appreciated. I do have a couple questions:
1. Are the highways salted before the snow and does it help much? Can “black ice” still occur with salt down?
2. At what speed and/or conditions do you recommend 4wd?
3. Recommendations for braking and car distance in snow conditions.