When I first started driving, I went out to a large, snow covered mall when it was empty and practiced throwing the car into slides, spins, drifts, etc. to learn how to handle it if I ran into such on roads. Came in useful. They really don't teach people how to drive. Much later, in the largest NJ blizzard in decades, I drove my motorcycle a couple miles, passing stuck cars and even a stuck snow plow. The advantage of a bike is it rarely gets stuck. The disadvantage (in addition to the cold), is that with a fresh snowfall after a previous snow, there are hidden ruts under the fresh snow that grab the tires of a two wheeled vehicle requiring some quick action to avoid dropping the bike.
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