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“Winter is the best time to learn to drive
because you’re learning in some of the
worst driving conditions,” says Ron
Wilson of AMA Driver Education.
“Braking and accelerating are much
more difficult on snowy or icy roads.
You need more space; your following
distance will be different in winter
compared to in summer months.
Visibility isn’t always as good, and
traction won’t be as good either.”
Added to these challenges are vari-
ous complications that are outside of
motorists’ control. For example, lane
markings and other signage are often
obscured by snow, making highway
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driving in particular more hazardous
for unprepared or inexperienced
drivers.
But Wilson says: Bring it on. “We’ll
take you out on icy roads and show
you how to stop and start. We teach
smooth braking and steering all the
time, obviously, but it’s a little different
when you’re coming to an intersection
that’s covered in ice.”
If you learned to drive in the summer,
Wilson suggests taking a wintertime
follow-up lesson. AMA offers in-car
and online winter lessons for both new
motorists and long-time licensed driv-
ers. An expert AMA instructor can
teach the correct cold-weather tech-
niques, including smooth driving on
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ice and skid control—before you need
to use them.
Now it’s even possible to learn
winter driving in warmer months with
AMA’s new Roadbot driving simulator.
It’s set up like a conventional car but
uses computer screens for the view
out the windows. “We can start you on
a clear road,” Wilson says, “and all of a
sudden we can make it snow and then
kick up wind gusts.”
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