For those that would like to see the example clips shown at the end without pauses, here is the original footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyI4mjuGsQE

Letting go of the brake and gas pedal can also help. It lets the wheels interact with the road & snow directly. Just concentrate on steering.

Does the advice in this video apply for cars with metal studded winter tires?

This technique is also helpful on dry roads with an oversteering car.

This place above the highway is a burden to live in all-year around, but a #1 entertainment spot in winter.😀😅

I think this video is wrong about no braking. Using the brakes properly is very helpful to correct a slide and slow down the vehicle to safe speed.

Note to self never drive the Charleston bridge

Great video 👍

Who's here 2026???

My strategy to avoid slides and fishtails is to stay home 😂 Thank you btw — very precious video! ❤

Excellent info, very clear presentation. Thank you!

Half of viewers patient good drivers. Other: how to phonk in icy weather 🥶

"The driver wasn't even going that fast, around 55mph", me, a European: "He was going 90km/h in icy conditions?!"

If u have a FWD car u can just floor it when it starts sliding and turn the wheels where u want it to go

Worked as a drivers´ coach for police and military and this is an excellent video. Even for experienced drivers in these conditions, losing control and becoming a passenger often comes as a surprise (you might have though that your speed was appropriate for the conditions) and the first thought is to hit the brakes. When correcting a slide it is difficult to remain calm and not oversteer, and not to look at where you are about to crash (you want to look where you need to go, not where you are about to go when you have lost control), but do gentle maneuvers. For anyone living in conditions (seen in the video) its not only fun to practise on an empty space (parking lot, field, etc) where you can intentionally lose control of the vehicle and practise. In Finland, as kids we often practised on icy lakes and then when we had our drivers licenses on empty parking lots or even outdoor ice skating rinks of schools. Knowing in theory is one thing, but when you practise, the right reactions, will come out of your muscle memory, and you will be much better equipped.

important advice, go of the gas pedal if you get slipping. Let the car slow down throu the engine break or if you had an electric car use the recuperation to reduce the speed

so basically you won't your wheels always pointed to the direction where you want to go.

like 20 min ago I was driving super chill, coming back after taking my gf to her place, I approached a slightly uphill turn slowly and went down the bump with zero issues, then I went straight for a bit approaching the next turn when the rear of the car started sliding outwards and LUCKILY I did exactly how you just explained in the video, I was lucky that I was aware of the conditions of the street so I was prepared. Guys drive safe!!😅

For my europeans 45mph is 72km/pu

Here is couple of advanced tips: - A lot of oversteer on snowy or icy roads are caused by braking or adding gas mid corner, instead you should be braking before the corner and have steady speed through the swing or slightly decreasing . You make the back go light by braking mid corner and they lose grip totally. While your front tires gets too much grip and you spin around instantly. On icy/snowy roads even low amount of imbalancing the car can go over grip limit. - The other super advanced tip, which I don’t recommend for people not being professional drivers is that you can go to understeer from oversteer pretty easily. By steering more into the oversteer and adding some gas. Suddenly you go over the grip limit of the front tiles and your car is back heavy, thus you go into understeer. At top ranks in iRacing it gets utilize plenty, that’s how I know it works. But in reality the only way I would utilize it is, if you already lost traction and by spinning you could possibly go into opposing lane or there is a clif oppsite side to the corner. Thus it’s just better to hit the wall straight ahead at small speed.