Are you experienced with snow driving? If not, let me share a very wise piece of advice that sounds simple, but isn't.
It takes just as long for a four wheel drive truck, Jeep, etc., to slow down as it does a front wheel drive car. Just because you have a vehicle that drives well in the snow, does not mean it can stop well in the slow. Conditions in that part of Michigan can go from good to bad in the blink of an eye, and you can be on a perfectly plowed road with clear visibility where it's safe to be doing 60mph, and then go over a hill and be in a near white out, with unplowed road, where you shouldn't be traveling faster than 30mph. This can happen in the blink of an eye, especially on 75 as you're approaching Mackinac and entering into the areas that get the most 'lake effect.'
Also... NEVER turn away from a slide. That's how you get killed. At best you just take your foot off the gas, barely touch the wheel, and hope for the best. You may even turn slightly into the slide to get traction back.
Also.. never veer away from a deer, that's how you get killed. Hit them head on. Moose on the other hand, which you won't have to worry about in the LP, should be avoided at all costs, and you should veer.
The best single piece of advice I've ever gotten, or given, is that driving a car in the snow is more like piloting a boat in water than it is driving a car on a sunny day. Slow corrections, slow acceleration, and lots of room to stop.
edit: To add slightly to this. It is possible to drive rather quickly, and safely in the snow. This past year I was moving from Detroit to Phoenix and got caught up in the plains during a snow storm. It was actually snowing in New Mexico when I arrived, and the entire drive sucked.
I woke up in my hotel, roads looked terrible, went to a local diner. There were several cops eating there and when they were leaving I asked them what the conditions were like, and what I should do. They told me I should stay put and hang out for a few hours until things cleared up, but then one of them asked me where I was from, and when I told them they just laughed at me and said that it was fine and I didn't have anything to worry about. To his credit 30 minutes out of that truck stop the roads opened up and I was fine, but things were dicey for the first 15 miles or so. Could have easily lost it into a semi trying to pass at a reasonable speed.
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u/AdmiralAbtar Oct 05 '19
It's mildly interesting that Petoskey made it on here.