Winter driving in Canada

Since it is still the Chinese lunar New Year (for CNY, this festival is celebrated over 15 days), yesterday (chu ba), "The One" and I went to visit his cousin and this is the first Winter drive on the Highway that "The One" is doing since he came to Canada.

It is definitely a new experience for me, especially driving in the snow, we were moving at around 40-60kmph since everyone is very cautious especially during these times, accidents rate goes up. As the temperature drops in the night, the road freezes and in Canada, they do get 'black ice' (Black ice is dangerous as the road can get very slippery and can cause the car to skid if the driver is driving too fast). Along the way back home, even our wipers were frozen with ice and didn't do a proper job of clearing the flurries on the windscreen. Twice, "The One" and I had to stop (once in a parking area, the other time in a petrol station), get out and remove the ice that formed on the wiper.

Driving has never been a big hazard back home since the only weathers we experienced are sunshine and rain..I did learn quite a bit about Winter driving here, different tires..winter tires (which gives a better grab on the road as compared to All season tires), using anti freezant for your windscreen (so that the flurries will not form ice on them), having a ice scraper and brush in the car is definitely a must too (since the side mirror can have a layer of ice frozen on it, need to scrap that off and that brush to brush off the flurries that gathers on the car when you parked the car in the open) and cars here in Canada, they always have their headlights on, even if its the daytime! Aiyoyo so many things to learn about driving and of course driving very very cautiously on the road is another big driving skill test that needed to be learnt if you live in the 2nd coldest country in the world!

So till the time I can drive, I'm going to enjoy being the passenger while leaving this very 'TOUGH' job to "The One" ;P

Cheerios and Keep smiling!
With Love from PoohBear

Photo courtesy from http://baheyeldin.com