All-wheel drive might be useful for offering additional traction whereas navigating an icy highway. However you continue to must drive cautiously as a result of lateral grip is at a premium, irrespective of what number of wheels are placing energy to the bottom. This Subaru WRX driver in New York discovered an essential lesson about limits of AWD after they misplaced management and struck a plow truck head-on, slicing the automobile in half.
The X (previously Twitter) account for the New York State Division of Transportation posted the dashcam video from the snow plow as a warning to different motorists about how to not drive on a snowy highway. The clip begins because the WRX is trying to move an enormous rig, not realizing there is no room to squeeze between it and the oncoming plow. The automobile slams into the plow, inflicting an explosion of particles.
The video ends with the plow pulling off the highway, although photographs of the ensuing wreck have been printed to X by Erik Ghiraduzzi (under). The terrifying photos present the WRX’s rear as a crumpled ball, with the entrance half nonetheless current forward of the B-pillar. It seems to be like somebody took an enormous knife and lower the sedan in half. By some means, nobody was injured.
All-wheel drive can assist you to speed up in slippery conditions, however it may possibly’t make it easier to cease. Whether or not your car is front-, rear, or all-wheel drive, the 4 brakes are nonetheless the one issues slowing down the car, barring the gentle results of engine braking. So make sure you take care on the market when the climate’s unhealthy.
