i just movied from puerto rico and my sister in law keeps warning me about driving into a patch of this.
2007-01-13 15:43:35 · 14 answers · asked by rita 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
It's ice on the road without many air bubbles in it.
This makes the ice clear and hard to see when your driving.
It's not any slicker than regular ice, it can just surprise you.
The main thing to remember if you start to skid, is don't slam on the brakes. Turn into the skid and apply the brakes gently. (Some people like to pulse the brakes on-off on-off).
If you apply the brakes to hard you'll lose any control you might have over the car.
Also if you have to drive on ice, drive slow. Don't try to take off quickly. Apply pressure to the gas petal slowly. And avoid the brakes as much as possible.
2007-01-13 16:00:14 · answer #1 · answered by dropkick 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If there's water on the road that freezes -- let's say it's 40 and raining during the day, then the temps dip into the 20's overnight -- then you get a thin layer of ice that you can't see.
Biggest danger is idiots in SUVs -- for some reason, they think four wheel drive allows better traction on ice. It doesn't. They just have a heavier vehicle skidding out of control.
2007-01-14 01:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by Gitchy gitchy ya ya da da 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the surface temperature is lower than the air temperature, rain falls and instantly freezes resulting in a clear ice which shows the road surface as just being wet.
You drive along thinking the road is a little wet,and then you wake up hanging in a tree....very scary!
2007-01-14 14:06:06 · answer #3 · answered by oneknight55 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black ice is when:
*Mist (usually from fog) permeates asphalt with its moisture.
*This moisture then freezes within and just a bit on top of the asphalt.
*The frozen area seems strangely darker ("black") than the rest of the pavement.
*When you drive over black ice, it feels as if your steering wheel has totally malfunctioned.
D'OH!
*Take your foot off of the accelerator.
*DON'T BRAKE ! (You'll spin out and abruptly stop. This might cause your vehicle to flip over, depending upon the position of your vehicle/direction which your vehicle was skidding when the black ice ran out)!
Good luck, I hope this helps.
Que te vaya bien.
2007-01-13 16:55:54 · answer #4 · answered by chuck U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black' ice'
1. a thin sheet of ice, as on a road surface, usually caused by freezing mist and creating hazardous driving conditions.
2. Oceanog.sea ice that is clear enough to show the color of the water underneath
2007-01-13 15:55:07 · answer #5 · answered by mormongirl58 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black ice is a thin and dangerous layer of ice on asphalt (streets). It's invisible. I rolled over my XTerra on black ice. Be very careful!
2007-01-14 06:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
black ice is ice formed that you can not see on any surface concrete or asphalt and is found normally when temperatures are below 32 degrees
2007-01-13 15:51:55 · answer #7 · answered by Good ol boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ususally it's ice you cannot see because it's on some sort of black-top surface like asphalt.
2007-01-13 15:47:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black ice is just ice that forms on blacktop and is hard to see
2007-01-13 18:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by dildosbig 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the road are asphalt and that is black when there is just ice on the road it is hard to see on asphalt so it is called black ice
2007-01-13 15:46:50 · answer #10 · answered by Wicked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋