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Harry Kennedy
The Process Essay
“How to Not Crash a Car in a Snow Storm”
It was a gloomy winter day and cars were passing by my house through out the day. The cars did not care about any other car on the road behind or ahead them. When one car pulls out of a blind side street, there is an on coming car that they cannot see. When all of a sudden the car applies their brakes and spins sideways, losing control like a little kid who had just ate ten pixie sticks. The man in the car, who spun out of control, wonders to himself, why he spun out of control and slid across the entire road. The reason could be multiple different things, and they would all probably fit this accident and will describe how the crash was caused.
When an event such as this comes along during a snow storm, there are many different things that you are able to do in order for you to stay on the road and crash free. In a snow storm when u need to stop very quickly because of another car that is going to get in your way, you can do many things such as turn the wheel, press the brakes, even honk the horn and swear at the person and call them inappropriate names. But you only call them names when you don’t have kids in your car, because then they will catch bad habits and end up like you. When you want to stop and prevent this crash you would apply the brakes in a very easy motion. When you apply the breaks you might find your car sliding to one direction. Don’t freak out when this happens and keep both hands on the wheel at all times.
      When you are sliding across the road, fishtailing and throwing snow everywhere, you need to turn the wheel so your car will become back on track and heading straight down the road. The way you turn is when the back end of your car is sliding out to the left you need to turn the steering wheel counter-clockwise. Then when the back end of the car is sliding to the right you need to turn the wheel clockwise. If you turn the wheel the wrong way your car could... [continues]

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