Driving too fast often results in skidding, regardless of weather conditions. In fact, more people are killed or injured in dry-surface skids than in wet-surface skids.

To get control of your vehicle while skidding, you should simultaneously:

• Take your foot off the accelerator or the brake.
• Look and steer in the direction you would like to go.

As the vehicle straightens out (assuming the brakes haven’t locked), the front wheels should also be straightened out to prevent a skid in the opposite direction.

To keep from skidding, slow down as you approach danger spots and don’t accelerate, brake or change direction quickly.