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Comment by potato3732842

2 hours ago

>And, like you said, people think that an AWD car will stop faster.

The only people I know who think this way are made up people who exist only in the minds of people seeking to validate a purchasing decision.

I remembering driving in a near-blizzard in Connecticut one night (got caught out in it; this wasn’t on purpose), and feeling like this explanation was the only one that made sense. I had a Pontiac G6 at the time, which was a fairly boring FWD sedan. Having learned to drive in Nebraska, I was decent at driving in snow, so I tootled along at about 25 MPH. I was being passed by SUVs and trucks, and then felt vindicated from seeing many of them off the road a few miles later.

I would’ve stopped to help, but I was concerned that if I lost momentum, I wouldn’t get going again.