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I had something that happened a few weeks ago. I was heading to school on the backroads. I should have taken the highway that day, but didn't. I was coming up to a light that had just turned green. I was going about 20mph and there was a large pickup a ways ahead of me. Someone decided to make a left turn at the last second right in front of him and the pickup hit his brakes. I started to slow down and was on black ice at the time, which i wasn't aware of. As soon as i applied the brakes i could feel my tires sliding (no ABS on my car). I saw that the pickup was sliding as well, but he was stopping faster than i was. I swore i was gonna hit him. I turned the wheel and somehow managed to get my car toward the right into the brake down lane area while it was still sliding to avoid rear ending him.
I have driven in snow many times, but that was the first time i've ever experienced black ice and it was definitely scary. There was actually a lot of black ice all over the road that day and that's why i should have taken the highway. I slid a few more times, mainly when making turns, but nothing near as bad as almost hitting that truck. I can't even imagine what would have happened if i was going faster. The psl in that area is 35mph and i was going slow because i had seen a ways ahead that the light was red, and it had just turned green. I was definitely blessed that day that i didn't get into an accident or anything else.
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