i drive back to the Okanagan every Christmas, and as a result have driven through some pretty bad conditions. growing up in BC though and driving mountain roads all my life i've never thought too much about it, the only problems i have is having to follow a car with red or green plates who obviously has no clue on how to drive in the mountains. just stay calm, go with the flow of traffic, and for the love of god stay in the right lane if you don't want to pass when those stretches come up. nothing is more infuriating than being stuck behind someone doing 50 km/h the whole way only to floor it to 120 when the wide and straight passing lanes appear
but winter tires are a must. i'd wager that in all the accidents you'll see along the way, every car in the ditch or flipped on it's side has all season tires
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