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@railscenes4959 I live in Michigan. Grew up driving rear wheel drive vehicles in snow and ice. I used to race an 89 crown vic against my friend's jeep in heavy snow when the roads were supposed to be shut down (in high school then). I got very good at intentional spins, drifts, donuts and correcting a spin. Ever since, I've taken every vehicle I've owned out on an empty road or parking lot and tested it the first chance I get in the snow. I've already done that with the Tesla. You can get up to speed, lift off the accelerator (which induces regenerative braking) and yank on the wheel. Within any real degree of reason, it will immediately regain control and prevent a spin. It reacts in milliseconds, which is much faster than you or I can. It will operate the brakes and motor to spin or slow any wheels necessary, which is a better option than just throwing it in neutral and trying to steer. My first winter with the car, I was on a back road in light snow at right around the freezing mark, with high winds. The roads were fine until I came upon a stop sign next to a field. The snow had blown off of the field and onto the road. The traffic had been melting the snow and then the wind would freeze it and cover it with a thin layer of snow. I figured there might be ice, so I pretended the stop sign was about 200 ft closer than it actually was and pretended I wasn't taking ice into consideration. I tried to stop the car like you would in normal conditions, which started a skid and the back end started to try and overtake the front. Before I could even try to correct anything, the car did it for me. All the way to a stop. I didn't even have to steer. It's not fool proof and I can see a situation where a good drive could save the car when it can't figure out how to save itself. However, it's damn impressive and for the vast majority of people and situation(like I described above), it's superior to a human. I used to hate the idea of automated systems in cars. I always said there was no way I'd ever drive a car that could take control away from me or prevent me from driving how I wanted to (I used to be a very aggressive driver). Then I bought a Tesla and with technology where it's at, I'll eat my words. However, you are always able to take control back from the car. Driver input overrides the the automated systems at all times.