Driving in Canada in the winter: My experience and some driving tips

My ride was a 2024 BMW X5 LCi xDrive and I spent most of the time driving in snowy conditions.

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This video talks about how I coped with driving in Canada during winter & also my experience driving in snow, followed by some tips.

The video is split into two parts:

• 00:01 : My Experience
• 04:39 : My Tips

Those who prefer text may read on from the next post.

I was in the Toronto region from mid-December onwards & had the opportunity to experience proper Winter conditions with a White Christmas & New Year's Eve. Got to experience temperatures as low as - 18 Deg. C to a high of + 8 Deg. C. Also got a couple of sunny days & also a wet rainy day. However, the majority of the time spent was in snowy conditions with a good amount of snowfall experienced.

^ The ride with me was the 2024 BMW X5 LCi xDrive with the 40i engine (B58 + 48V Mild Hybrid system);

Being in the Toronto region the backbone highway is the 401;

407 which is a Toll Route Expressway;

Or the backroads like the Highway 7;

Never did I experience any snow accumulations on these roads.

Thanks to the pre-treatment of Brine;

This is sort of a mixture of salt & water, hoping to lower the freezing point of water & effective to avoid snow/ice accumulation on roads.

If there is any accumulation on roads like this;

Then the snow ploughs come into action, ploughing the snow to the side of the road;

Definitely the highways are prioritised over the back roads or small lanes.

In the case of the Downtown region;

Snow is again ploughed by the snow trucks and if there is excessive snow then there are Snow removal operations conducted where the ploughed snow is collected by the snow trucks and dumped outside city limits at designated snow dumps.

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