My unfavorite section of I-40 in the winter months is just east of Amarillo (in fact any section of Interstate in Texas can be problematic -- no matter the local conditions).

Only one uncontrolled slide? Sheesh, I consider it a personal record of achievement if I can keep under one per season! But maybe you have more sense than I do -- I figure severe weather is just another good excuse to go driving.

Sneezes are always good excuses for those unplanned horizonal shifts.

I have another one that often happens to inexperienced 4-WD drivers. It happened to me too -- on an icy cliff on the approach to Yosemite Valley one snowy February: While under power using 4-WD, if one lets up too fast on the accelerator (which could be caused by one's reaction to seeing another vehicle coming around a corner in your lane...) it has the exact same effect as stepping on the brake. When it happend to me -- the <a href = "http://www.roadtripamerica.com/phoenix/imap.htm">Phoenix One</a> executed a perfect, slow-motion 140 degree turn on a two-lane road (with a 200-foot drop-off on Megan's side of the truck) and we gently careened into a snow bank, narrowly missing (by inches) the fender of the vehicle I was attempting to avoid. I will never forget the size of that other driver's eyes as he held on to his steering wheel as he anticipated that nudge that would push his truck over the cliff --

When your off-road "go" truck weighs 7.5 tons, it is possible to find oneself in a variety of situations, that are better off not spoken about too often.

Mark