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  That too! I coast a lot in the winter when going down hills. Pedal/throttle is your enemy in ice or snow.
context: Lived in New England for over 50 years, and the number of assholes who would tailgate you during a nor'easter was a pet peeve for me. The ones with 4wd vehicles were the worst. 
  LPT: your 4wd truck/car can slide on snow and ice the same as a 2wd sedan. >
  
  LPT #2: if you start sliding in your AWD/4WD, throw it in neutral and it helps stop you immensely. If you keep it in drive you have power actively being applied to the wheels that you’re trying to stop—in neutral that is not happening. Has saved me from a fender bender or two living and driving for work in the High Rockies.
  Unsure how this works for RWD/FWD, though. >
  
  yes !  i will just take my foot off the pedal and let the car find it's own equilibrium.  learned this living in the northern plains.  Just an intuitive thing, but it works for me -