Have you ever gone ice skating? It's pretty much the same thing except in your car.

 

Eh don't apologize. Everyone has their own driving style.

When I had my learner's permit, my stepdad took me out to a church parking lot in his '76 Chrysler wagon (think 2 1/2 tons of metal and bald tires) and taught me how to control slides in the snow. He said, you need to know how to control the car when it's sliding so you can be prepared for WHEN you slide. Did things like just drive along and an imaginary car in front suddenly stops, try to swerve around it/slow down without hitting it. And get the car spinning and stop the spin. Things like that.

Then my first car was similarly big (think powerful big block Ford in 2 1/2 tons of metal) and driving it on the street I quickly learned that if you're not spinning the tires, you're simply not moving.

I've put maybe 125,000 "personal" miles on my cars, and for the RWDs this little rule of thumb has always applied for me. Then there was the 30k I put in a 4WD Subaru, that rule of thumb didn't apply because it simply didn't have a problem. (Unless you park the car on a 3' snow drift and expect to get moving again the next day)