Ok, I knew that the Crossfire is not the best with snow, but today was a truly harrowing experience. Fortunately, my house is near my office, but the first time I applied breaks at a stoplight, going about 10 MPH, the car slid, and if I did not swerve into the embankment, would have hit the car in front of me.....It's weird, it feels like one part of the breaks simply doesn't respond in the snow. I have an automatic transmission.

PLEASE, I need concrete suggestions on avoiding getting into an accident in the snow. I think one thing I can do is that when I leave my office today, manually try to get the snow out of the tires, and also wait a few minutes for my car to warm up. Are these good ideas? Any other suggestions? Would switching to 4th or 3rd gear help? (BTW, I only have one automobile, so the suggestion of don't drive a crossfire isn't a good one, though perhaps because I'm near my office, when I don't have an outside meeting, I could take a taxi I suppose)

Much obliged