Crashed my Car in the Snow

Traffic in Michigan, photo by @TheRealCyberelf
So, my week of getting into good sleep habits has got off to a really bad start: Yesterday morning I crashed my car in the snow.
It had just started snowing and my son called to say he’d forgotten to take his backpack (with his lunch in) to school.
So I got myself ready enough, put the backpack and my two-year-old into the car and set off on the snowy roads, not thinking much about it.
I noticed a little bit of skidding at a junction on the way, but remembered to keep slowing down gradually and braking slowly, with gaps in between and it was ok.