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Simple sock hack to walk on ice without slipping can save your life Credits: Social Media
By Chaitra Krishnamurthy

Simple sock hack to walk on ice without slipping can save your life

By Chaitra Krishnamurthy

Accidents are common in winter, especially when you have to walk on extremely slippery ice. But, a simple sock hack can save your life.

TikTok users have shared a number of easy yet efficient hacks to get through the harsh winter. Previously, we showed you how to get your car unstuck from snow using floor mats. Now, let’s look at the simple hack to walk steadily on ice that users are raving about.

Couple Skating Outside, Man Falling
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Simple sock hack to walk on the ice without slipping

All you need is a pair of socks, preferably old, to walk effortlessly on ice without slipping.

When nothing else works and even shoes with the strongest grips fail to stick to the ice underneath, just follow a few simple steps:

  1. Make sure you have a pair of shoes on.
  2. Take a pair of socks and wear them over your shoes.
  3. Try walking on the ice to feel the strong grip.

Several people living in the snowy regions have filmed themselves walking on ice without slipping after wearing socks over their shoes. If it’s snowing outside, you should try this too.

Yes, it may look silly, but what would you rather do – walk with socks over your shoes or be forced to use crutches after having a nasty fall?

It’s way easier to walk with socks over shoes

The hack works on a simple traction effect, which is created when the wet sock comes in contact with ice.

The brilliant hack has even prompted users to ask if there are socks available for tires so they don’t slip on ice. Only the science and mechanics of a vehicle can explain that.

As far as humans are concerned, the sock hack is highly effective on ice when worn over the shoes.

Thanking the content creators for the sharing this hack, one user wrote: “I walk with my son for an hour in frozen Wisconsin worried that we may break open our skull. Totally trying this hack.”

“Be prepared for everyone wearing socks outside now,” joked another.

A third person said: “Ive learned more from TikTok than I did during my 20 years of schooling.”