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ELI5: Why you need to drive in a high gear on ice?

Technical details are very welcome (as long as they aren't too advanced)
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The idea is to prevent the wheels from spinning out.

If you apply too much torque to your wheels (on or off ice), they will end up spinning out. However, on ice this can be achieved with far less torque than it would take to make them spin out on asphalt.

Lower gears will create more torque - that's why you use them to accelerate quicker. However, this also makes you more likely to spin out, which on ice can be very dangerous. One way to prevent this is to switch to a higher gear.