PLEASE DON'T DRIVE TODAY IF YOU DON'T NEED TO

terrible... Just got home safe, came inches from getting slammed into by an old couple in a micra (hate micra drivers)...

Still need to get to work tommorow...
 
nilagin said:
I quite enjoy driving in the snow. I couldn't wait to get on the road this morning. I was up at 4:30. :lol: Driving was no problem just take it easy and drive sensibly, give yourself plenty of time to brake and don't brake too hard. Treat every other road user with caution as if they don't know what they are doing and you should be fine.
Of course if you don't feel confident stay indoors.
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Very good advise. After living in Canada for 4 years and spending every 4 month out of the 12 is heavy snow you get used to driving in it. Brake early and slowly, use low gears and don't panic. I would like to see everyone have to drive in snow to pass their driving test, this would make the roads a much safer place. Accidents mainly happen because caution is not being taken.
 
Very little snow here in Norfolk, a light sprinkling had settled on the van overnight. Snowed most of the day but nothing settling - drove from Norfolk to near Rutland water and back (A11, A14, A1 etc) with no hassles. In fact it was easier than usual as there was less traffic! Has been raining for the last couple of hours though.
 
When I walked to the shop the speed some cars were going at was amazing.
Zooming out of turnings in front of other cars, whizzing around other bends. Stupid stupid people, the pavements are quite close to the roads where I am as well and quite alot of pedestrians so they would only need to skid and they would crush someone against a wall.

Idiots :bang: :cuckoo:
 
tappilappi said:
Very little snow here in Norfolk, a light sprinkling had settled on the van overnight. Snowed most of the day but nothing settling - drove from Norfolk to near Rutland water and back (A11, A14, A1 etc) with no hassles. In fact it was easier than usual as there was less traffic! Has been raining for the last couple of hours though.
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Not near dersingham :lol: was pretty much covered this morning, you couldn't see where the kerb started and the road finished it was that bad
 
Couldn't drive my bus today! Some routes now running a very limited service but still no 157!
 
You drive a bus K_O_G? What the red ones?

Tony
 
I had great fun practising my hand brake turns on an empty car park yesterday!! :D
 
Ice round here this morning. They even gritted our street for the first time I've ever ever seen. Still too late though.

Saw lots of tits driving this morning over wet / slightly icy roads....too fast...braking too late etc. Same yesterday, I drove yesterday no problems. Took our daughter to school. Took her swimming last night and back again, even went out last night at about 8pm....

It's all about common sense. Apply very little braking, very early. Be very aware, no sharp movements, get into a high gear as soon as possible and everything else falls together.

Oh, and treat every other road user as if theyre trying to kill you, and react accordingly ;) (I do this every day :p)
 
I've seen very few cars around here today, probably due to the fact I live on top of a very steep hill and if you can get down, theres no way you'll get back up again :lol:
 
I live at the end of a bend after a 1 mile straight stretch that often seems to get used as a race track/speed trials. This weather does not seem to have slowed anyone down much. I just want my car back, should have been back (from service and mot) yesterday but they asked if they could bring it back this morning and I am still waiting - now likely to be late afternoon when the best of the light has gone. I did briefly pinch my husband's but it is an automatic which I dislike, and he banned me from leaving the main road. The time I really need my 4x4 and I don't have it!
 
Foggy said:
Mine is firmly attached to the turbo trainer in this weather!
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Yeah so is mine currently in the living room, with its training wheel fitted.
 
well i was there keeping the country going !

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keep on trucking
 
MG TF 135 said:
The main problem is that people do not know how to drive in conditions like this, as it is so rare in this country.
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Back in the 1980s and 1990s, myself and my brother used to take the cars out for a play if there was ice around.

We figured that if you can't control a car in the ice when you are trying to make it slide, there's no way you will if it happens accidently.

(plus it was good fun!)


Steve.
 
Well we had the first decent snowfall in Worcestershire for a long while last night, mostly gone now mind you but there's a lot of talk about the council running out of grit for the roads.




I just treated that sort of talk with a pinch of salt :naughty:




what?... shall I get my coat....:shrug:
 
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