The country and the world are fucked. Technology has improved at such a rate, that we are now going backwards rapidly.
i get loads of phone calls telling me ive had an accident.... i cant help but check my trousers just in case.. 9 times out of 10 they are incorrect....
Spent some time in Quebec and same there, winter tyres mandatory 01DEC to 15MAR, but recommended from Nov to Apr as well. Most people had a cheap set of rims with winter tires and just swapped them over. IIRC due to the different compound that was more 'flexible' at lower temps, winter tires provide more grip below 7 Deg C in the dry compared to a 'summer tire', and the tread pattern gave better grip in the wet conditions as well as snow, so didn't have to be snow and ice to be of benefit. Canadian 'summer' tires were the same as we use all year in the UK. Normally snow on the ground continuously from Dec to Mar, and obviously a few more snow ploughs available to the council than here and no shortage of salt/grit, but even when the first storm arrived there wasn't the transport chaos there is in the UK. No difference in commute times in winter/summer so there must be something wrong with those Swedish drivers........ Monsieur Bimble.
Agreed. Now if we can only get the Daily Mail and the BBC to stop their condescending pleas and sensationalistic tripe, we might actually be able to work through the weather without someone holding our hands. God forbid...no apron strings!
Tbf, she was quite young and obviously shit scared of the weather but the road was fine. Don't get me started on sitting up people's ass and wonder why someone is rear ended most weeks on the motorway commute. Honestly on the bike I just filter as quick as possible to get away from it. We don't get bad enough weather to warrant winter tyres, iced up roads no matter what tyres is a danger, Anyway, in this instance, it was a main road, gritted.
I love it when it snows, great fun. I wish we could have 1 month of snow then 11 months of sunshine every year, instead we just seem to get 12 months of fecking rain and cold. When the kids were little and it had snowed, I used to do a handbrake turn in the street and accelerate straight into the drive, the kids loved it. Now my daughter just shakes her head, and there`s hell on if I so much as look at the hand brake in my sons car. The youth of today! Don`t forget the winter driving advice on what to have in your car boot either, blankets, shovel, bag of sand, hot soup, flare gun......... Strange there`s no mention of a hi-viz vest, shock horror. Apparently they trigger an attack response in the polar bears that are a common sight on the winter commute to work in this country (this hi-viz attack response is also triggered in most mammals, not just polar bears).
The “bag of sand” is better kept in your jacket rather than the boot, and shouldn’t spoil the tailoring if it’s in used red ones.
When we had the Beast from the East a few years ago I had to make an essential journey in my RWD BMW 330ci.....passing numerous 4x4 Chelsea tractors abandoned at the side of the road as I did so.
The driving standards in London are appalling. Drivers who have no consideration that other road users may have right of way. You know those funny light thingies that show Red to STOP and green to GO? Nah mate my lights always green for me.
