To all those saying London Buses should NOT have been suspensed.

[Over Clocker]

I know the snow in Surrey was a lot worse than in London etc etc,

But i've just had a Surrey double decker bus slide down the hill, as I was driving up the hill.

Seeing a massive vehicle like this moving down a hill whilst all of its wheels are locked up is very scary!!

 

[syke]

Where abouts was this?

 

[Over Clocker]

Where abouts was this?

Around Epsom Downs areas.

 

[Mr-White]

cause much damage ?

MW

 

[Solari]

I like the way Red Ken was sniping at Boris about this, but when asked how many accidents there were last time buses were allowed to run in these conditions he couldn't come back with anything other than speculation that there probably weren't any... Last time we had these conditions, I doubt the buses had any driver assistance systems such as ABS

The gritters still should have been out beforehand though...

 

[4p]

drop any good loot?

 

[Septh]

drop any good loot?

lmao

 

[Jonny69]

It was a bit silly that they weren't running all day when most of the main roads were clear by midday, even out here in Kent.

Not that most of us had any use for a bus by that point. We were all playing in the park!

 

[Solari]

Not that most of us had any use for a bus by that point. We were all playing in the park!

My whole street erupted into a snowball fight... awesome Still laughing about it. Got a lot of neighbours talking to each other as well.

 

[Over Clocker]

cause much damage ?

MW

Not a great deal as it was very slow and a quiet road, ended up knocking down a wall and resting in bushes!

Obviously, in different circumstances, this could have been much worse, considering on the other side of the road in a hill full of snow, ful of people sliding down it!

 

[6thElement]

Bus company should have put chains on

 

[Raymond Lin]

But i thought London is as flat as a pancake ?

 

[qqg3]

You people need more gritters down there.

 

[Energize]

I haven't visited london many times, but I don't recall there being many steep hills in the city that couldn't have been bypassed?

 

[HamZilla]

Whaddya mean "you people"?!!

 

[Hxc]

drop any good loot?

Points to you good sir

 

[Cookie-Monster]

The gritters still should have been out beforehand though...

and run it past me again how well grit works in heavy snow? (the snow was heavy enough to make gritting completely ineffective)

today was a different case when the slush from yesterday iced over, but gritting would have been a waste of time on Mon.

 

[Over Clocker]

But i thought London is as flat as a pancake ?

This is in Surrey.....

Any anyway, apart from Central London, most of outer London, especially South London, has a fair few hills!

 

[Over Clocker]

You people need more gritters down there.

And this would have helped how?

 

[Marky]

drop any good loot?

Har har

It was pretty icy today Scary stuffs