insurance excess and driving to work in the snow...

We got about 7cm or so, still made it into work fine - though it took about 10mins to get the car cleared. All the roads were gritted so it was fine.

This is the only time I don't miss RWD - the turbo mx5 on any sort of incline which wasn't gritted (even if it was gritted) did make it for a lot of sideways motion - which is fine, but it's just the others around you that don't appreciate it! It got scary a few times even for me - and often had to end up reversing up steep hills! :D
 
Freefaller said:
We got about 7cm or so, still made it into work fine - though it took about 10mins to get the car cleared. All the roads were gritted so it was fine.
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I think what happens is that when the slightest bit of snow falls all the workshy people who don't really do anything useful and whose employer wouldnt miss them anyway use it to boost their annual leave. As you've quite clearly demonstrated if you've got half a brain its not exactly difficult or impossible to get in :p
 
Unless by some miracle the staircase inside got hit by a blizzard and I couldn't get downstairs I can't use snow as a feasable excuse not to work :)
 
If it's genuinely impossible to get in then I understand. On the 2nd of Feb this year, it was too dangerous for me to drive, and I couldn't even pull out of my drive! The trains were delayed/cancelled, and I live 6 miles away from work and walking there would be pointless - so I didn't go in. I spent 2hrs trying to though. Didn't enjoy not being at work, and manage to RAS into work and get on with what I could.

Today, for me, whilst it needed a bit of effort to clear a path, it really wasn't bad enough - ok so I got in a little later than I normally get in so what - everyone knows there's snow. :) I don't like the "oh there's snow, and the news says I should stay at home... so I will" - that attitude is frankly pathetic.
 
[TW]Fox;15550381 said:
I think what happens is that when the slightest bit of snow falls all the workshy people who don't really do anything useful and whose employer wouldnt miss them anyway use it to boost their annual leave. As you've quite clearly demonstrated if you've got half a brain its not exactly difficult or impossible to get in :p
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mines shut, am i allowed to stay at home mr fox?

or should i go sit outside the gates with a laptop
 
Freefaller said:
If it's genuinely impossible to get in then I understand. On the 2nd of Feb this year, it was too dangerous for me to drive, and I couldn't even pull out of my drive! The trains were delayed/cancelled, and I live 6 miles away from work and walking there would be pointless - so I didn't go in. I spent 2hrs trying to though. Didn't enjoy not being at work, and manage to RAS into work and get on with what I could.

Today, for me, whilst it needed a bit of effort to clear a path, it really wasn't bad enough - ok so I got in a little later than I normally get in so what - everyone knows there's snow. :) I don't like the "oh there's snow, and the news says I should stay at home... so I will" - that attitude is frankly pathetic.
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Yeah in Feb I couldn't even get back on my drive after trying twice to get to work :( Had to abandon the car 5 metres from my front door and wade the rest of the way :(

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I enjoyed my journey to work. Lots of people scared of a bit of dandruff.... I spent most of the time behind them warming up the tyres with a bit of snake action followed by a nice drift across the empty car park. No hairy moments if you judge speed and steering accordingly.

It's a mass skive, all the sales team driving audi's etc and are "working from home".....
 
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Freefaller said:
LOL @ enormous risk.
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How many people have accidents in this weather? Loads. You can't stop people sliding in to the back of you, so why bother driving 50 miles in falling snow when you can do everything you need... from home?

Someone in a van drove in to the back of me the other week and it was barely greasy. Add snow to the mix and he's probably now driven off a cliff.
 
Last year a colleague was driving to work on the motorway, traffic had come to a standstill and she was approaching it. So what did she do when her brakes didn't respond well in her little clio? she ripped the handbrake up...

I'd rather the morons stayed at home tbh. More empty car parks for idiots like me :D
 
PMKeates said:
How many people have accidents in this weather? Loads. You can't stop people sliding in to the back of you, so why bother driving 50 miles in falling snow when you can do everything you need... from home?

Someone in a van drove in to the back of me the other week and it was barely greasy. Add snow to the mix and he's probably now driven off a cliff.
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I used to drive plenty of times in the alps, people don't have any more accidents there.

It's not an enormous risk, it's an enormous risk if people don't drive within the conditions of the roads or don't know how to drive with a bit of snow.

It's no more of a risk than relying on your DSC system.

It's preople just not knowing how to drive in a multitude of conditions. Driving in the snow is fine if you have the right kit (snow tyres etc..() and know how to do it.)
 
People driving in the alps have more experience driving in snow, the rate of four wheel drive vehicles is higher, people fit winter tyres etc. etc. That just doesn't happen here. People drive on summer tyres all year round and only have experience of a few days of snow each year.

Additionally, we do not live in the alps, so it's not really useful to use that as a point of reference for saying that we don't have more accidents.
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It's not an enormous risk, it's an enormous risk if people don't drive within the conditions of the roads or don't know how to drive with a bit of snow.
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A lot of people don't. Therefore, it is a risk.
 
If it really is treacherous outside then of course you've got to make a judgement call. However I'm sure lots of people will say "oh it's snowing I'm not going out, it's too dangerous" with barely a coating of snow on the floor. It's less dangerous than black ice which we get regularly here.
 
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