Why are we now **** in snow?

[BigglesPiP]

I didn't notice this happen.

It very much is. Far more students have cars in cities now than young professionals had in even the 70s.

 

[Dup]

Drove my CTR in the same weather last time we had this kind of weather without any issues and I'm doing just the same in the MX5.

Grit does naff all IMO. It's not the fact roads haven't been gritted, it's that they haven't been cleared or used. A plough would make more sense.

 

[jellybeard999]

This is something else I don't get; when did fog lights become snow lights? 90% of cars with fog lights here are using them. Idiots.

According to recent trends they're apparantly also daytime running lights, rain lights, sidelights and main beam.

Pet hate

Drove my CTR in the same weather last time we had this kind of weather without any issues and I'm doing just the same in the MX5.

Grit does naff all IMO. It's not the fact roads haven't been gritted, it's that they haven't been cleared or used. A plough would make more sense.

Grit only works in combination with traffic use. It needs to be trodden in to do anything.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Experience may have led to you parking it somewhere else so even in snow you can get it onto a main road......

The main road is a mile away.

 

[Oggie]

It very much is. Far more students have cars in cities now than young professionals had in even the 70s.

Roughly how much cheaper is it to own a car today than, let's say for example it was in the 70's?

 

[Pixel]

More women drivers.

 

[Simon]

It very much is. Far more students have cars in cities now than young professionals had in even the 70s.

Were you even alive then?

 

[mjt]

i think there is a serious amount of snow in England this winter.

certainly more than usual. people don't have experience of driving in snow, but most importantly SUMMER TYRES DON'T WORK IN SNOW.

there really isn't much more to it

 

[I get around]

People are prepared for snow in countries where it's a common occurance.
Thats the fact of the matter. Few people over here will own snow tyres, chains etc.
Which is why we're so rubbish in snow, I tried to get out of the street today, no dice, but I don't have the money to buy snow tyres which will only very very rarely get used.

We were never "good" in snow in the UK.

Driving is proportionately cheaper than it once was, as in, more people earn enough to own a car. Cars are cheaper to buy and more reliable.

 

[Duke]

This is something else I don't get; when did fog lights become snow lights? 90% of cars with fog lights here are using them. Idiots.

Think of them as low IQ lamps if used in the wrong conditions.

 

[SoliD]

This is something else I don't get; when did fog lights become snow lights? 90% of cars with fog lights here are using them. Idiots.

What if visibility is less than 100m due to the snow falling and the highway code recommends use of fog lights.

 

[LSPIII]

tyre thickness or no tyre thickness, I plain don't have the ground clearance to get off my drive!

 

[mjt]

tyre thickness or no tyre thickness, I plain don't have the ground clearance to get off my drive!

do you not own a shovel?

 

[bobert50]

The main road is a mile away.

and a mile is what, a 10 minute walk?

 

[LSPIII]

do you not own a shovel?

Which gets me to a main road... What then? Not all of us have a destination that's right off a main road. All the side roads off my road are impassable. The same would go for my office car park. Why bother?

That and I'm ill

 

[Participant]

Lack of experience...

Experience wasn't going to get my car up the drive this morning.

I don't think that he was talking about lack of experience being to blame in every single scenario.

It's nothing to do with experience.

On occasions, of course it is.

 

[Rain Man]

People are prepared for snow in countries where it's a common occurance.
Thats the fact of the matter. Few people over here will own snow tyres, chains etc.

nail on the head imo. Obviously people in Poland etc are going to be good at driving in the snow due to the fact they will have a guaranteed few inches of snow for a couple of months a year. Over here your average Joe isn't going to go out and splash out on a Range Rover with studded tyres because we get a bit of heavy snow once in a while.

Lack of experience/equipment due to our climate, simple as that....imo obviously.

 

[PhillyDee]

I dont think I have ever seen cars with snow chains on . . . .

It is a fact that we do not get snow like this. This is an exception and I have never ever seen it this bad myself. First time I drove in bad snow was 2 weeks ago. Learned a hell of a lot that night. Even so, experience doesnt stop accidents.
Although it is fun to slide around Asda car park . . .

 

[Rain Man]

Even so, experience doesnt stop accidents.
Although it is fun to slide around Asda car park . . .

Exactly right, although it can help in most situations it certainly doesn't hide the fact that our cars arent equipped for this weather

 

[Fr0dders]

I dont think I have ever seen cars with snow chains on . . . .

It is a fact that we do not get snow like this. This is an exception and I have never ever seen it this bad myself. First time I drove in bad snow was 2 weeks ago. Learned a hell of a lot that night. Even so, experience doesnt stop accidents.
Although it is fun to slide around Asda car park . . .

Last time we had snow like this was 20 years ago.

At the time i was far too overjoyed to have a week off school, and far too young to be interested in learning to drive on it.

If people cant learn to use indicators properly, or how to park properly

what chance have we got of teaching people to drive in bad snow when it only does it for a few days once every 20 years ?