The 'mildness' (if you call +5 mild) lasts for saturday only and then temps start dropping again, will be cold enough for snow again by monday.No more cold or snow till the 16th onwards I don't think, it should get slightly warmer for now.
The 'mildness' (if you call +5 mild) lasts for saturday only and then temps start dropping again, will be cold enough for snow again by monday.No more cold or snow till the 16th onwards I don't think, it should get slightly warmer for now.
this morning around manchester was havoc, the snow has melted and whats left on the streets has hardened into ice
Most of the roads (other than the little estate ones) are all clear now, but the pavements are absolutely lethal! When my dad drops me off a little way from school (on his way to work), I have to walk down a moderately sloping hill next to a busy road, which is absolutely covered in ice! It's actually extremely dangerous, and I have nearly fallen (next to a busy road, and low stone wall on the other side) many times. Walking down to the train station is even worse! wish government would hurry up and make unemployed people do some work, starting with clearing solid ice from the pavements!
It annoys me that all these roads are gritted and no one looks after pavements.
I reckon a good third if not half the people get public transport to work, which will involve walking some distance to/from bus stops/train stations. It's a hazard. No wonder A&E records are up 3 or 4 fold.
So next week's snow will be more than last weeks?
"if we leave the footpath alone, and someone slips, its not our problem.
if we grit the footpath, and someone slips, we can be sued"
Someone needs to invent self-gritting road and pavement surfaces. E.g. add a layer of salt to the top layer of bitumen or something. I know nothing about these things so that might be entirely ridiculous.
It's ridiculous, but true sadly. No wonder no-one tries to help each other out clearing pavements/roads/driveways anymore!
I'm not buying the received wisdom of being sued for clearing snow. It's rubbish.
Will you be given a guarantee you cannot be sued? No, if you recklessly endanger peoples safety by your actions what do you expect?
Not being given an exemption to personal responsibility is not the same as saying you will be sued if somebody has an accident, they would still need to prove your actions contributed to their fall, which they wouldn't, so why does anyone care?
Stupid health and safety paranoid middle management. Easier to sit on your hands than risk firing up both brain cells at once.
It's ridiculous, but true sadly. No wonder no-one tries to help each other out clearing pavements/roads/driveways anymore!
But, Paul Kitson, a partner with leading personal injury solicitors Russell Jones & Walker, explains that a claimant would have to show you had acted either maliciously or carelessly, and that such a case would often be tricky in practice.
"It would be quite difficult to prove and quite difficult to proceed with a claim."
at my daughters school, they do not grit the footpath leading to the school.(the footpath is not on school property, but just leads to the school)
i asked a teacher the reason why and he said
"if we leave the footpath alone, and someone slips, its not our problem.
if we grit the footpath, and someone slips, we can be sued"
i couldn't belive this, but he was adamant it was true, and that it was advice from the council
what a crazy world, or he was pulling my leg
Someone needs to invent self-gritting road and pavement surfaces. E.g. add a layer of salt to the top layer of bitumen or something. I know nothing about these things so that might be entirely ridiculous.
In mother Russia, roads grit you?
Someone needs to invent self-gritting road and pavement surfaces. E.g. add a layer of salt to the top layer of bitumen or something. I know nothing about these things so that might be entirely ridiculous.