It's snowing

Been told to wait till 9am before leaving for work by the boss. Getting out of my car park at home is going to be fun as the entrance to it is sheet ice on an upward slope :(
 
Walking to my car this morning, I was chuckling to myself at the thought of how many people were going to use the snow as an excuse to not go to work. As it turns out, I can't drive to the top of the road because I can't get traction. It took all of my driving ability (and the help of a guy with a plank of wood, what a lifesaver) to manoeuvre the car back into a parking spot without pranging other cars. So here I am, not going to work because of snow just like all the other people I was mentally laughing at. Egg... on... face.

Edit: I'll try again this afternoon. Might as well turn up for a partial day if possible.
 
Well we've got about 4/5 inches of snow here, all the buses are showing as "not in service" as they go by. Still picking people up mind, however I work in bath and the M4 is down to 1 lane and I suspect the road from the M4 to bath is ruined :p
 
SlyReaper said:
Walking to my car this morning, I was chuckling to myself at the thought of how many people were going to use the snow as an excuse to not go to work. As it turns out, I can't drive to the top of the road because I can't get traction. It took all of my driving ability (and the help of a guy with a plank of wood, what a lifesaver) to manoeuvre the car back into a parking spot without pranging other cars. So here I am, not going to work because of snow just like all the other people I was mentally laughing at. Egg... on... face.

Edit: I'll try again this afternoon. Might as well turn up for a partial day if possible.
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now they are all laughing at u. From their bed's i might add
 
arknor said:
for 3 inches? wtf
we have over a foot up here and the buses are still on and people are still walking down the road
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2cm that's all it took to stop the buses here. I was not impressed as my wife got stuck in town when they just stopped running them.

No offence to anyone but after growing up in north America and dealing with -40 winters on a regular basis I would have to say that the majority of Europeans are clueless when it comes to getting around in winter.
 
Larkspeed said:
No offence to anyone but after growing up in north America and dealing with -40 winters on a regular basis I would have to say that the majority of Europeans are clueless when it comes to getting around in winter.
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The difference is they get weather like that for a few months every year and as such spend the money to deal with it.

It's cheaper for us to loose some business days, than to folk out all that money.
 
Larkspeed said:
2cm that's all it took to stop the buses here. I was not impressed as my wife got stuck in town when they just stopped running them.

No offence to anyone but after growing up in north America and dealing with -40 winters on a regular basis I would have to say that the majority of Europeans are clueless when it comes to getting around in winter.
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like the ones that cant get out of there parking areas :|

man up get a SHOVEL clear a path to the main road thats probably within view of your car once your on a road thats traveled by a lot of cars the tires will gain traction.
 
arknor said:
like the ones that cant get out of there parking areas :|

man up get a SHOVEL clear a path to the main road thats probably within view of your car once your on a road thats traveled by a lot of cars the tires will gain traction.
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Perhaps you'd like to come round to mine and do that then, have fun spending 3 hours clearing a path to the nearest main road to my house then ;)
 
arknor said:
like the ones that cant get out of there parking areas :|

man up get a SHOVEL clear a path to the main road thats probably within view of your car once your on a road thats traveled by a lot of cars the tires will gain traction.
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A decidedly dodgy proposition when you have to go up one steep hill and down another steep hill to get there. If I managed to get the car to the top of the hill, I'd just slide down onto the main road with no way to stop. I have too high a regard for my own skin to try pulling that stunt.
 
Got quite a bit over night in SE London, a few inches worth at least. It's lovely! It also meant that getting to work was bliss as there was no one on the roads! :cool:
 
AcidHell2 said:
The difference is they get weather like that for a few months every year and as such spend the money to deal with it.

It's cheaper for us to loose some business days, than to folk out all that money.
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True they do put more money into it but only because they maintain longer because as you said it goes on for months.

When I lived in the UK I rarely saw council doing pre-emptive salting or gritting. They knew it was going to freeze or snow but don't move until after it happens.

But that aside the maintenance they do on roads in North America is not so much to "clear" but more to keep them at a consistent level of slipperiness.

For example when I lived in Edmonton all they used to do was plough the road to about a ½ centimetre off the roads surface so they did not damage the roads with the plough.

This means that from the time it snows (late nov early dec) until it melts (around march) you are driving on a layer of packed snow so essentially a skating rink.

People there just know how to drive on it
 
Not too much at all in SW London here ... although there should be more during the day.

Cycling to work shouldn't be a problem as its mainly along main roads, but the way to the bottom of the road should be ... fun :p
 
Getting to the point where I'm having problems opening my velux window now.

Hell even car hubcaps are an inch thicker with snow.
 
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