Snow Victim...

Skeeter · 2 Feb 2009 at 18:19

Pfff...

I made it the 35 miles to and 35 miles from work fine. Yes the route home took nearly 2 hours, but no drama and a large amount was ungritted B road.

The number of cars with head sized clearings in the windscreen and nothing else was quite frankly shocking!

mikeossy · 2 Feb 2009 at 18:37

I too came very close to this predicament.....then I regained my common sense and put the car away!!

Hilly · 2 Feb 2009 at 18:49

I also became a victim! Driving along nicely and my windscreen wipers stopped working. Had to change the fuse!

Nothing as bad as you though OP, feel for ya!

Minxy · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:00

jamoor said:
Accident damage must be a good line of work at the moment

Here is hoping, god knows the industry could do with some bad weather. It's dead at the moment in a lot of bodyshops. However most insurance companies pay shops crap money so they are the only ones who really benefit when they bump up everyones premiums next year.

AmDaMan · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:04

Unlucky mate! Has that car got ABS? That really saved me yesterday at the bottom of a junction, it was going crazy but I still had steering and it stopped me nicely.

LizardKing · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:06

did the same but only managed to bend part of the suspension hitting a curb side on at 5mph, will be having a proper look when the snow clears, hopefully its no more than just the tie rods!

Noni Juice · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:21

jamoor said:
HAHAHAHA
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=643108&nmt=Caught a guy trying too hard in the snow...

LMFAO

Spike_UK · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:22

Ouch

I'm glad I didn't have to go anywhere. If I donked my RX8 I think I would cry.

Jez · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:22

jamoor said:
HAHAHAHA
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=643108&nmt=Caught a guy trying too hard in the snow...

Same car?

Morba · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:29

Jez said:
Same car?

nah coincidence i think.
Bath is far to far away for that accident to be in brighton, unless the OP was in brighton that night.

Sparky · 2 Feb 2009 at 21:04

My normal 80 mile round-trip usually takes 40 min each way, today that doubled easily.

Malt_Vinegar · 2 Feb 2009 at 21:41

Witnessed two accidents outside my front door this morning, and countless more happened within my estate!

Lady locked up and slid head first into a lorry in her Yaris. Helped her out, and took her home, and whilst doing that saw a chap in a vectra nail it into the kerb. Yaris was a mess, and the vectra was making some funny noises before being abandoned a short distance from the Yaris.

The roads on my new estate are not yet adopted by the council, and this means they dont get gritted. So I worked from home today. It was like an ice rink.

Had a mini thaw out earlier, and it looks like it going to snow and re-freeze tonight. Gawd only know what it will be like in the morning

James_N · 3 Feb 2009 at 00:55

Suprising how poor most peoples driving is in the snow, People just dont have common sense!

Scania · 3 Feb 2009 at 04:08

James_N said:
Suprising how poor most peoples driving is in the snow, People just dont have common sense!

+1

I managed 380 miles today in my 44tonner without incident, despite the mayhem around me.

People just don't adjust their driving style to suit the conditions.

O.P., Airbag deployed @ 10MPH? - Thats bad imo.

Jez · 3 Feb 2009 at 09:17

Not just car drivers who seemingly cant cope mate, i got stuck for hours on the M25 yesterday due to jackknifed trucks.

clv101 · 3 Feb 2009 at 09:24

It seems there is a massively increased probability of accident in snow, 100-fold? Maybe even more? Could well be more, years of snow-free, accident-free driving then first sign of snow and bang.

With the stastictis so bad why to people even bother? Just stay at home, it's only ever a day or two per year. It just isn't worth the risk. And even you think you're god's gift to snow driving... the guy behind you might not be.

Jez · 3 Feb 2009 at 09:31

clv101 said:
With the stastictis so bad why to people even bother? Just stay at home, it's only ever a day or two per year. It just isn't worth the risk. And even you think you're god's gift to snow driving... the guy behind you might not be.

Not everyone's occupations are as forgiving as yours, it seems. I had no choice yesterday, and if it wasn't for a part not arriving at a customer's site today, i would have had to have been out in my (uber dangerous in the snow due to huge tyres, rwd, automatic, etc etc) car again today.

Hencore · 3 Feb 2009 at 09:32

Working in the country side so roads aren't gritted. Came to a T junction slowed fine, turned in and then instantly lost control and slid straight into the wall.

Datamonkey · 3 Feb 2009 at 12:43

Unlucky guys,

Had fun driving in today, had to turn dcs and such off in the e46 convertible. Autos are not much fun in the snow.

Getting a good run up a semi steep hill in luton and some nob pulled out in front of me. Had to slow right down (from 20mph to around 5mph) and was then a mission to get the traction down again.

Griffo · 3 Feb 2009 at 20:13

Malt_Vinegar said:
Witnessed two accidents outside my front door this morning, and countless more happened within my estate!

Lady locked up and slid head first into a lorry in her Yaris. Helped her out, and took her home, and whilst doing that saw a chap in a vectra nail it into the kerb. Yaris was a mess, and the vectra was making some funny noises before being abandoned a short distance from the Yaris.

The roads on my new estate are not yet adopted by the council, and this means they dont get gritted. So I worked from home today. It was like an ice rink.

Had a mini thaw out earlier, and it looks like it going to snow and re-freeze tonight. Gawd only know what it will be like in the morning

Why do you keep Minis in the fridge Red_Wine_Vinegar?

Yesterday was pants but after I'd got hundred yards down the road my manager said "oh work from home" hurrah. Today was uneventful, except Reading got about a hundred little snow-storms.