Sprinkle of snow = 90% of drives become complete ****s

As always, its a question of having a bit of sense.
I am perfectly happy to drive slow in these conditions, and Im also happy to give someone some distance if they are going a bit slower.


You are obviously a young driver, and have not suffered the expense of a silly mistake.
You might say I'm being presumptuous, but then again, if you have ever gotten into an accident that was beyond anyone's control, then you wouldn't have spouted off in the first instance.

I would suggest you go home and have a good think about what a great big boobie you are.
 
CS||nuTs said:
Pretty much the whole section from The Black Cat to J13 at Milton Keynes was crap, tomorrow likely to be worse, might have a snow day :)
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Glad it wasn't just me - almost got sideswiped by a KA that tried to overtake me only to run headfirst into those compressed ice/snow patches and swerve out of control!

Soon got behind me rather sheepishly :D

Snowing proper heavy in Woburn as well, near it, don't know how long it lasted though :)
 
Lashout_UK said:
Glad it wasn't just me - almost got sideswiped by a KA that tried to overtake me only to run headfirst into those compressed ice/snow patches and swerve out of control!

Soon got behind me rather sheepishly :D

Snowing proper heavy in Woburn as well, near it, don't know how long it lasted though :)
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Road was that bad i thought i had a puncture.
 
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Can I do TWO things:
Firstly i would like to say "Posting in a potentially epic thread" FOR THE IRONY :p

Secondly when i made a thread JUST LIKE this one about a month ago i imagine the weather was like yours Camelpaw,

TODAY however, not good! thick snow everywhere, no grit on the roads.
I suspect much like the posters in my thread at the time. hard driving conditions like 20 mph feels like your dicing with death on a NSL road today.
The Gti-6 has performed admirably though getting me out of all kinds of trouble today, and saving 4 collegues from a 3 hour walk.

Anyway everyone else dont assume the conditions where he is are the same as where you are. Britain is small but not THAT small

Peace!
 
People driving at normal speed in terrible conditions is what really winds me up...

The amount of people that come right up to your backside when there is ice/snow/sludge on the road and the visibilty is bad is just crazy.
 
As has been said time and time again in these threads, it is better to have people go slowly and take these conditions at their own pace then to have them go rambo and think they are Sebastien Loeb's more skilled Cousin.

Also be glad you're actually moving. In London if it snows you go absoultely nowhere. It took us all of 3 hours to do 5 miles the other day thanks to traffic, and that was right on the outskirts as well.
 
This just in: "Sprinkling of snow" closing major airports and resulting in people abandoning their cars on motorways.

I'd love to know which part of the country has a "sprinkle of snow", because I was sliding all over the place except on the main roads (although I did overtake someone doing 15 in a 50, that's just ridiculous).

Imo the problem is people not being able to drive smoothly. If you snatch the steering in these conditions you're going to lose traction on pretty much any road, but if you're smooth you can make decent progress.
 
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Camelpaw said:
I've been sat behind so many idiots today doing 10-15mph in a 30-50, and it's just not necessary. Sure, the roads are a bit slippery and require to use your brain slightly more than normal, but really?
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Do you know what their cars handle like in the snow?
Do you know how much tread their tyres have or what brand they are?
Do you know how experienced at driving in the snow they are?

Would you prefer that they drove faster and risked crashing into you?

I'm quite happy to potter along in weather like this. I've just popped out to KFC and didn't exceed 50mph all the way, no need in conditions like today. Sure it might save me 30 seconds on my journey but I'll take that hit in the name of safety thanks.
 
It took us all of 3 hours to do 5 miles the other day thanks to traffic, and that was right on the outskirts as well.
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Well that's the other side of it. Majority of the time I've been out in it, getting your speed up past 30mph was borderline impossible.

I actually burst out laughing when I got to the motorway last Thursday night (deep snow everywhere) and they had the big signs up "40mph", like as if anyone was threatening to go over that. :D
 
eidolon said:
Do you know what their cars handle like in the snow?
Do you know how much tread their tyres have or what brand they are?
Do you know how experienced at driving in the snow they are?
Would you prefer that they drove faster and risked crashing into you?
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I don't need to know, all I know if they're going too slow.

Not a clue, but in the same way, I have no idea what tyres are on my own car. They have tread, that's all I need to know really. I'm not as into cars as some of you guys :)

Probably more than me. I've been out in the snow about 4 times.

Yes, I would prefer they drove faster. As has been said, it's just common sense really... Just drive sensibly, don't fly round corners and watch out for ice. Just going in a straight line down a fairly main road isn't difficult.

Felix said:
What you thought was acceptable, and what is acceptable, maybe 2 different things.
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Hence the quote marks. The same way as I don't consider the driving I saw today 'acceptable'...
 
I had my fwd Leon last year in the snow, it was brilliant and i could drive reasonably quickly in the snow, never got stuck once etc etc. Now i have a fwd A3 and it cant hack the snow for toffee, due to the rubbish tyres (finance companys choice :rolleyes:) Ive been stuck 4 times so far and when i was out on the roads it was very difficult to maintain traction. However driving slowly helped.

Not all cars will do 30mph in these conditions, and if they can (like in my A3) its stupidly dangerous.

Oh and by the way this "sprinkling of snow" is a foot and a half deep in my garden.

Camelpaw said:
Yes, I would prefer they drove faster. As has been said, it's just common sense really... Just drive sensibly, don't fly round corners and watch out for ice. Just going in a straight line down a fairly main road isn't difficult.
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And what happens when a small child runs out in front of you or a car pulls/skids out in front of you from a side road when doing 30mph? Braking distances on snow and ice arent exactly brilliant, but then again i assume you know this since you're clearly a master snow driver after your whole FOUR outings.
 
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