Snow thread 2013

[Ziggy122]

i followed a red bmw, he had cleared front screen with wipers only, think snow on all other windows including the front sides, he entered many roundabouts only luck and other drivers spotting he was a tit prevented him having an accident

Thank god for dash cams - cause i'd love to see his insurance company wriggle and worm on that one when they see his car on video still covered in snow

hell i'd have the bobbies out he can get a ticket for not clearing and then the insurance

Ziggy

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Thank god for dash cams - cause i'd love to see his insurance company wriggle and worm on that one

If he's pulled onto a roundabout and someone has gone into the side of him there is no wriggling and worming wether there is snow on his car or not.

It's simply a case of if caught, you can be done for driving without due car and attention should the police decide to = at least 3 points and £60 fine iirc - as well as a nice insurance increase

 

[Ziggy122]

If he's pulled onto a roundabout and someone has gone into the side of him there is no wriggling and worming wether there is snow on his car or not.

It's simply a case of if caught, you can be done for driving without due car and attention should the police decide to = at least 3 points and £60 fine iirc - as well as a nice insurance increase

yea it'd be his fault - but the fact he cant say i didnt see him
because he's not cleared his car

i dread the day i have my first accident - *touch wood it never happens*

Ziggy

 

[PuntoHowTo]

all go and buy a snow brush, I have one in the back of my car had it for years and its been invaluable just sits there till its needed gets put in the shed over summer.

other people have said its taken them "10 mins to clean off all the snow" or as i did many years ago when caught out, had to dig the snow off with an old CD case as i had no gloves and nothing else in the car, snow brush clears the car in about a minute and you don't risk causing damage waving a broom about (or CD case) and not freezing your hands off or soaking your gloves

no point worrying about what other people are doing if you're not prepared yourself

 

[dave]

i use a silicone blade

 

[PuntoHowTo]

i use a silicone blade

Thats ok, but if there is ice on the body work you can damage the blade for car drying use. and if the snow is deeper than the blade it causes other problems

 

[dave]

i dont use it for car drying, i have another for drying windows

snow was deeper than blade but no problem

 

[PuntoHowTo]

snow was deeper than blade but no problem

well there was you either had to go over it multiple times or stick your hand in the snow......




Say it quick....


Snow Brush !

 

[306maxi]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21176390

A sad reminder of why winter tyres (or simply staying off the road when the conditions are bad) aren't such a bad idea

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I can't understand how both cars went in - surly they'd have left a safe distance between them for the 2nd vehicle to stop after seeing the first go in.

Such a tragic loss though

 

[Dominion]

I can't understand how both cars went in - surly they'd have left a safe distance between them for the 2nd vehicle to stop after seeing the first go in.

Such a tragic loss though

the second car was 5 minutes behind the first. There must have been a particularly icy patch. I image runoff water from the path/road to the river had frozen, and the cars just slid along the path of least resistance. Impossible to say without being there at the time of course.

As 306maxi says, a reminder that Winter tyres may be worthwhile. But to also bring up a previous discussion from another thread, this tragedy is a perfect (although extreme) example of why some schools choose to close in bad weather - this happened during the school run. No school > no school run > the kids still have their dad.

 

[StevenRB45]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21176390

A sad reminder of why winter tyres (or simply staying off the road when the conditions are bad) aren't such a bad idea

Tragic for those involved, but you do have to wonder why in the depths of winter after heavy snow they chose to drive down a bridal path. However I'm sure the surviving family will have many many years to ask themselves that and do so on a regular basis.

 

[306maxi]

Tragic for those involved, but you do have to wonder why in the depths of winter after heavy snow they chose to drive down a bridal path. However I'm sure the surviving family will have many many years to ask themselves that and do so on a regular basis.

Definitely. Don't want to blame anyone obviously, but if they stayed home or chose a better option then this wouldn't have happened.

 

[dave]

T but you do have to wonder why in the depths of winter after heavy snow they chose to drive down a bridal path.

no common sense telling them to go another way or walk

 

[Dominion]

Tragic for those involved, but you do have to wonder why in the depths of winter after heavy snow they chose to drive down a bridal path. However I'm sure the surviving family will have many many years to ask themselves that and do so on a regular basis.

To be honest I thought I knew where it had happened as I used to spend quite a bit of time at Monsal Dale. I thought it was a bridle path that undulated alongside the river, but some 10-15 yds away from it. However, this video suggests it was a bridle path that is right next to the river. If this is the case, then I find it very difficult to imagine what set of circumstances would make it seem reasonable behaviour to drive on this path in any weather, let alone in snow and ice.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Was on the BBC news this evening. The chap was a BBC worker they said.

 

[AgnessGP]

Noticed emergency vehicles driving extremely slow in the conditions, do they not have winter tyres? Shame if not, this sort of weather could have some really bad effects.

 

[Ziggy122]

Noticed emergency vehicles driving extremely slow in the conditions, do they not have winter tyres? Shame if not, this sort of weather could have some really bad effects.

Dowt it, since alot of winter rubbers are softer compounds - and heavy vehicles they'd just simply destroy them

Plus they are all quiet top heavy / high COG so dont blame them
They are the emergency help - not the emergency

Ziggy

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Dowt it, since alot of winter rubbers are softer compounds - and heavy vehicles they'd just simply destroy them

I disagree with that. If a leading supermarket fits them to their home delivery vans without issue no reason the ambulance service / police can't to all of their vehicles.

 

[dave]

I disagree with that. If a leading supermarket fits them to their home delivery vans without issue no reason the ambulance service / police can't to all of their vehicles.

what about speed ratings, deliver vans wont be going as fast as police and ambulance, can you get high speed rating winters?