I saw a car with snow tyres fitted today. First time ever for me in the UK.
We fitted winter tyres for the first time this year and this is the first time I've driven on them in snow. They make an incredible difference!
As I don't have a 4x4 this year for the first time in quite a while, I had snow tyres put on the Fiesta. That plus years of experience driving in Sweden mean I'm actually pretty sensible and skilled.
All of those people trapped in cars due to the snow (like the stroppy woman who phoned radio 5 live),
why didn't they heed the warnings and stay at home. I know there would have been people making
deliveries, etc, but as with the woman who had a rant on the radio, she was only visiting friends.
This. In spades! Yes, I went out last night because I was confident I could get home due to the above. And I would indeed have been absolutely fine had it not been for the amount of other idiots on the roads! The sports cars, rear wheel drives, people with absolutely no clue. As soon as there was a bit of a hill, I was stuck because others got stuck. Yet very few people actually got out and helped push!
Last night on the first hill, I pushed: two mercs (one heavy sports modified with a dozy bint behind the wheel who couldn't follow simple instruction), one beemer, a jaguar and an alfa romeo (four times...it's a long hill and I was stuck right behind him!). There were four of us in total pushing all these, yet there was a mile-long queue behind us.
The second hill is steeper and I only got out to push one-a Peugeot. Most had already long stalled or avoided, so after I got him out of the way, I was able to make my way up. Unfortunately I'd had to stop for him halfway up and nearly couldn't restart as I'd lost momentum, but a bit of judicious rocking and a change of wheel direction and I was on my way. I gave a poor soul walking from the train station a lift for a couple of miles when I came upon him at the top of the hill.
