Paul_J
Member
Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
User status: Offline
|
Tried to go to work this morning but it was slippy as fuck, even the main roads hadn't been gritted. Had to leave my car on a side road as it got stuck on a slope... just walked home.
While walking home I took this vid... bare in mind - this is the 'MAIN' road, the busiest in the town... yet look how ungritted it is... ice everywhere. Bearing in mind this is the main road, imagine all the other side roads... 100 times worse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jiGJ0cgpJg
[Edited on 13-01-2010 by Paul_J]
|
Tommy L
Member
Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
User status: Offline
|
The roads round here hadn't been gritted. Really slippy out. Although i did see a gritter on the way to work this morning. Better late than never 
|
Matt L
Member
Registered: 17th Apr 06
User status: Offline
|
none of our roads have bin gritted either, a few roads have started to clear dueto the sheer amount of traffic on them.
|
Fro
Member
Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
User status: Offline
|
Mine were gritted last night, stonechipped my front end even more 
I've also got grit in my house from those big yellow containers 
|
Robbo
Member
Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
User status: Offline
|
Same here, left my car park fine (if anythign the snow had givne me more traction) but got onto the main road and every time i touched the brakes the abs kicke din and gave up and i just slid everywhere! gave up afetr 2 miles and several emails form my boss saying he wasnty goign in and that our car parks were all closed and that the mainr oad i used was very very slow
|
Fro
Member
Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
User status: Offline
|
Still got the Anni Rob? I hate the abs on mine 
|
Robbo
Member
Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
User status: Offline
|
yep, it hates ice! the traction control is spot on but the abs is worse than on ym old ctr and that was terrible! 2/3 bursts and it gave up!
|
Baskey
Member
Registered: 31st May 06
User status: Offline
|
I live in the sticks and have had no issues inthe snow with my little clio sport on ungritted roads.
|
willay
Moderator
Organiser: South East, National Events
Premium Member
Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
User status: Offline
|
my roads were fine this morning at 5am
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
pfft whats traction control  I don't dare venture out in it tbh, I expect the roads are shitty
|
Fro
Member
Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
yep, it hates ice! the traction control is spot on but the abs is worse than on ym old ctr and that was terrible! 2/3 bursts and it gave up!
Still need to fix my traction control, it's been off for 2 years
|
Andy Stocker
Member
Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
User status: Offline
|
Not been done round this way either.
Had to come up one of the steepest hills to get to my house and the amount of people who sit there flooring it in the hope of going anywhere is ridiculous!
I started at the bottom of the hill in 1st gear, stayed in 1st barely above 1k revs and just rolled up the hill passing people.
Had to hill start 1/2 way up, due to abandoned cars, but I got all the way home 
|
RichR
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
User status: Offline
|
GRIT DOES FUCK ALL WITH SNOW - the only good way of clearing snow is to plough it; snow will build up on top of grit.
I've just got back from 10 days in the French Alps where they were getting 10-20cm of snow every day I was there. Everyone says they cope well because they're prepared and have better equipment - BOLLOCKS! Its all down to money; their snow ploughs are identical to the ones we fit to the front of gritters, the diggers they use to clear the snow once it has been ploughed are normal diggers/backhoes - just with chains fitted! Even with getting that much snow, the roads were ALWAYS clear; Why? Well because they had the same routine of Plough, shift, plough again and shift every day! No special products or machinery, just keeping on top of it before it becomes a problem
[Edited on 13-01-2010 by LiVe LeE]
|
RichR
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
User status: Offline
|
Grit is only useful once you've removed the snow and got down to the road/ice layer
|
mwg
Member
Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
User status: Offline
|
We had a grit bin and one ton of salt delivered at work on Monday to keep our car park clear. Not had any reason to use it since it arrived though Snow is all down south now by the sound of it
|
Robbo
Member
Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
User status: Offline
|
on its way north today they said
|
mark_gsi
Member
Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: Peterlee/darlington
User status: Offline
|
yea its been starting agen here today, just as most of it cleared up aswell 
|
Marc
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
User status: Offline
|
York ran out the other day
|
VegasPhil
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
User status: Offline
|
Loads here.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
|
Sam
Moderator
Premium Member
Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
Everyone says they cope well because they're prepared and have better equipment - BOLLOCKS! Its all down to money
Same thing innit (spend the money, we'd be better prepared).
Still snowing around here, I need to go out and plough my driveway at some point ready for tomorrow morning's adventures
|
