StuB

Why does every one keep getting stuck in just a few inches of snow?
When i first began driving we couldn't wait for snow and would be out all night sliding around the country lanes.
Is it modern cars or just lack of driving ability?

Swift Cee

Depends on what your driving 4WD is better than 2!!!

also global warming might have something to do with it..how old are you stu?

are you talking about the 60's?

cheers

Dspeed

I found it great fun! n was able to go much quicker than everybody ealse! Had to watch the boost kicking in tho!

SivMY05Sti

Agreed - feared it with PPP and RE070's.....lots of grip, and when it did'nt grip power made it grip !!

DarkStar66

I don't understand those people getting stuck overnight on that road in Cornwall. Surely the last person in the queue could do a three point turn and leave, followed by the next, etc.

As for those stuck in '5 inches' of snow, what a joke! When they showed the queue on TV it looked like 1 or 2 inches.

Maybe it's that modern cars have wider tyres than before. These don't grip on snow as well as skinny ones unless they have knobbly tread. Also, roads are getting busier.

SivMY05Sti

I think your right on the tyres - years ago my wife had a Panda (I know....!) and it had 135 wide tyres - it was a demon in the snow, more weight on a smaller area of tyre

r32

Its OK, but why do people follow too close to stop?

davedipster

Are the RE070's OK in deep snow then m8?

I hate tailgaters whatever the weather, I think they are just born idiots nothing more than that...the general public are also idiots.
Right that's that off my chest, back to work.

dipster

Brit_in_Japan

In general cars are getting heavier (to meet crash test regulations primarily) and tyres are getting wider to cope with the heavier cars. I'm sure that's a factor.

mart360

lmao!!

we get snow and we get the "UK paralysed by snow" headlines...


ermm so do other countrys....

i was in germany last year, autobahn 8 was blocked on most of the entry roads, (gentle slopes) and it was only 3 inches of the stuff, and the cars were fine.. HGV,s no go (haha)

it took 3 hours to make a 40 minute journey!!!


Mart

DaveD

iTrader: (2)

I think HGVs are a cause of the problem...it only takes one to get stuck, and then part of the road is blocked.

Add another stuck HGV - no-one's going nowhere.......

A car blocking the road can be pushed out of the way.....not really possible with 40+ tons of artic!

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

I got my Saab stuck in 3 inches of snow on a hill last night, got it out though, secret is to wind lock on and off and it finds grip, learnt that on an off road course, was in a Discovery on wet mud but the technique worked, 2nd gear helps as well.

I always make a point of 'practising' in a car park covered in snow, to get used to the stopping distances and how it handles, apart from the practice element its great fun.

SCOsazOBY

i blame the MLMs (middle lane morons)

CrisPDuk

Nah, it's fcukwitted orange & blonde bints in Chelsea Tractors who cause the problems in our area Daddy/Hubby has bought them this **** off huge posing wagon, and they haven't got a clue how to drive them

You don't want to be behind them if they see a slightly flooded bit of road either, they obviously haven't forgotten the lesson about emergency stopping