Drivers can't cope with snowy weather in the UK
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Snow and icy weather
There are plenty of bad drivers about with normal road conditions and I'm not implying that I'm a better driver than anyone else, but snowy or icy weather seems to bring out the worst in some drivers.
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Most of the country has had a large amount of snow over the past couple of weeks and driving conditions have been poor at best, so why is it that some people are just so bad at adapting their driving to the conditions?
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| 06-2-2010 | And can you believe Halfords will sell you, and fit a dashboard mounted DVD player with screen so you can watch DVD's whilst driving, and this country lets them.
But colnel bogey airhorns are illegal. | Gainsborough lad. |
| 06-2-2010 | Here is a radical thought for you Wreck O' Mend, why not stop making cars with all the luxury items that modern drivers demand, and revert to basic interiors without these gadgets and perhaps drivers would not have these distractions to take their minds off what they should be doing - Driving! ...more | Vintage Driver |
| 02-2-2010 | 4x4's are not the problem, it is the drivers of these vehicles (like any other vehicle) who are the problems with their attitude thinking that luxuries and gadgets make them better drivers.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link so an incompetent driver is no better in a 4x4 than a go...more | Wreck O' Mend |
| 01-2-2010 | .... .... 4x4 .... Is that the sum total of active brain cells drivers of these vehicles have?
Their behaviour in the recent bad weather just adds to my opinion that they have four wheel drive vehicles as a fashion accessory, like handbags.
I have seen few, if any, drivers of these vehicles (...more | Hawk I 20. |
| 01-2-2010 | "People wonder why so many 4x4 vehicles, apparently well suited to these conditions have accidents "
The key here is the word 'apparently'. Many of these vehicles are not suited to such conditions at all, and their drivers even less so, but they give the idiots behind the whe...more | MikeP |
| 01-2-2010 | Had a very, very angry man leaning on the horn of his Discovery and shouting at me today.
The roads were treacherous with ice and packed snow, even on the level traction was not easy to find unless one was very gentle with throttle and brake. Most drivers were maintaining good spaces to the vehi...more | Congo |
| 30-1-2010 | 2wd drive recovery man and Motorist, you seem to be missing the point: ALL tyres have their limitations in snow and ice, regardless of being "Summer", "all weather", or "Winter" graded.
What I witnessed on the M4 during the last snow was just stupidity and lack of sk...more | Hawk I 20 |
| 30-1-2010 | I never said 4x4 wasn't any good, obviously with the RIGHT TYRES it has better EDGE over traction than 2wd BUT I was saying that 2wd can be used in snow and ice also (with correct tyres whether all season or winter tyres)!! You said they couldn't?? Remember you saying "winter tyres o...more | Motorist |
| 29-1-2010 | It wasn't that I didn't know how to spell qualified it was a typo dick head, "2wd HAS NOTHING to do this snow it's the GRIP!!" whats is this supposed to mean then? and yeah you're right snow tyres do make a difference, what I meant was a 4x4 has the edge over any 2wd no ma...more | 2wd drive recovery man |
| 29-1-2010 | Makes no difference?? Sir you are the one that knows fa!!! You can't even spell qualified correctly for a start!!! 2wd HAS NOTHING to do this snow it's the GRIP!! IF you really knew anything about cars you would know that winter tyres offer better traction on snow and ice than summer ty...more | Motorist |
| 28-1-2010 | actually I am qualified on cars thank you very much, im a fully qulified mechanic, and I know a fair bit about tyres, summer tyres or winter tyres as you call them make no diffrence if you only have a 2wd drive car, you know sweet FA | 2wd recovery man |
| 28-1-2010 | 2wd drive recovery man your speaking crap, and can't be very qualified on cars!! I can guarantee that those 2wd cars had summer tyres on hence why they got stuck not enough grip!!! | Motorist |
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