McLaren_Field wrote:I knew someone who had a Range Rover and on the first snowy day after he'd bought it he drove down Long Causeway in Adel to the traffic lights on the ring road, it was while descending the hill at speed, confident in his 4WD that he realised that 4WD doesn't make you stop - he did eventually stop but only after he'd crossed the ring road against the lights with all four wheels locked up, and come within millimetres of causing traffic carnage.
How I laughed.
Exactly.
It's not the cars that are an issue, it's the owners who climb into them believing they're a safer and better driver, and often go faster in poor conditions putting themselves and other road users at risk. Sadly when they cause accidents, it's the other road users that tend to suffer more.
The season starts in October. Until then, don't panic!
McLaren_Field wrote:I knew someone who had a Range Rover and on the first snowy day after he'd bought it he drove down Long Causeway in Adel to the traffic lights on the ring road, it was while descending the hill at speed, confident in his 4WD that he realised that 4WD doesn't make you stop - he did eventually stop but only after he'd crossed the ring road against the lights with all four wheels locked up, and come within millimetres of causing traffic carnage.
How I laughed.
Agreed!! I know someone with an Audi TT "quattro", who assumes that cos it's "quattro" he can still drive it like a t*t on ice!
By the way, he still has an Audi TT quattro, except this one has a big hole in the front!
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chrislongun wrote:Exactly. It's not the cars that are an issue, it's the owners who climb into them believing they're a safer and better driver, and often go faster in poor conditions putting themselves and other road users at risk. Sadly when they cause accidents, it's the other road users that tend to suffer more.
Correctamundo. The other thing that gets me is people going out in their cars in the snow with the kids and not taking things like blankets and perhaps a few bottles of water. Not because you're going to get stuck in a snowdrift, but because some berk will spin and block the road and you'll be sat there for hours.
Fat Boy wrote: Bradford are now officially the RFL's biatches. Seventies red wrote: Whats a biatch?. gulfcoast_highwayman wrote: They wear red and white and cry a lot in October.
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It's obvious where mine is.
Fat Boy wrote: Bradford are now officially the RFL's biatches. Seventies red wrote: Whats a biatch?. gulfcoast_highwayman wrote: They wear red and white and cry a lot in October.
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