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Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior
All it needs is 3 flakes and the country grinds to a halt!
If this snow they're forecasting actually arrives in any quantity, we'll have more dramas for the media. I mean, what's wrong with cars/trucks/trains etc. over here that at the first hint of snow everything stops moving? (Or starts sliding uncontrollably into a ditch, thereby causing the sensible drivers to be held up while the idiots get dragged out.)
Driving in snow isn't that hard - it just requires a bit of care and patience - and losing the lead foot, and leaving more space between cars.
Of course too many drivers have trouble with those concepts, as they demonstrate every morning in any and all driving conditions.
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Ooh, I bet you feel better for that rant ...
You're right though, I remember there being a snap snowfall the last winter I spent in Hemel that caught all the gritters off guard. It took me about three hours to crawl home from Watford that night and we weren't even the worst affected area.
I'm off to Stockholm later this week. I'll be packing some warm gear, but if there is snow while I'm there I'm not anticipating the city grinding to a halt!