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Snow dilemma
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six of us are mean to be travelling to milton keynes to see Fame tonight, about 40 mins away from me. Two of us are adament to going and think it will be safe if you drive safe. The other two of us know that it probs will be really icy and are probably not going to go. I really want to got though! do you think it will be safe enough?
Grrr its annoyed me, my other friends can't see how driving safely doesn't mean you wont have a crash!
Grrr its annoyed me, my other friends can't see how driving safely doesn't mean you wont have a crash!
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Someone in my office already crashed into someone else on their way to work today.
Now there is learning to drive in real weather conditions!
The trains round here cancel at a bit of hard rain, never mind snow. Or if they arent cancelled then big big big delays are expected.
Down south though it might be more problematic.
The problems would be ice, and going off the major roads. The major roads should be well gritted, but outside of that you could have trouble progressing. And then there's ice, which is difficult to do much about.
Wuss. I've been out on my motorbike today, on loads of roads - treated or not, it's all good .
Getting power down in thick snow isn't good. It may have a wide rear tyre, but the contact area isn't all that big. Imagine putting 100bhp through a pushbike tyre and it'll be a similar contact area .
I wouldn't advise people to ride in snow or icy conditions!! I know someone from a lj community who rode to work fine because it wasn't too bad, but then the roads froze and he slipped off on the way home. Couldn't even pick the bike up it was that slippy!!
Virtually all main-roads are absolutely fine. I was doing triple-figures earlier. But the smaller roads - housing estates, car parks, basically anything left untreated is pretty much a nightmare.
What narks me is these people who moan about all the snow, then go out and attempt to drive - having not checked their tyre pressures for the last 3 months, not removing the snow from their headlamps, taillights, registration plates, or windows properly. It doesn't take that long to do... and it's amazing how much safer the roads are when people take 2 minutes to ensure they can see as much as possible...
Although tbf, I was never bothered with mine. I don't think I checked the tyre pressures more than a quick squeeze sometimes. We live a little and learn a little though. That's why I've got two bikes SORNd, without MOT sat in the garage. Although one runs fine, just needs a bit of a run, the other doesn't even turn over starter just clicks *cry*
Sorry, going off on one again
Though yeah, when I had a car, I pushed the sidewall at least once per week to ensure I wasn't losing huge amounts of air. I'm a bit anal when it comes to vehicles .