Jambo
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Is peoples inability to handle the (mild) weather in this country and the traffic that ensues.
When it rains they act like its the end of the world, people running the 20ft from their cars to the front door like someone was shooting at them? Its just a splash of water? 
1st day it rains after a week of being sunny? Traffic jam
1st windy day in autumn? Traffic jam.
1st day theres a frost? 27accidents people driving 2mph down a 60limit thats been gritted frigtened of their own shadow... Traffic Jam
1st day it "snowed" (about 1mm settled here) MASSIVE traffic jam the road was the same condition to drive on as it was yesterday. Why the need to make me 40mins late for work?!
It rains, snows and gets sunny every year. Why cant people get used to it?! Why does everyone forget how to drive?!
Rant over.
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Brett
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I agree with what you say about being on the road, but I don't agree with the 'running from the car' comment, as I do that myself. If it's pissing it down and I get out of my car, I will run to the office, simply because I don't want to be piss wet through all day.
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Mobby
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i hate the cold and if it rains i would run to the door
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Ojc
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I'm so glad you made this thread Jambo, I saw it this morning EVERYWHERE.
It's peoples inability to change their driving style to suit the conditions that winds me the feck up.
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XSIHardy
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quote:
Originally posted by mobby
i hate the cold and if it rains i would run to the door
the cold is uncool!
cba we waking up in morrning and de frosting the car...
makes me more tired as i then get all cozy and warm in the car
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nathy_87
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so you'd rather keep to the speed limit and stay the normal distance to a car so if he slams his breaks youd do the same and not stop in time 
I've learn to be a bit more careful on the roads espcially in these kind of conditions, if people want to go that bit faster and overtake me then go for it, but i slowed right down this morning as i was going round a bend (same one which i wrote my corsa off) and the back-end started to go so i just let off the gas pedal and 1/2 mile down the road was an accident so im kind of glad that i did slow down.
Edit; Spelling
[Edited on 29-10-2008 by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo]
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ed
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I've driven in real snow. It wasn't very fun...
Yesterday shouldn't have even been called snow. The roads were just flooded with water, so what you do is just slow down to about 60mph on the motorway, keep a good distance; and by all fucking means DO NOT SLAM YOUR GOD DAMN BRAKES ON WHEN YOU APPROACH A FUCKING JUNCTION. That pisses me off. It's the other cars responsibility to merge properly.
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Jambo
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Everyone acts like its some sort of extreme weather condition and only the antarctic would be colder.
Its quite simple. Slow down, be alert and make progressive steering/brake movements. How fucking hard is it?!
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Neo
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James....you angry this morning.
I agree though, everyone seems to think you have to do a 3rd of the speed limit ! Winds me up doing 20 in a 60... especially as the other lane was jammes so i couldnt overtake 
And im sure when it rains people loose their ability to drive. Sudden braking, going very slow and imagining gaps between cars is half the width.......ARGH !
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myke
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on Monday there was more traffic than usual presumably because the clocks had changed.
"oh fuck i'm leaving work and it's dark. what do i do?"
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Ojc
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Must be a Berkshire issue TBH
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ed
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Walking FTW 
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K2 GTi
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It also fucks me off. And you get dodgy looks from old women for doing 60MPH in a 60MPH limit, whereas they're doing 40... And when you overtake you get the wanker sign makes me laugh!
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nathy_87
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Elderly people swearing FTW
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loubielou
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this annoys me too but i do run to the car if its raining as i dont want to get wet
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Jambo
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myke exactly!! The slightest change to anything and people panic.
Ed, thats another thing, real snow is measured in feet not inches.
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Mobby
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quote:
Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
Elderly people swearing FTW
when they look at you its a pure look of horror!!
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K2 GTi
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old women is a differen't story though ffs
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
myke exactly!! The slightest change to anything and people panic.
Ed, thats another thing, real snow is measured in feet not inches.
Yea it sure does. But I'd say, on a cold day, it only takes about 3 inches of snow for the road to become tricky as fook to drive on. If it's a straight road no problems, but if it's a shitty mountain road then you might crash, I nearly did
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RichR
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TBH I had a good jouney in regardless of the frost/snow combo as the kids are off school - I think I only saw 5/6 cars in the 30 mile journey.
Now school mothers are what really grate me
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RichR
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
myke exactly!! The slightest change to anything and people panic.
Ed, thats another thing, real snow is measured in feet not inches.
Yea it sure does. But I'd say, on a cold day, it only takes about 3 inches of snow for the road to become tricky as fook to drive on. If it's a straight road no problems, but if it's a shitty mountain road then you might crash, I nearly did
To be fair so long as you're well equipped, the vehicle is in good running order and you have a degree of sense/experience then driving on "real" snow, although testing and mentally tiring is actually quite fun
Especially when there's a 1000ft drop 3ft to your left
[Edited on 29-10-2008 by LiVe LeE]
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mwg
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I hate driving in snow. Was in an accident a few years ago in the snow (I wasn't driving but was a passenger)
Most people drive too fast when it snows. Dont adjust their driving accordingly or go to the other extreme and drive at 2mph
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J da Silva
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I don't like cold weather, especially with what I was used to growing up, your summers are like our autumns, however I'm in Britain now, and it was icey this morning but there is nothing I can do to change that so I have to adapt by doing other things to keep warm rather than staying in the same habits of a summer and whinging about it.
As for the running to the front door when it's raining, keep a rain coat in your car? It's easy, just spending an extra 2minutes putting 2 arms in the sleeves and zipping it up makes your next 8-10 hours more bearable.
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C2RL R
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agreed mate. i have seen snow in america and sweden that is a hundred times worse than anything we get here and they can deal with it. last year some of the schools near me closed for bad weather when there was about 3 inches of snow on the ground. the whole country would grind to a halt if we had some propper snow.
oh and, if you don't like england........
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Iain M
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Its not just people on roads that can't cope. Look at the the trains, It blows a gale and rains at the same time trains stop due to the wrong type of leaves being on the track. What the fcuk, can you imagine the TGV in france stopping running due to leaves on the track.
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