Drive carefully out there Edinburgh folks - car off the road smacked against lamppost at the Milton Road turning on to head West along Portobello road into town written off and airbags dispensed…
hope the person is ok someone had stopped.
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10-12-2022 08:26 AM #1
Drive. Carefully out there in the snow … just passed accident at Milton Road junction
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10-12-2022 10:46 AM #2
It is particularly treacherous today, driver in from Ratho to Hermiston Gait this morning and the car was doing some Tokyo Drifting, not pleasant when your already on edge.
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10-12-2022 11:34 AM #3
I was losing traction loads this morning, and with a thaw this afternoon followed by about a week of sub zero nighttime temperatures it’s going to stay icy for ages.
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10-12-2022 11:42 AM #4
Started snowing through the west now as well. I'm currently in East Kilbride and the place is completely white.
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10-12-2022 11:43 AM #5
Baltic doesn't begin to cover it. It's been a while since it was this cold.
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10-12-2022 11:45 AM #6
Main roads seem ok now.
Side streets are crazy though, I was heading round to my parents and properly lost traction on their street. I was sitting at about 13mph as it's a tight street and not great to drive at the best of times, guy behind me was going significantly quicker and the dent in his car after he lost traction at the same spot will maybe remind him to be a bit smarter in future.
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10-12-2022 01:22 PM #8
Rear-wheel drive particularly useless in snow & ice so mine going nowhere; I drive my wife's Skoda Octavia Estate to work when I know it's going to be bad, for
some reason it's pretty good in winter conditions....
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10-12-2022 01:53 PM #9
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A set of old wheel and a good set of winter tyres so you can quickly change wheels as the weather changes makes a massive difference.
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10-12-2022 02:05 PM #10
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Had to help a woman earlier who’d slid and swerved onto the grass verge at the top of Clerry Hill.
Parked the car at the side of the road for her as she was too scared to drive after it.
It’s very slippy out there!
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10-12-2022 08:20 PM #11
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Was driving to Dunfermline this afternoon. Queensferry crossing quite clearly signed at 40mph. The number of cars flying past doing 50 or more was staggering.
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10-12-2022 10:50 PM #12
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Probably help if folk had all season tyres on all year round rather than summer ones.
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11-12-2022 07:05 AM #13
I have a Subaru Legacy with snow tyres back on. And I’ve several years experience of driving in proper snowy conditions
However if I don’t need to go out in the snow I don’t because so many haven’t a clue that they should be driving much slower and giving loads more braking time at this time of year
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11-12-2022 09:04 AM #15
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They work best at 10 degrees or less so mid November until there's better weather.
Also worth baring in mind there are some garages, for a small charge, will store the unused ones then swap the tyres around as needed. There might not even be a charge if you buy all your tyres through them.Space to let
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11-12-2022 09:11 AM #16
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My Wifes Humvee just eats snow and ice, bring on the **** weather 😀
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11-12-2022 09:11 AM #17
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To prevent your doors and boot from becoming frozen shut give the seals a light smear of Vaseline or silicone polish. If you're the old fashioned type that still uses a key then WD40 the locks.
Make sure your windscreen wipers are not frozen to the screen before you set off.Space to let
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11-12-2022 11:01 AM #18
Get up, shower,put the central heating on, make coffee, wake the wife, sit drinking coffee watching the wife scrape the car through the window then start journey when she’s finished.
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One of the benefits of driving an electric car is the pre condition feature activated from the warmth of my livingroom
All windows cleared and car toasty when we get in for the school run
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11-12-2022 12:19 PM #22
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12-12-2022 09:38 AM #28
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Its going to be a horrible winter isn’t it? 2 snowfalls already and in -5/6 temps, halfway through Dec… Wrap up folks.
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12-12-2022 02:32 PM #29
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