The smart car going into the ditch. That was nice of the others to not bother stopping to see if they were okay...
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Tips for driving on snow and ice
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Posted 2 years ago #
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mcmoonter - Member
Minis with 10 inch wheels in snow were fantastic. Even better with cheap Colway snow tyres. 2CVs were brilliant too.
Until the snow got to a certain depth in the middle & lifted the weight off their 'ickle wheels...
Funnest car I ever had in the snow - 3ltr Capri with 4-5 bags of sand in the boot,heavy at both ends & masses of traction....
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1. Buy a rear wheel drive MG
2. Have some fun
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last winter, i chickened out of driving to work, i figured i would stand a better chance of making it on my single speed with mud tyres on, and if i DID crash, it wasnt likely to cost any money.
rode past lines and lines of traffic, all sliding into each other at low speed with expensive sounding thuds and cracking of glass.
I did the same this morning, even down to the detail of riding a SS, by far the best way of getting around. Came home the ungritted way for extra fun. Roads were fairly quiet too.
With regards to the video, the person filming it should have warned the traffic. If people are driving stupidly and endagering themselves then let them. If they are driving stupidly and endangering those coming the other way they need to be stopped.
They were a) driving stupidly, some people got round the corner OK, so it's not just down to the road and b) endangering others, there was a mini-pile up at the end. If I was the driver of the oncoming car and saw that video I would be &%$*ing furious.Posted 2 years ago # -
Woman at my work today:
"Oh, it was so scary driving home yesterday, I started sliding and no matter how hard I pushed the brakes, it wouldn't stop sliding".
But, when I told her what she was doing wrong she says "What do you know about driving, you can't drive a car" No, but I can ride a bloody motorbike in worse conditions than we had yesterday...Goan wrote, "It says a lot about attitudes towards road safety"
Yup, some people will film crsahes instead of preventing them. Puts mere incompetence in the shade, that.
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Buy a Land Rover
Buy some snow chains.
Look smug.
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John Hauglan Rallying book a course with these chaps.
Best car I owned for driving in the snow was my 1200 Nova on 135 section tyres, the scariest is a tossup between an 1800 Sierra or a seriously tuned 1700 Chevette
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The formula for Goan's video
Type A
* car driving too fast (driver still sleeping, lack of skills, lack of LOOKING, whatever)
* car slides
* car panic brakes
* car slides moreType B
* car driving a little too fast
* car slides
* driver doesn't jam the brakes on and steers outType C
* car driving appropriately for the conditions. No drama.Posted 2 years ago # -
That seems to be popular music to drive badly to Goan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHTb7QGv2UUPosted 2 years ago # -
The person filming that is a fanny, why they didnt warn people or call the police is beyond belief, or perhaps they were the police?
+1. If they've got enjoyment from watching people skid out and risk injury to themselves & others, the next thing is they'll be placing metal girders across railway lines.....
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