I made it back home! 3 hours 40 minutes to do 97 miles.

[Rich]

Driving along the M3, all appears fine then you hit a lane completely covered in snow and the car goes very, very twitchy.

I shat myself several times on the journey.

[Hendon Gooner (Only Easy Day Was Yesterday))]

I'm working from home today.
Did not want to risk getting caught in the snow down in Basingstoke.

[Rich]

it was really bad.

[Brentwood]

I can't believe I used to contemplate driving on ice or snow in the UK with standard summer tyres. I really think it should be mandatory for people to replace them when the temperature drops below +5 degrees

I can drive up an extremely steep, icy hill with no problems at all. I went on an ice driving course over here and the instructor told me that good tyres on a rear or front wheel drive are much more important than buying the best 4x4

[PSRB]

plus the arse of having to actually to change them

[Rich]

enforced? Policeman going around with digital thermometers and pulling people over as soon as it hits 4.9c?

I know in Estonia that you have to have snow tyres on during certain months of the year (October - April, I think) so that is easier to enforce but here it would mean people driving around in 12c at Christmas with ice tyres.

[Rich]

Maybe 0.5 days per year down south.

[PSRB]

[Brentwood]

They have better braking distances when the temperature is less than about 10 degrees because the rubber compound becomes softer

It would be more difficult to enforce, admittedly

http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/tester%E2%80%99s-notes/just-h ow-good-are-winter-tyres (http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/tester%E2%80%99s-notes/just-how-good-are-winter-tyres)

[Pokster]

[Luis Anaconda]

Been snowing here for two days now - business as normal

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Brentwood]

but this idea that we have to cancel football matches in case someone slips on ice outside the ground is ridiculous. People here of all ages are capable of walking around on snowy, icy pavements without feeling the need to sue the council

[Luis Anaconda]

for snow so it is safe. It is a bugger when it clogs up your shoes though :-(