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John.Alresford - Mid Hants · January 29th 04, 07:46 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

On 29 Jan 2004 15:47:33 GMT, omcom
(dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote:

One part of the Midlands had people abandoning their cars overnight. It
was interesting watching some of the people picking their cars up in the
morning wheelspinning all over the place when there was no need.

As there was no bread left in the cupboards of the house today, I went into
town at lunchtime. Took the car. The road between home & town had not been
gritted and was compacted snow/ice with very little tarmac showing. Much of the
road was compacted snow/ice for the entire width of the road. So being a
sensible sort, I took it slowly. At about halfway into the journey there is a
wide verge on the inside (grass then footpath). In my rearview mirror I catch
sight of a black 4x4 range rover type thing getting nearer very quickly. He
*undertook* me by driving straight off the road on to the verge & the footpath
before coming back on to the road. I kid you not.

Indeed, on the way back from town, I came across another idiot behind the wheel
of a car. The roads were a bit better by now, but still far from good. A gold
coloured Ford Unfocussed decided to overtake. At least he overtook rather than
undertook - but, where the centre white line is on the carriageway, it was
covered by about 9" snow/ice. But did this deter our intrepid Ford Unfocussed
driver? Oh no. However, on crossing said depth of snow/ice, the back end of his
Unfocussed steed wobbled. He did not let this deter him as he sped off into the
distance. I came across him further up the road. He was out of his car and
shaking his head. Said car was at a nice, sharp angle on the verge and judging
from the Unfocussed driver's face I don't think he wanted his car to be where
it was.

Laugh? I nearly pee'd myself laughing. Indeed, I looked smugger than His
Smugness the Rev. Blair of Albion, sanctified of Hutton did yesterday ;-)

I would point out, if the bloke had been hurt in any way, I would have stopped
to help, but it was obvious he was okay.

There are some real idiots out there driving and the current road conditions
really catches them out.

Cheers.

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Nice one as are the others in this thread - I could always sit and
view these on TV for an hour and have a good laugh at their expense -
seen some myself over the 40 yrs I've been driving, but that's for
another day

cheers John