"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
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I'm happy to be
proved wrong, but my perception is that people in the UK (more likely
south of Scotland) have little concept of adapting their behaviour to
the weather conditions.

Is that because the Scots are inherently more intelligent, or that they have
more experience of poor conditions?

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With a foot in both camps, I don't think it is because the Scots are more
intelligent, but I do think that it is because they have more experience of
bad weather. Here in England, when a couple of millimetres of snow falls,
every one drives at 20 mph. In Scotland, when two centimetres of snow
falls, then people think "That is less than an inch. I am Scottish so I can
cope with that"! Famous last words :-(

Cheers, Alastair.