"Chris Gadsby" wrote in message
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I would love to hear the Scandinavian or Canadian point of view on how
we
handle our snowfalls in this country.

I was in Canada last winter when a foot of snow fell over night in the
city
(Regina) none of the roads were treated or cleared - the traffic was left
to
sort itself out. However all the main pavements were snow blown clear by
9am. Just different priorities.

However in defence of the UK I think they would have struggled in
conditions
like yesterday. What they don't have over there as much as we do is
marginal conditions. When its -20 its much simpler - you are driving on
packed dry snow not ice and you can use a snow blower to clear it. None
of
which would have helped in (say) Birmingham city centre yesterday.

Chris Gadsby

It's true, we hired a car in Truckee, Lake Tahoe the year before last; once
the snow is compacted down it's surprisingly good to drive on if the
temperature stays well below freezing. Far safer than our marginal
freeze/thaw conditions.

- Michael

In message
"Chris Gadsby" wrote:


I would love to hear the Scandinavian or Canadian point of view on how we
handle our snowfalls in this country.

I was in Canada last winter when a foot of snow fell over night in the city
(Regina) none of the roads were treated or cleared - the traffic was left to
sort itself out. However all the main pavements were snow blown clear by
9am. Just different priorities.


In the centre of Kiruna N Sweden) they have undergound heating under the
pavements. This is very effective at clearing the ice.

Martin




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