Braved Elements

No, this is not another attack on the Periodic Table, today we focus on ice, snow and driving.

Part of the reason we seem to do so badly when the weather turns properly cold is the nasty driving conditions. Everyone drives these days because we destroyed our public transport system in the past fifty years courtesy of strikes, management inefficiency, government dithering and over pricing.

So along comes the unexpected snow, we get into our cars and slide all over the place, blocking the roads and preventing the gritting lorries getting through. They laugh at us on the continent because we are so poor at this.

Well, they should try driving on ice with worn out summer tyres. Let's see how they do eh?



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  1. Chris Gillard21 January 2013 at 21:17

    Pete,
    Modern tyres with hard rubber compounds and no real 'knobbly bits' have a lot to answer for. All designed for fuel economy, longevity and sporty 'feel'. Winter tyres and rims the answer ... if only I had some!
    ChrisG

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    1. Pete (The Snaarman)22 January 2013 at 10:58

      Chris.. Yes, even though these are cheap Chinese rubber, they are quite a revelation. I do have two sets of rims - so it is no great pain to swap wheels for the winter.
      Pete

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