Is it snowing yet where you are ?

[bonner]

savage! good job you all got back ok!!! they should start makin all cars awd!! they recon more is on route! should all have a day off paid!

[Charlie]

Got a day off paid !!! I love the snow

[bonner]

me too!! self employed also!!

[Steve_PPP]

Originally Posted by Anger

There isn't any sign of snow at all here, not even any ice... It's mad to hear what some of you had to deal with yesterday

I know mate, crazy how localised it is. Just taken this pic from our front window, the snow isn't that deep in places as the strong winds have moved it in drifts, but underneath is just frozen compacted snow/ice.

Staying at home today!

[asperformance]

sorry but from the TV footage i cant understand why you have had so many issues, hardly any snow at all compared to what we had earlier this year...............

think driving standards in general and people's self centredness cause most issues

[Steve_PPP]

Originally Posted by asperformance

sorry but from the TV footage i cant understand why you have had so many issues, hardly any snow at all compared to what we had earlier this year...............

think driving standards in general and people's self centredness cause most issues

The temperature caused the problem imo, it was -3c at rush hour last night i think, and the depth of snow wasn't the problem. As soon as one car drove over it, it compacted and froze to sheet ice.

You can crawl forward on ice if its flat, but most of Sussex's roads have hills in them. Vehicles can't get up the hill = road blocked and nobody behind can get through (gritters included).

[C. J.]

Think it's more a case of the gritters didn't go out in prep for it or during

[Steve_PPP]

Certainly didn't help Chris but once the roads were jammed, there's not much the gritters can easily do if they can't get through.

This made me chuckle on facebook this morning:

[Scott.T]

Sorry to hear about the alloy 'E'.
The problem with Hastings is that the whole town is a series of hills and valley's.
The main route in goes over 'The Ridge' which is about 650-700ft in places. Hence all the trucks get stuck either coming in or going out.
The normal problem is Tesco/Sainsbury/Asda trucks leaving town when their empty.

Oh! and the road links even on a sunny day are crap.....

[XRS]

My next door neighbour set of from Brighton at 8 last night. Still not home. BMW!

[Frenchie]

Hi Rob,glad to hear you got home ok,hope not to much damage to the car.Got a call from Lorraine to say walking home from Brighton as A259 gridlocked.Walked to bottom of the road to see if I could pick her up in the Scoobie,but no chance.Hill out of Saltdean was blocked by drivers who thought the answer to spinning wheels was to give the car more gas,all you could smell was burning rubber.Can 1" of snow really cause this much chaos?Glad to hear everyone finally got home safe.

[Scooby_Greg]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

I know mate, crazy how localised it is. Just taken this pic from our front window, the snow isn't that deep in places as the strong winds have moved it in drifts, but underneath is just frozen compacted snow/ice.

Staying at home today!

If I was the Focus driver I would have at least used the handbrake to get it parked - looks like they took it slowly!

[Lucky]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

The temperature caused the problem imo, it was -3c at rush hour last night i think, and the depth of snow wasn't the problem. As soon as one car drove over it, it compacted and froze to sheet ice.

You can crawl forward on ice if its flat, but most of Sussex's roads have hills in them. Vehicles can't get up the hill = road blocked and nobody behind can get through (gritters included).

And there lies the problem, ice. My road was wet at 3.00, iced up nicely by 5.00 and then snowed on which compacted. It was like an ice rink.

[Lucky]

Originally Posted by BIG"E"

Well we have just got in after my mercy mission in the 1.

6.5 hours for the Mrs to get home, and a trip to Lepsons required..

Ended up having to go up a hill crab fashion not happy, the back end just slid down the camber of the road..

Feel for you ian. It happened to me in the scoob in the snow. Naff all you can do about it when the camber of the road takes you. Mind you, with the size of the tyre walls of the golf it just bounces off!

[majorscooby]

Originally Posted by Scooby_Greg

If I was the Focus driver I would have at least used the handbrake to get it parked - looks like they took it slowly!

+1 for the hand brake, i couldnt resist a little bit of fun.

Suns out here in gravesend now and its melting thank fook, need to get the scoob out, get it warmed up and do an oil change at some point.

[scoobycoops]

Originally Posted by Charlie

Got a day off paid !!! I love the snow

Me toooo....

And a cursory glass lets me know I got away with the front end into a wall situation///

[scoobycoops]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

I know mate, crazy how localised it is. Just taken this pic from our front window, the snow isn't that deep in places as the strong winds have moved it in drifts, but underneath is just frozen compacted snow/ice.

Staying at home today!

You live in a nice area, posh spice...

[scoobycoops]

Originally Posted by Frenchie

Hi Rob,glad to hear you got home ok,hope not to much damage to the car.Got a call from Lorraine to say walking home from Brighton as A259 gridlocked.Walked to bottom of the road to see if I could pick her up in the Scoobie,but no chance.Hill out of Saltdean was blocked by drivers who thought the answer to spinning wheels was to give the car more gas,all you could smell was burning rubber.Can 1" of snow really cause this much chaos?Glad to hear everyone finally got home safe.

Jesus, mate. Lorraine ok??? I got away with the crash ok thanks. Fog inserts took a hit but..
Lorraine was in as much danger as the muppets on the road, mate. Pavements were treacherous!!!!!
I think a lot of people have had a very traumatic few days...
i know I used over half a tank on tick over and round the houses journeys and the tension of watching out for an impending knobhead has made me knackered....
Hope you guys - and all members of the site - are ok and suffered no injuries...

[scoobycoops]

A friend of Emma's sister took 16 hours getting home....

[scoobycoops]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

+1 for the hand brake, i couldnt resist a little bit of fun.

Suns out here in gravesend now and its melting thank fook, need to get the scoob out, get it warmed up and do an oil change at some point.

P'haaa! i agree... might have got a 720 out of it...

[Scott.T]

Took a guy from work 6 hours to get from Hastings to Eastbourne last night...SHOCKING.....

[Steve_PPP]

One of the guys i work with left Crawley at 5pm, to travel home to Worthing via the A23/A27. He got home at 5:30... AM. (Thats after it took him nearly 3 hrs to get to work in the morning!).

Have to also say thanks to Gary and the claims people at Keith Michaels too - quick and efficient service. Didn't mention it last night (was waiting to see whether 3rd party would fully admit liability, which they have) but i had to go out in the scoob to help Claire last night after someone ran into the back of her new Pug 308 on the ice. The kid (he was 17 driving on his mum's policy....) easily wrote his old shed off, but the Pug stood up well all things considering and Claire is fine, which is the most important thing

Less than 24 hrs later and we've got a brand new diesel Astra from Enterprise sitting outside as a courtesy car and Claire's car is already at the repairer's garage round the corner. Surprisingly hassle free so far!

[Ginola]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

One of the guys i work with left Crawley at 5pm, to travel home to Worthing via the A23/A27. He got home at 5:30... AM. (Thats after it took him nearly 3 hrs to get to work in the morning!).

Have to also say thanks to Gary and the claims people at Keith Michaels too - quick and efficient service. Didn't mention it last night (was waiting to see whether 3rd party would fully admit liability, which they have) but i had to go out in the scoob to help Claire last night after someone ran into the back of her new Pug 308 on the ice. The kid (he was 17 driving on his mum's policy....) easily wrote his old shed off, but the Pug stood up well all things considering and Claire is fine, which is the most important thing

Less than 24 hrs later and we've got a brand new diesel Astra from Enterprise sitting outside as a courtesy car and Claire's car is already at the repairer's garage round the corner. Surprisingly hassle free so far!

Glad Claire is ok,

That's efficient service too!, took me just over 4 hours to get home last night :S totally shocking to be honest, and saw many people that had simply no idea at all how to drive on ice..

hopefully it will be all fixed and right as rain before you know it.

[Red Baron]

Originally Posted by Hongkongfooi

I've gota mate stuck in traffic turners hill, only done 150 yards in an hour!

Nightmare

Just come through there, huge snow drifts and this morning there was a van had carried straight on and into a tree, looked nasty.

Can't believe the difference between Crawley and Hastings, hardly anything here.

[Hongkongfooi]

went out from eastbourne to seaford today and the beachy head road is still closed! There were some mighty drifts still either side of road in the area where only one car can get through at a time. The jevington road is a nightmare and frustratingly i couldnt take at my normal warp speed