Dorset ice rink

[chaz]

Any of you guys driving in Dorset,WATCH IT!!! it is lethal AGAIN. Really bad around the Blandford area, my boys nearly got wiped out going to Tescoe's.
NO SIGN OF SALT AGAIN ON THE MAIN ROADS, in fact i put more salt on my chips last night. Just heard of another 4x4 roll just up the road and i believe another pile up near puddltown, this council stinks, boy ain't i mad, they are killing us with there cutbacks.

[cfrizzy]

started snowing heavy down here yesterday at about 3pm we had about 2" didnt see any gritters about till about 8 ish you would have thought that they would have had drivers on call ready but its like an ice rink here in places now.

[Smego2]

WOW so it's the councils fault is it and there was me thinking it was the people going too fast and not knowing how to drive in icy conditions...

[24Seven]

WOW so it's the councils fault is it and there was me thinking it was the people going too fast and not knowing how to drive in icy conditions...

THE A338 Bournemouth Spur Road and the Upton bypass were both closed for several hours today due to ice and accidents.

Police said there was chaos on the county's roads as there was "literally ice everywhere".

Three separate incidents occured on the A350 Upton bypass within 200m of each other, just before 10.40am. The road is closed between the Holes Bay roundabout and the Upton flyover and awaiting gritting.

These are both the main dual carriageways going in and out of Bournemouth and Poole, I do expect the Council to grit at the very least the main roads, this icy weather was forecast.

I'm obviously not as skilled at driving as you are.

[stormforce]

WOW so it's the councils fault is it and there was me thinking it was the people going too fast and not knowing how to drive in icy conditions...

It is also the council's/highways responsibility to grit/salt the roads.When the icy/snowy conditions are forcast then they should be out gritting/salting the roads.Not everyone is skilled as you in these conditions obviously and yes some are like pillocks in these conditions but not everyone is.

[Yardstick]

It was crap the last time it iced over.

Slighty worried now as later on I'm about to embark on the trip home to Bournemouth from Bath and worried abou the state the roads are in yet again!

[dieselboy]

WOW so it's the councils fault is it and there was me thinking it was the people going too fast and not knowing how to drive in icy conditions...

Bit harsh.

[chaz]

So is it the councils fault. YES IT IS, they are under obligation to maintain our highways to a reasonable standard of safety, sure if conditions are unusual we drive to suit the conditions, This is not unusual and certainly not forecast, it is WINTER!. It seems the council has not got the salt to even lay on our roads,or the money!. So the NHS will pick up the tab and we will pay in the long run.Last Tuesday Poole Hospital replastered 108 limbs and this was also expected for the following two days.
Driving standards do vary and we are not all a Sebastion Loeb, Sliding down Thornicombe hill in a p100 on sheer black ice is not reccomended, even slowly as you still gain speed.Today our managment kept all our lorries in the yard, just as well they did, 40 tonne at 20mph will do a lot of damage.You guys know what i have been through so i do have a axe to grind, I have spent all afternoon sending emails to our M.P.s demanding action, probably get a load of crap back like needed the salt for my duckpond!!!. At the end of the day our main roads should of been gritted, it was forecast, and it was not done till it was too late, and somewhere down the line someone made a bad call Again.
May you all have safe journeys.
Chaz

[stormforce]

Well said Chaz

[darkdezigns]

id be intrested to hear wot you get back chaz tbh,brighton turned into an ice rink for 4 days,it was a nightmare tbh

[chaz]

Will do Darkdezigns,

[gwh200]

WOW so it's the councils fault is it and there was me thinking it was the people going too fast and not knowing how to drive in icy conditions...

Absolutely wrong.

[slobodan]

Absolutely Fabulous.

Quite.

[DaveHMS]

WOW so it's the councils fault is it and there was me thinking it was the people going too fast and not knowing how to drive in icy conditions...

OK dude, how do you drive in the ice?
Me & the other half lived in Germany driving for 10 icy, snowy winters without incident. I'm now re-building our truck after a topple in the recent ice here.
The local resident that came to the rescue of my Mrs when she had the tip over in the truck, had called the local council re the sheet of ice that was the hill concerned. She (the resident) was told to put the report in writing 'for consideration'.
The fire truck that attended my Mrs & our sideways truck, got stuck in the ice & the traffic cop that attended was the sole casualty, slipping over, gashing his hand open on the ice & smashing his radio in the process.
So please keep your smart arse comments about 'knowing how to drive in icy conditions' to yourself. You ain't so clever that it couldn't have been you.
If I sound offended, it's 'cause you've hit a sore point just now. No offence intended.

[Albannach]

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