So where were the gritters last night...

[A911DOM]

I travelled into work this morning using the major ring roads etc around Norwich. At even the biggest and busiest areas the roads were covered in black ice. Was there a hint of grit out - NO!!!

Luckily (?) I managed fall on my @r$e before I'd even got 10 steps away from my back gate so I knew it was slippy!

Ive seen a postman getting scooped up into an ambulance having come off his bike badly, a police dog section Hi-Lux careered across a dual section of ring road and a BMW in a ditch on the roundabout near work.

I know they cant be everywhere all the time - but the weather reports have all been pretty accurate for the past couple of days round here, so where the f:censored were the council lorries last night!?

Its going to be a 'bumper' time for insurance claims round here today! sorry thats awful.

[monkey boy 1]

Well, That's Norfolk For you. The gritters were probably told that there was a Thaw on the way so the bosses said "save the Money & stay at home". WRONG !!!!!
Nor seen that many gritters out over the Christmas period, Except at Ketteringham where the local depot is.

[scared but happy]

Being on a bus route here in Suffolk we had two gritters go past. One of them seems to be based on a Toyota style of pickup.
But I nearly got stuck in the supermarket as the DSC etc kept cutting in and the car just refused to move.

[funkihamsta]

Yeah, quite obviously icey where it looked like it was clear. Watching (bloody stupid) people driving about like it was a summer's day made me think a disaster was waiting to happen.

Now get back to work!

[A911DOM]

funkihamsta said:

Yeah, quite obviously icey where it looked like it was clear. Watching (bloody stupid) people driving about like it was a summer's day made me think a disaster was waiting to happen. Now get back to work!

Oi, hamster. Get back in ya pitt ya lazy git!

You would have loved the antics near work this morning - police vehicles, BMW in ditch behind the Hotel on the roundabout, yet there was still an impatient woman in a Ka/Fiesta overtaking me down the dual carraigeway bit. She must have filled her tights when the wheels werent doing what she told them...funny that - dozy cow.

Hope you had a good night - see in the new year!

[mybrainhurts]

I would imagine they were seeing to the sheep.....

[dilbert]

I don't know what the conditions were in Norwich, but isn't there a thing where if the temperature goes below a certain level, the salt/grit doesn't make a difference any more?

[Pigeon]

Thaw in Worcestershire followed by RAIN! Yay! Quite a lot of rain too!

Now, if only I'd had more success finding somewhere convenient to get the MoT done

[Imadreamer]

I saw one in the South of France yesterday morning.