Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

I had to drive to work this morning after about 4 inches of snow fell during the night.

Now I know by North American standards, 4 inches of snow is nothing, but WHY do people drive like absolute ar*eholes here?!?!? :curse:
Speeding or driving to close to other road users... and they wonder why they ended up in an accident or a ditch!


Any thoughts/views on this?????????

:p

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

I would guess it's because we never really get snow (except this week) so people are not aware how to drive on snow.

Plus we are always in a hurry to get from A-B which doesn't help.

Saying that, have you ever seen the French driving on snow, that is frightening!

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

I just think common sense would prevail when the road is thick with snow!

I saw a car this morning doing 50mph+, meanwhile I was doing a steady 25! One car nearly rear-ended me because he braked too hard and just slid towards me but luckily the kerb stopped him before my car did!!! :ohmy:


I haven't seen the French driving in snow but I've seen them driving around the arc de triomphe.........they're bloody mental! :eek:

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

French Canadian are worse again:eek:

I'm amazed how many people just don't adjust their driving to the conditions. I'm learning to drive at the minute so I guess I'll be getting some experience driving in snow tomorrow on my lesson:unsure:

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

Me too!

I'm baffled by the sheer stupidity of some people :confused:

Good luck having a driving lesson in this....I don't envy you! It was bad enough learning to drive in dry conditions ;)

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

Thanks:thumbup:

Unfortunately the idiots don't disappear once you get to Canada I swear they forget from once winter to the next how to drive in snow, mind you it could be all the new immigrants causing the problems;)

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

Meh. I can state for a fact that it's not the new immigrants causing the problems. We had the same phenomenon in New England every year. First snow; nobody seemed to know what to do and drove like idiots. Maybe it calms down after that 'cause all the idiots end up in ditches.
...'course, that was in New Hampshire so maybe it was the French Canadians after all ... ;)

Regarding the Brits (in Britain) - not only do they not have any experience in snow, none of them have winter tires. I'd have spent the last two months in the driveway if I didn't have four winter tires on my all-wheel drive.

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

Winnipeggers drive like idiots all year round, then when it snows they crash a lot (2000 crashes in the city first day of snow) then they tune in

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Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

Brits definately don't have much experience with snow.

Every time we get just one flake of snow, the airports shut down, train and bus services are cancelled, gritters run out of grit (like today) and everything in the whole country collapese!

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

Well...Obviously the Brits have no real experience of driving in these conditions. Frankly here in Calgary we have any number of 'fender benders' once the snow and ice hits so I wouldn't feel too bad!!!

Lisa

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

Its no different here, people seem to think that they are such good drivers the conditions wont effect them, then before they know it they have wiped out and usually taken some innocent bystander with them.

Re: Why do Brits drive like idiots in the snow????
 

Bad drivers and Idiots in the snow are common world wide
It’s just in Canada we’re slightly more efficient at getting rid of the snow, and pulling the numb nuts out of the ditches