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Iceman - I'm sorry to hear you are soon to have an ex :cry:

Never mind, there are lots of tips on that romance thread to help you pick the next one more carefully :D

I live a long way out as well. It would take me about 6 hours to drive to Dover.

Ally

Iceman wrote:While I am sitting in the passenger seat of the car going down a hill chained up. Time for a rant.

3. Why do some 'local' drivers seem think it is ok to race down a snowy road and overtake on the outside of a bend with cars coming the other way?

They have proper winter tyres and lots of experience driving on snow. With chains on you have to drive very slow which is really very anoying for the natives ;)

merry wrote:

Iceman wrote:While I am sitting in the passenger seat of the car going down a hill chained up. Time for a rant.

3. Why do some 'local' drivers seem think it is ok to race down a snowy road and overtake on the outside of a bend with cars coming the other way?

They have proper winter tyres and lots of experience driving on snow. With chains on you have to drive very slow which is really very anoying for the natives ;)

That makes sense. :thumbup:

merry wrote:

Iceman wrote:While I am sitting in the passenger seat of the car going down a hill chained up. Time for a rant.

3. Why do some 'local' drivers seem think it is ok to race down a snowy road and overtake on the outside of a bend with cars coming the other way?

They have proper winter tyres and lots of experience driving on snow. With chains on you have to drive very slow which is really very anoying for the natives ;)

I really do hope you are joking :twisted:

Iceman wrote:

merry wrote:

Iceman wrote:While I am sitting in the passenger seat of the car going down a hill chained up. Time for a rant.

3. Why do some 'local' drivers seem think it is ok to race down a snowy road and overtake on the outside of a bend with cars coming the other way?

They have proper winter tyres and lots of experience driving on snow. With chains on you have to drive very slow which is really very anoying for the natives ;)

I really do hope you are joking :twisted:

The same applies to this country, and by the way I'm not saying that overtaking on a bend is right, but since I have been driving for a living you really do realise how incompetent the average driver on the Uk roads is.

Yes, but my point of overtaking 4 cars at a time on ice/snow conditions on a bene still stands. My brother was driving who is very experienced in driving in the snow. Probably not as much as the locals that grew up in the snow.

It is still dangerous and can kill people. How does the frenchman know that either a snowplough oor tour bus was not coming the other way? His Renault would be a pile of metal. And we would miss our flight :twisted:

I got re-trained to drive a few years back on a emergency driving course whilst working for the ambulance service. Previous to this I thought I was a competent driver and having my licence for over a decade, no crashes and no points.
One thing that was evident in the group of twenty on the course was nobody had never been taught how to safely overtake another vehicle other than dual carriageway.
Last year whilst on holiday in high land of Scotland on the windy a Roads over took 12 cars and the caravan that was holding them up in one manoeuvre.not bragging or being big headed but I could see it was safe to do so and the positioning of my car correct at all times. Lots of horns and flashing lights as if I was being dangerous but it wasn't.
I would say im a more cautious driver now than I was before the course however my skills are so much higher.
It might be a case that the local drivers are looking further down the road then others very often you can see the next switch back or they might just be mental!

I hear what you are saying John, and agree with you.

On mountain roads you generally cant see the next corner. It frustrates me that ****heads like that take risks and end up killing others, like my good friend!! I am sure you as an Ambulance driver have seen that many more time than my 1 horrific experience.

I have 6 points, have has 3 accidents but would never never dream of driving like that imbosele did that day! :twisted: