Road chaos again.

[Westley]

OK, so we have an inch or so of snow and 'severe frost' and once again the Country is brought to a standstill. News depicting frost on railway lines, so trains are being cancelled. Staff unable to get to work etc.etc.etc. I have lived through some pretty harsh weather in my 77 years on this earth but I do not recall ever being prevented from getting to work more than 30 minutes late, EVER. If the weather forecast was severe, I simply got up and left home earlier, quite simple really. You see, when I have to scrape ice off the car windows and that is ALL of the windows, it gives me a clue as to what the road surfaces are probably going to be like and I drive accordingly. Looking at the average speed and the close proximity to other vehicles at which people are driving, it comes as no surprise that sooner or later one of these plonkers loses control of their vehicle. Of course the fault lies solely in the hands of the local Council. It seems that it is their responsibility to make sure the roads are clear, for these clowns to drive on. 

[semi-auto]

Many years ago, when I was a deputy headteacher, living some forty miles away from the school, we had a significant snow fall over night. I left home allowing some four hours to get in (the journey normally took about an hour max). I struggled, but managed to arrive at school 30 minutes before the start of the day, only to find that the head (who lived four miles away) couldn't get in and had closed the school by telephone. I spent a couple of hours fielding annoyed parents, before heading home. The journey home took four and a half hours, but I was glad that at least I had made the effort and had managed to appease some of the parents.

 

[amateur]

I recall, at the age of 5  in the 1950s, walking, with the help of my 9 year old brother, about a mile to school through 3' snowdrifts.

A regular occurrence.

Edited December 12, 2022 by amateur

[100milesaway]

Yes I  too did the very deep snow walk to school in wellies and the snow was well over the tops. I recall my legs having huge red circle where my wellies chaffed. We sat on the huge painted heat pipes to try to thaw out.. Often the snow was so deep it almost engulfed us, school was never cancelled, our parents never escorted us. No one except the odd farmers had vehicles,  abit different from today's  entitled princesses.   From Auntie.