The Weather Thread

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We have had a little snow and sleet earleir but its fine now, all the snow is still here from yesterday of course...with possibly more to come tomorrow....
 
Still no extra snow yet over here but it will probably mean that there's only going to be more falling tomorrow :scared: .
 
PeterJB
These buildings are useless! Which block are you moving into? Fortunately I haven't ran into any problems, other than the internet going once or twice. But one of my flatmates had the cistern pipe for his toilet leaking onto the floor and into the hallway instead of into the toilet, another had bubbles coming out of his, the flat above mine currently has no hot water, and a guy below us had to move into Story temporarily twice cause his bathroom was getting flooded anytime anyone in the building used any water!
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It's a nightmare, might complain and see what happens. Having to move into Springfield :grumpy:
 
Clark
Here be my road and my chariot safe from it's successful journey to work and back.
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Please clear the snow from the roof of your car if you are intending on driving it.

4-5 inches of snow and hovering around freezing here.

I like living on a hill that is too steep and narrow for a gritter to get up, everything is still so pretty and crisp. None of that nasty brown slush in sight!
 
BubbleBelly542
Wiper blades.
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Wiper blades don't prevent a sudden and unexpected white-out. Prevention is better than cure.

Clear the snow off before you set off and you won't have to react because the snow is no longer there.

Pagey279
With the air rushing over the car it blows off behind, turn a corner and it flies off the side, if it doesn't then what bubble said.
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With enough weight behind it it will fall forwards and onto the windscreen. It's happened to me before, and i'd rather not see Clark post on this forum about how he's just stacked his pride and joy due to that sudden but minor reduction in visibility.
 
MSTER232
What do you go for; do you ride on the black ice or do you ride on the snow in the middle?
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I mostly go for the black ice. The snow in the middle had turned to hard ice and was very bumpy. I didn't have work on friday but the person I ride with did, he fell off and a corner and buckled his wheel!
 
MarinaDiamandis
Wiper blades don't prevent a sudden and unexpected white-out. Prevention is better than cure.

Clear the snow off before you set off and you won't have to react because the snow is no longer there.



With enough weight behind it it will fall forwards and onto the windscreen. It's happened to me before, and i'd rather not see Clark post on this forum about how he's just stacked his pride and joy due to that sudden but minor reduction in visibility.
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Fair enough, though you'd have to be braking pretty hard in bad conditions which is never a good idea, and even then it would normally only be chunks that would bounce off and not one massive sheet, but yeah if your going on ifs and buts then prevention is better than cure.
 
Pagey279
Fair enough, though you'd have to be braking pretty hard in bad conditions which is never a good idea, and even then it would normally only be chunks that would bounce off and not one massive sheet, but yeah if your going on ifs and buts then prevention is better than cure.
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It's not ifs and buts, it's common sense. You are controlling something that is potentially lethal to yourself and others, so you make your vehicle as safe as reasonably practicable before you set off on every journey. Clear visibility front and rear, clear mirrors, lights free from obstruction and anything that could potentially obstruct your vision while driving taken care of.

Any brief obstruction to your vision could result in an accident. Chunks of snow bouncing down your windscreen could distract you or (as in my case) hit the windscreen with enough force to turn into a shower of powder snow. Remove the snow and you remove th possibility of this happening.

All of this is your (the drivers) responsibility. Insurance companies will void your insurance if they find out that you haven't cleared snow from your car and had an accident. It's a no-brainer.
 
MarinaDiamandis
It's not ifs and buts, it's common sense. You are controlling something that is potentially lethal to yourself and others, so you make your vehicle as safe as reasonably practicable before you set off on every journey. Clear visibility front and rear, clear mirrors, lights free from obstruction and anything that could potentially obstruct your vision while driving taken care of.

Any brief obstruction to your vision could result in an accident. Chunks of snow bouncing down your windscreen could distract you or (as in my case) hit the windscreen with enough force to turn into a shower of powder snow. Remove the snow and you remove th possibility of this happening.

All of this is your (the drivers) responsibility. Insurance companies will void your insurance if they find out that you haven't cleared snow from your car and had an accident. It's a no-brainer.
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But like I said you would have to be braking pretty hard in bad conditions, which is even more dangerous than having a bit of snow on your roof.

Whilst driving in the floods a few weeks back a 4x4 came the other way extremely fast through launching a wall of water over my car, cutting off my vision through no fault of my own for much much longer than a small lump of snow would have and I was perfectly fine.
A small lump of snow obscuring a fraction of my vision when I shouldn't be going at that great a speed in the snowy conditions and shouldn't be corning fast at all and whilst I shouldn't be breaking with any sort of ferocity poses such a negligible threat there's not much point in clearing the roof.
 
Pagey279
But like I said you would have to be braking pretty hard in bad conditions, which is even more dangerous than having a bit of snow on your roof.

Whilst driving in the floods a few weeks back a 4x4 came the other way extremely fast through launching a wall of water over my car, cutting off my vision through no fault of my own for much much longer than a small lump of snow would have and I was perfectly fine.
A small lump of snow obscuring part of my vision when I shouldn't be going at that great a speed in the snowy conditions and shouldn't be corning fast at all poses such a negligible threat there's not much point in clearing the roof.
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Let's not forget snow is also very fragile... So say you did break fast and able covered the windshield... Well it would fall and break up a bit, meaning it can be more easily and quickly cleared.

It has been really cold lately here and there's no snow because it all melted a week ago. I want it to snow a lot or be warm.
 
Pagey279
But like I said you would have to be braking pretty hard in bad conditions, which is even more dangerous than having a bit of snow on your roof.
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Not at all, snow can fall at any time in any direction. Since we know it can (accidents are caused by it every year) why take the risk? Clearing the roof of snow is a lot easier, quicker and cheaper (especially in the U.K where we seldom get day after day of snow) than writing off your car or going to court because you couldn't be bothered to.

Pagey279
Whilst driving in the floods a few weeks back a 4x4 came the other way extremely fast through launching a wall of water over my car, cutting off my vision through no fault of my own for much much longer than a small lump of snow would have and I was perfectly fine.
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Hence why I said "as safe as reasonably practicable" - in other words, make sure that everything under your control is under control. Snow falling from trees or bow-waves from idiots are not under your control, you just have to deal with them as best as you can.

Also, I hope you're not saying that because you were perfectly fine once that you would always be perfectly fine in that situation? Because if you are then i'd say that you are wrong.

Enough of this, back on topic.
 
MarinaDiamandis
Not at all, snow can fall at any time in any direction. Since we know it can (accidents are caused by it every year) why take the risk? Clearing the roof of snow is a lot easier, quicker and cheaper (especially in the U.K where we seldom get day after day of snow) than writing off your car or going to court because you couldn't be bothered to.



Hence why I said "as safe as reasonably practicable" - in other words, make sure that everything under your control is under control. Snow falling from trees or bow-waves from idiots are not under your control, you just have to deal with them as best as you can.

Also, I hope you're not saying that because you were perfectly fine once that you would always be perfectly fine in that situation? Because if you are then i'd say that you are wrong.

Enough of this, back on topic.
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Yes but you ignored this bit (I edited it a bit to make it read better):
Pagey279
A small lump of snow obscuring a fraction of your vision for a fraction of a second when in the snowy conditions you shouldn't be going at that great a speed, when you shouldn't be corning fast at all, and whilst you shouldn't be breaking with any sort of ferocity or making any sudden movements of any kind poses such a negligible threat there's not much point in clearing the roof.
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That's all I have left to say really.
 
Pagey279
Yes but you ignored this bit (I edited it a bit to make it read better):


That's all I have left to say really.
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I didn't ignore it, I quoted you before it was added.

If there is any risk, even negligible, you should clear the roof. Anything that could potentially distract you could potentially distract you enough to miss (meaning not see) the pedestrian dressed in dark clothing who has just stepped into the road.

It is our responsibility as drivers to do everything within our control to keep ourselves and others safe. Anything less is complacence and a complacent driver shouldn't be at the wheel of any vehicle.
 
Snow is falling quite heavily here, and as the ground is already covered, its settling immediately. But at least its covering all the ice, so I don't know in advance when I'm going to break my ankle.
 
Its been pouring down here since i got up and ive just seen weather report that says it wont stop till midnight at the earliest!....
 
SNOW! And quite a lot!

And wind, ooh the wind! Makes it feel minus 20 outside!
 
Quite windyhere too. And a lot of snow. Wondering if the bus will run tomorrow. Bus doesn't run I ain't working. Don't mind a day off work but I'm losing money and I hate that!
 
It is still snowing from when I got up at 9:30 in the morning right up to when I starting typing this post :eek: .

m8h3r
Quite windyhere too. And a lot of snow. Wondering if the bus will run tomorrow. Bus doesn't run I ain't working. Don't mind a day off work but I'm losing money and I hate that!
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Yeah you have to keep on working so you can afford a better Internet connection that doesn't run at 0.3 mbp/s download speed :sly: .
 
m8h3r
Quite windyhere too. And a lot of snow. Wondering if the bus will run tomorrow. Bus doesn't run I ain't working. Don't mind a day off work but I'm losing money and I hate that!
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Regardless of weather, Martin Lither King Jr. Day + government job = no work tomorrow. :D

Now: 0F, wind chill of -13F
Tonight: -21F, wind chill of -48F

Guess my day off will be spent with the kids inside!: lol:
 

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