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sobriquedriving in this morning was an ordeal.
You see, it was snowing.
No, no dramatic drum roll. Same stuff as has been on the ground for the last ... week or two.
But today, by some quirk of fate, it was snowing a bit more. The roads were starting to get a little bit slushy, but ... well, y'know, fresh snow isn't _that_ hard to drive on.
As long as everyone isn't a massive idiot.
Guess what happened today? It seems that most of the driving populace of the coventry area, decided that they weren't going to be late to work in order to drive at a sensible speed. They were also not going to let people out of side roads, and heaven forbid that people who were turning across their stationary traffic should be permitted to.
So the Kenilworth road/A45 junction was not moving.
Nor was the Charter Avenue roundabout - this one had the double delight of 'people' (I use the term loosely) who had decided that in order to avoid queuing in traffic, they'd take the right hand lane, and loop around the roundabout. This in turn, meant a roundabout completely blocked by assholes, so no one could move in either direction.
Snow isn't that hard to drive on. It might get a bit unfriendly if it snows/freezes later, but ... really, it's ISN'T that bad.
It just requires a sort of basic 'be less of an asshole than you would normally be' approach to driving, which seems to fall flat EVERY TIME.
You see, it was snowing.
No, no dramatic drum roll. Same stuff as has been on the ground for the last ... week or two.
But today, by some quirk of fate, it was snowing a bit more. The roads were starting to get a little bit slushy, but ... well, y'know, fresh snow isn't _that_ hard to drive on.
As long as everyone isn't a massive idiot.
Guess what happened today? It seems that most of the driving populace of the coventry area, decided that they weren't going to be late to work in order to drive at a sensible speed. They were also not going to let people out of side roads, and heaven forbid that people who were turning across their stationary traffic should be permitted to.
So the Kenilworth road/A45 junction was not moving.
Nor was the Charter Avenue roundabout - this one had the double delight of 'people' (I use the term loosely) who had decided that in order to avoid queuing in traffic, they'd take the right hand lane, and loop around the roundabout. This in turn, meant a roundabout completely blocked by assholes, so no one could move in either direction.
Snow isn't that hard to drive on. It might get a bit unfriendly if it snows/freezes later, but ... really, it's ISN'T that bad.
It just requires a sort of basic 'be less of an asshole than you would normally be' approach to driving, which seems to fall flat EVERY TIME.
