Trundling on 4 wheels through the cotswolds this morning on the way to the dirtbike show, doing about 30mph in thick fog, when the back of the car slid sideways purely due to the camber of the road - & presumably a lot of black ice. Woke me up it did. A little further on there were 3 very second-hand looking cars, a few cops & an ambulance. I'm glad I had the slidey warning before the next bend. I'm also glad the fog put me off taking the bike - there's no way I'd have stayed on when I hit that ice. -- Krusty. http://www.muddystuff.co.uk http://www.muddystuff.us Off-road classifieds '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250
In uk.rec.motorcycles, Krusty amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom: That ice is dangerous on the road and should be banned.
I popped into work for 1/2 hour this morning... On the way back to the main road (2 miles) 3 broken cars had appeared at various points, one was upside-down, one was nose into the hedge, one was tail into the hedge... You think that excessive speed on icy surfaces could have been a factor? Totally unrelated, on Wed. morning I was returning a car to a customer, on starting to exit Benson roundabout I hit some diesel and did a slowmotion 180' spin... Didn't hit anything but a close call... On the way to work that same day... Going thru Mappledurram a Mercedes SL500 half pulled out in front of me... The nsf corner of the Festa made a neat concave swage line along the Mercs o/s rear 1/4, door and front wing... The driver appologised for not seeing me, she looked as though she was going to burst into tears when she saw the damage... There was no damage to the Festa... Its been a funny week...
I was off early yesterday saw the ice all over the place but didn't have any incidents personally. I did have to divert because the A31 was closed beyond Farnham and saw a car upside down in a ditch near Winchester.
Speaking to the local garage man this morning - he had to extract one of Aylesburys who was very firmly wedged in a hedge. I think that made his day.
One of the chaps on a local group ride low-sided due to wet leaves on the road. The bike slid under an oncoming SUV and caught fire. It took the fire department quite a while to show up due to no mobile phone coverage in the remote area. The bike and SUV were a total loss. Both were Hondas so not much of a loss.
In uk.rec.motorcycles, Owen amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom: Did you ever get the purple velvet and Jacuzzi into your van?
Being sans bike I was in the motah, however, even had a bike been available I'd not have risked it. There's 7 miles of untreated country road before I get to a main route that should be treated. Evidence suggests that either these weren't treated or more likely it was not effective enough. heh
