'sno point cycling, mate...
I witness monumental stupidity almost daily on my journey to and from work. It would appear that our roads are populated by the terminally stupid, the ones I travel on seem to be anyway (I don't necessarily completely exclude myself from that statement, either).

However, during the recent display of Great Britain's spectacular inability to cope with a change in weather, it would seem as though the brainless hit the road en mass. It only amazes me that the country wasn't a veritable bloodbath afterwards.

I walked to work on the Monday of snow. It was a very pleasant two hours of trudging manfully along the snowy pathways; pausing only to take snaps of the wintry scene or to marvel at the ridiculousness of the people that adorned the route.

The worst example of head-slapping idiocy was the young fella who, in his wisdom, decided a racing bike would be a suitable form of transport when the roads were at their least grippy. It was as I overtook him (on foot, may I remind you) that gravity and the slipperiness of the road conspired to send him groundwards. It was also at this moment that the woman following very closely in the car behind him realised that braking hard on a snowy road isn't going to make you stop very quickly.

If I believed in such a thing, I'd suggest that a benign intervention had occurred before my very eyes, and that God Himself had reached down to nudge the car away from the sprawling muppet. Truth is, he was just a very lucky boy. A very lucky boy who really didn't appreciate me muttering "you fucking cock" at him as I helped him out of the gutter.
( Moey, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 11:37, 8 replies)

What is it with people who follow closer than they would normally in the snow?
cnuts.
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 12:05, closed)

The same applies
when it's raining.

Maybe it's a game.
( Moey, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 12:27, closed)

^^ Living Proof
That God looks after the idiots?
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 12:06, closed)

A system of...
Head slapping?

What an absolute goon.
(No offenc - not to be confused with no_offenc, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 12:26, closed)

My walk to work...
..takes half an hour, in which time I saw three seperate cyclists come off their bikes in the snow on that Monday.

No common sense some people...
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 12:59, closed)

Give plenty of room between you and the car in front
And drive pretty much normally. You'll either get there safely or crash in an interesting fashion rather than getting all bent out of shape about a 5mph "bump" on the way to work.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 13:03, closed)

Cycling on snow is easy
it's ice that's the problem. I know that sounds like it's obvious, but it really is amazing how much grip you have on snow. Ice is do-able until you hit a rut and it knocks your front wheel about.

Keeping either to virgin snow or cleared/salted car tracks and I cycled to work perfectly OK.

Pushed along the roads that were all ice though :)
( chthonic, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 17:58, closed)

Yep...
Same observation noted here.
(Panteneman Isn't entirely sure why he bothered on, Thu 19 Feb 2009, 10:44, closed)