Crashed my car on an untreated road

[Syndrome]

On my way to the dentist this morning and the main roads are closed / blocked. I turn into Leicester road near hill lane in Southampton only to find a zero grip sheet ice with oil on it surface and a high curb which removed my front wheel. I want to rip the useless fking council a new ahole for failing to do anything grit wise on a road which has apparently seen 6 accidents in 2 days. I was literaly crawling around at 5 mph with a Car with awd and I couldn't do a fking thing to stop it. Good job there were no parked cars or people around and the slow speed means the damage isn't too bad. WTF DO WE PAY OUR fkING COUNCIL TAX FOR.

[Fox-]

You've ripped your front wheel off impacting a curb at 5mph?

And its somebody elses fault?

[Gizmo!]

5mph.
High kerb removes front wheel.

Whilst I sympathise with your plight, I think you may be being economical with the facts; moreover I believe I saw a news story the other day saying that people should only make essential journeys...

[Dontlift]

Errrr who was holding the steering wheel, you or the council....


Time people took a little responsibility for their own actions

[matt1269]

Personally I would pay to have it fixed, and then remember in future that snow and ice is slippery...

[Engineer1]

Bad luck, do you want mummy to come and kiss it better? seriously your common sense then your driving skills failed casing a crash.

[nonuts]

'man up' you're responsible for your own actions, yes the council should do more but also you were in control (or not) of the car.

Sorry if that sounds harsh.

[julian64]

Errummm. Isn't it customary on pistonheads to let the condemmed man get in a full page of ranting before we set the dogs loose?

[hondafanatic]

This is one of those threads that where you can tell exactly what the responses will be to the OP, but you can't help but go back and confirm your predictions.

[robuk]

Just looked at the news, apparently there has been some snow somewhere, whodathunkit.

[Dontlift]

To hell with custom....


Release the hounds, quickly before sickmongfraud turns up and trys to pin the whole thing on a biker

Edited by Dontlift on Wednesday 23 December 13:40

[Eddie the Ead]

I feel for you but the warnings have been pretty clear for the last 48hrs that only essential travel should be taken. Now if you went out for a check up ant the dentists I wouldn't call this essential. I do hope you manage to get everything sorted easily.

[cptsideways]

I guess your mum & dad never took you ice skating or allowed you to go tabogganning in the snow, sad I know but at least you were safe eh?

[bert11]

gutted, good learning for you

[bonsai]

MSTRBKR said:

Err isn't it a given that quieter roads will be ungritted and icier from less use?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...



Oh god this is golden...

Syndrome said:

Get yourself down to an outdoor Kart track during the winter. A few laps in a slick shod kart on a frosty / wet track will teach you about winter driving control like nothing else

Edited by MSTRBKR on Wednesday 23 December 13:41

Quality.

[J500ANT]

Has anyone mentioned T Cut yet?

[iamed]

I've some sympathy, in that none of the roads in my part of Oxfordshire have been gritted. I don't know what they're playing at, in Yorkshire the lorries work to clear the snow and grit 24/7 if necessary.

But, um, driving within the limits of the conditions is 100% the responsibility of the driver.

Syndrome said:

I've been driving around past the abandoned / crashed cars with no major issues, ahhh the joys of 300 BHP and AWD. I've been using all the little back / country lanes to get around all the snarl ups

Pride coming before a fall, perhaps?

Tomorrow I'll let everyone know about how I had to pull my car out the hedge on the way home from work tonight No one is immune

Edited by iamed on Wednesday 23 December 13:52

[matt1269]

Syndrome said:

I'm going to ignore the next inevitable crash because I'm already witness 1 on 2 insurance claims.

Comedy gold.

[rottie102]

bonsai said:

MSTRBKR said:

Err isn't it a given that quieter roads will be ungritted and icier from less use?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...



Oh god this is golden...

Syndrome said:

Get yourself down to an outdoor Kart track during the winter. A few laps in a slick shod kart on a frosty / wet track will teach you about winter driving control like nothing else

Edited by MSTRBKR on Wednesday 23 December 13:41

Quality.

[BenjC]

The crampon is on the other foot now!

What is it that comes before a fall....black ice? Lack of grit? Oh yes that's it pride.