Make HGVs and rigid lorries carry snowchains
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Hello from Denmark 
I work for a uk firm, an d we have winter rated tyres on as they are a legal requirement in many places we visit!
We've spent the last 4 weeks in Finland, Sweden and Denmark, plenty of snow but on the whole have managed to get around reasonably well! They Are ok on the snow, but not much good on black ice as I found out!
Hit a long stretch of snow on the motorway last week in Denmark, at night, but managed a steady plod along at 40 mph without drama!
I'm not sure of the difference in cost for a set of winter rated tyres?
You have to remember that the worst temperatures for slippy conditions, ( I think) is minus six, too, plus six, very common in the uk, lower than minus six, it actually becomes less slippery, and we,ve mainly been driving at night out here, at around minus five, too, minus ten, hence the decent progress I guess!
I work for a uk firm, an d we have winter rated tyres on as they are a legal requirement in many places we visit!
We've spent the last 4 weeks in Finland, Sweden and Denmark, plenty of snow but on the whole have managed to get around reasonably well! They Are ok on the snow, but not much good on black ice as I found out!
Hit a long stretch of snow on the motorway last week in Denmark, at night, but managed a steady plod along at 40 mph without drama!
I'm not sure of the difference in cost for a set of winter rated tyres?
You have to remember that the worst temperatures for slippy conditions, ( I think) is minus six, too, plus six, very common in the uk, lower than minus six, it actually becomes less slippery, and we,ve mainly been driving at night out here, at around minus five, too, minus ten, hence the decent progress I guess!
XDA said:
No, trucks don't get held up in snow but they instead jackknife and block the whole road. Presumably due to some drivers believing they are invincible.
I think there is some mileage in the bold part. When it snowed down here the other week, all the real muppets stayed at home because the snow scared them. All the 4x4's drove around looking smug, because they could, I saw 2 or 3 'normal' cars, and myself on winters in a hatchback. The only road closure I encountered was because a lorry had got itself stranded across the road, completely blocking both directions. I don't know the circumstances of the accident, but I wasn't staying, so I turned around (on a fairly narrow country lane, so a stuck lorry would have struggled) and went the back way. I also saw several lorry drivers doing completely fine. Overall though, more stuck lorries than stuck cars...
abbotsmike said:
XDA said:
No, trucks don't get held up in snow but they instead jackknife and block the whole road. Presumably due to some drivers believing they are invincible.
I think there is some mileage in the bold part. When it snowed down here the other week, all the real muppets stayed at home because the snow scared them. All the 4x4's drove around looking smug, because they could, I saw 2 or 3 'normal' cars, and myself on winters in a hatchback. The only road closure I encountered was because a lorry had got itself stranded across the road, completely blocking both directions. I don't know the circumstances of the accident, but I wasn't staying, so I turned around (on a fairly narrow country lane, so a stuck lorry would have struggled) and went the back way. I also saw several lorry drivers doing completely fine. Overall though, more stuck lorries than stuck cars...
XDA said:
abbotsmike said:
XDA said:
No, trucks don't get held up in snow but they instead jackknife and block the whole road. Presumably due to some drivers believing they are invincible.
I think there is some mileage in the bold part. When it snowed down here the other week, all the real muppets stayed at home because the snow scared them. All the 4x4's drove around looking smug, because they could, I saw 2 or 3 'normal' cars, and myself on winters in a hatchback. The only road closure I encountered was because a lorry had got itself stranded across the road, completely blocking both directions. I don't know the circumstances of the accident, but I wasn't staying, so I turned around (on a fairly narrow country lane, so a stuck lorry would have struggled) and went the back way. I also saw several lorry drivers doing completely fine. Overall though, more stuck lorries than stuck cars...
t on a snow covered gradiant xRIEx said:
XDA said:
abbotsmike said:
XDA said:
No, trucks don't get held up in snow but they instead jackknife and block the whole road. Presumably due to some drivers believing they are invincible.
I think there is some mileage in the bold part. When it snowed down here the other week, all the real muppets stayed at home because the snow scared them. All the 4x4's drove around looking smug, because they could, I saw 2 or 3 'normal' cars, and myself on winters in a hatchback. The only road closure I encountered was because a lorry had got itself stranded across the road, completely blocking both directions. I don't know the circumstances of the accident, but I wasn't staying, so I turned around (on a fairly narrow country lane, so a stuck lorry would have struggled) and went the back way. I also saw several lorry drivers doing completely fine. Overall though, more stuck lorries than stuck cars...The police in the areas concerned did say not to travel unless "absolutely necessary"...
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