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Saturday, 27 November 2010

Snow Chains in England and the UK

Just a few random thoughts on using snow chains in  Berkshire  , England and the rest oft the UK
1   it is legal  to use properly fitted  snow chains , if your chains dont fit properly  you could get done for something like careless driving   if your vehicle was a danger to others
2  Properly fitted snow chains really do work , snow chains are nothing new , What happened in England is people  forgot  what real snow was like , in the past 30 yrs  down here in the south ,the snow always  went away after a day or 2  , last  winter it didnt , a after a couple of days people started thinking Ive got to get to work
and they started googling and found  snow chains maybe the answer
3 Local councils depend on salt  to keep the roads  clear , there is a shortage of salt , the council can not  salt every road  , so you may need some way to get your car to the salted roads , ta da  Snow chains
4  Snow chains  are easy to put on and take off , but you may need to crawl  around on wet slushy snow to put them on and take them off , you may need to shovel some snow to do this , your hands  can get very cold doing this so a good pair of gloves  and something  to neel/  lay down on  would be  very use ful
5   as with lots of things  you  get what you pay for, if  you can afford the rolls royce of snow chains ,may be 3 -  4  hundred pounds  get them   , if youy cant  you may be able to buy  some cheap/ cheerful   chains  that  will get the job done   if you are very careful hoow you drive ,one important thing is knowing when to put them on and when to take them off ,  you may  have to do this several  times to complete your journey
6   more random thoughts later   thanks for stopping by

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