I always got told if you drive in snow then you should use a high gear an low revs and reduce your tire pressure then you will get better traction in the snowy conditions
One thing I always notice when the weather is like this. The people who don't clear the snow off their vehicles are always the ones who are clueless about how to adhere their driving to the conditions
Tip for Nov.2016: if you stall going up a hill and have to reverse your way downhill, ENGAGE REVERSE! The point being taht reversing down a slippery slope using engine brake (or just reversing at idle speed) will actually help you maintain control of your car. Else, just "falling backwards in neutral" using your brakes may lead to slipping and sliding.
this is incorrect information. engine braking will cause you to slip, using the brakes will also use ABS which means the computer will attempt to mitigate sliding by pulsing the brakes. your engine cannot do this
@@krebgurfson5732 if you're going fast enough backwards in slippery conditions for ABS to register speed pulses from the sensors you're doing something wrong. I agree though that it's better to distribute your braking force across 4 wheels rather than just 2, so engine braking with 2 wheel drive will always be less effective than the service brakes, and if using an automatic gearbox it will accelerate you faster than you want to go downhill, so the 8-years-ago poster may only have a point if the vehicle is permanent 4WD and has a manual gearbox.
@@krebgurfson5732 No, that's how it's done. It's about managing your kinetic energy. You want momentum arriving at the bottom of a hill allowing you to limit torque to the wheels and bleed off speed going up, arriving at the top slower than you started but arriving. Conversely, you need to avoid gaining momentum going downhill if you need to stop at the bottom. Those who get stuck are a) those idiots who insist winter tyres are not needed but go out anyway and b) those you arrive at the bottom of hills and try to power their way up them.
@@jamieduff1981 TIP AND ADVISE; If yr wheels are spinning in 1st gear, go directly in 2nd gear with lower gas and yr problem is mostly solved and also use SNOW-SOCKS under these circumstances, you will be amazed how good they work.
@@koosvanpetten5567 mostly old wives tales tbh, and with so many cars using automatic gearboxes now the ability to choose a gear at all is not always there. The bottom line though is that regardless what gear you use you need the same torque at the wheels if you're attempting to move off or maintain speed up an incline. If you can afford to bleed off speed going uphill you can afford to put less torque down to the road and you have less chance of slipping. I don't use snow socks, but do use proper winter tyres.
We should follow the winter rules in Japan. From mid November until the end of April, you are required by law to use Winter Tyres. Failure to do so, could result in your vehicle being crushed....oops!
@@jellybaby7 better still, have insurance companies add a £1000 compulsory excess for any claims made in wintery conditions where the responsible party was on summer tyres - then after a few years we can all afford winter tyres through enjoying lower insurance premiums because we're not all paying to repair the vehicles damaged or written off by clowns on summer tyres.
ManOthewoods i don't think you can any any of the cars in this video... none pushed it too much... not even the Renault... besides if the clutch is finally engaged it's the tyres that spin not the clutch plates anymore.
Xanthopteryx In Bavaria. There was 3-4 feet snow in a night. A few years ago. And in the normal winter ca. 5-8 inches a night. You see it's not much. When you have winter Tires it's easy to drive.
all i see in comments is winter tyres, winter tyres.... you do not need winter tyres if you can drive in snow, like not trying to boot it in first gear up a hill. winter tyres do not make you a better driver. plus snow and sub zero temperatures are such a rare occurrence in most of the uk. just the northern half of scotland that gets it really bad most of the time. proper throttle control and gear selection plus keeping your whole car clear of snow is all thats needed in the uk for the most part.
Winter tyres do not make you a better driver, true, but they give a better driver a LOT more grip to work with. As a 43 year old rural living Aberdonian, I grew out of skiting about on summer tyres proving how awesome a driver I was 20 years ago. There are some moderate gradients and frequently untreated roads where I am - if you're on summer tyres, you're not going to be able to overcome gravity going downhill and will discover quickly that no amount of Driving God advice and pub-chat techniques can make up for simply having enough grip to get up inclines and be able to stop going down them without locking up. I'm both proficient and confident in snow. It snowed the day I passed my driving test... Technique will get you so far, and on level ground. Winter tyres will get the same driver around with far less drama.
About here I reckon. www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.2665385,-1.4270821,3a,75y,149.4h,78.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEUjhhwRe2Q2XYUuGOmUfow!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
+Russell Oriely - The UK doesn't have ''cold'' because of the Gulf Stream so slush turns to ice. No one its winter tyres so they panic at a mere dusting of snow. Lacking appropriate tyres is negligence.
+romansUK When I learned to drive 30 years ago no one used snow tires. They were expensive and rode horrible on dry pavement. We never had issues because we were smart enough to avoid hills when the snow was flying. This is just stupid people that don't belong on the road, types of tires is irrelivent.
all true....when its -18 celcius or lower and the snow sound like styrofoam, the traction is pretty good. slush make cars "float", and turn lane change into nightmare on highway. this is when a good awd shine.
+William Kelley don't compare a 3200lbs 1980 monte carlo to a 1150lbs 2016 hyundai accent and say that its all about the driving skills and winter tyres are not needed. my father is 75 and he well know the benefit of winter tyres, even though he drive scince late '50.
There is nothing hilarious about the weather in Tromsø, I am glad that we have a temperate maritime climate, and days like this are rare for much of the UK.
I'm from england and have never had a problem with snow ,when your taught to drive properly you can cope with most things ,your right this is hilarious
@@whitsthecraic Exactly I was in traffic for 2 hours because of shit drivers ... I have never seen worst drivers in rain and snow conditions, and I can say I was in so many countries and never experienced this ..!
Never a copper about when you need one !!! It really gets my back up to see all the morons who can't be bothered to clean ALL the snow off their bonnets , roofs & back windows.... dangerous to all road users when it slides down over the front window or harder snow blowing over the car when going faster and hitting cars that are behind ( not in this video I might add ).... wish people would wise up to getting a set of Winter Tyres though , safer and cheaper for everyone
Oliver Lewin to be fair its lack of practice as well ...last decent snow round here was 2011/12 .... You now have drivers on the UK's roads who have never experienced driving in snow!
It is just that people in UK in general do not bother to put winter tires. I get it that it rarely snows there, but winter tires have much better grip in sub 10c temperatures. If you have a winter set of tires they will be good for at least 4 years and they make huge difference in handling and grip. No mateer RWD, FWD or AWD..
Might have something to do with the fact that in the U.S., there is almost no width restriction on large vehicles(anything that requires a heavy equipment/cdl license) and also that city vehicles(which most plows here are) have a higher priority over traffic during storms and can carry much larger blades than say, a private plow.
frozenfirestix Or rather they have normal sized streets, just the U.S. has a larger shoulder. Which means we are capable of putting much larger vehicles side by side.
I've only been to U.K. a couple times, highways/motorways are normal sized, and most 'A' roads, but I still can't believe the number of roads that have pullovers and parking areas, just so cars can get by each other. Just something to get used to I suppose. cheers
Oh wow that's Whittington hill it's just down the road from my house but the big problem for us is that our road is even steeper and more exposed than this one.
Just put a set of Goodyear ultra grip 8s on our volvo tdi, if I cant get the hills inLincs wolds then snow chains in boot, didnt stop us in 2010...also have a 4x4 for worst case scenario...
It hardly ever snows in the UK (where I live we only get snow once in every 10 years or so) so no one uses winter tyres. When it does snow, we don't have to go to school or work. ;)
dschonsie they dont bother in England because they get snow once every 5 years or so, winter temps down there usually sit above 5C. If you go anywhere in the UK where we actually get snow every year 4x4s with winter tyres are very common, anywhere north of Glasgow/Edinburgh just doesnt have this problem.
Snotra umm the7 are useless in the UK unless it snows which where I live happens like once every 8 years or so. Where the hell do they get stored during that time and you know they are expensive right. All weather tyres which cars come with are perfectly adequate in cold weather minus the snow
It’s just the fact that a lot of us in the UK aren’t prepared. People don’t bother to spend money on snow tyres. Personally I just run my cars on winter tyres all year around. They don’t wear down much quicker than normal tyres.
I see a lot about winter tires yes I do believe the tires work in the winter but I never used them just really good all season tires and had zero problems I think its all about the driver and having good meat on your tires
More people do have winter tyres now but it's still a marginal call. Roads are only like this a few days of the year in most of England, so the cost and wear rate has to be taken into account. A few companies are now doing tyres that are supposedly suitable for all conditions.
Snow is much less common in the UK than mainland Europe and the USA (the parts of the USA that get snow, that is), so people don’t bother as they’d only be useful for a couple of days of the year.
It’s snows like once every 8 years so why buy snow tyres also understand that people in the U.K. buy cars on finance or lease or just change cars regularly so they have a warranty in which case buying trees is pointless
Neven Branovic Not worth it really. For the amount of 'bad weather' we get its not worth the financial cost. Where i live,we've not had any icy roads or snow for about 5 yrs! Our winters are mostly wet nowadays,with flooding. Plus no-one gets any practice in driving on snow,so a lose lose situation!
People just seem to think winter tyres are for snowy conditions but they work better than summer tyres in all conditions provided the temerature is below 7 degrees. They totally transform a vehicle during the colder months. I think insurance companies should offer financial incentives for fitting them.
SUMMER tires on winter roads is always stupid. If the cars in this video had proper winter tires there would not be anything to film at all, just "Nice driving on white roads". Driving on snow is no problem with proper winter tires.
no stopping areas for vehicles when close to a pedestrian crossing. it provides a good viewing angle for pedestrians if they cross the road when the traffic light is green.
dvdphotography Oh, I always thought they were for cars drivers to tell them they're coming up to an intersection and to be wary of crossing traffic through there. I didn't know you're not supposed to stop within that area. I'll try to pay more attention next time I see British road ways to see if the cars stop in those areas. Thanks for the information. Drivers in the States often ignore the cross walk paths painted on the tar all the time and stop in them at intersections. You're supposed to get a fine for doing that if caught. But so far, I've never seen any one get one.
i think that every winters your camera is ready to film that funny situations i think that the % must be important in front of your home thanks for sharing Ian have a good week P
All this is completely avoidable. If they all had winter tyres on their vehicles their wouldn't be this chaos. When people are learning to drive, they should do a few lessons at a skid pan. So they know to drive when it's slippery.
In the case of summer tyres on snow,you can deflate them (we run 20psi,or less,on my wife's pug 206) and by using some momentum you can move pretty easily.Of course there is no comparison to winter tyres but that trick can get out of "slippery" situations.
***** All drivetrains are ok up to a point. FWD tend to weigh less and are cheapest to make due to less parts, but not do good in snow or off the line. RWD tend to be the funnest to drive IF your in a area to take advantage if it and can be the best off the line, but is the worst in snow. AWD provides the most grip off the line and is the best pick for bad weather driving, but is the heaviest.
***** Yeah RWD looks alot better sliding down the hill backwards doesn't it? How the hell can you say its better than AWD? Even the FWD clio made it further up the hill than that tail wagger merc! And impreza's slow in the wet? The complete opposite is true on that, they are one of the best in the wet, just grip n go!
Just goes to show, many people do not react correctly. I've just spent the better part of a week driving around on sheet ice with buggered up old all-season tyres in an old, pre-ABS/EBS/ESC rear wheel drive car and I didn't get stuck even once, even if I did a fair bit of cornering with the tail out. Smooth and minimal throttle inputs are the key to adhesion on slush/ice, even with hardened old tyres on.
The problem is in the uk we get wet snow which is more like slush, which makes it very slippy, also it dosent snow as often as it used to so any person who passed his driving test in the last 15 years has little or no experience driving in snow, if we ever get a real winter a lot of drivers will not have a clue.
@@simontay4851 Somehow I still don't think he will come up to the unladen weight of that bus even. As for grit/salt on that lorry it looked empty to me, - even if he had some in the back I don't think he had that much, - by virtue of the way he had to 'charge up' that hill when he came back.
i've got one question, why is it that British people are not cleaning their cars of snow? why is that? i'm not British but i live in UK and every year when it snows nearly every car that is being driven on the road is covered in snow and you can't even see their lights, it is very dangerous. just like that Renault Clio in 4:40
What is up with people who buy two-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz's in areas where it snows. They make AWD versions of their cars, and the 4Matic AWD system is a very good AWD system at that. If you're in Florida, then yeah, two-wheel-drive is fine, but where it snows, AWD is a handy feature to have.
+Kyle Blank I live here, it snows maybe 2 days a year here. More than that - it's a bad year lol. People around here are terrible drivers when conditions are good which is why you end up with shit like this when it snows :)
4 matic is a more expensive option and has slightly worse mileage but German cars have traditionally been rwd as they are regarded as drivers car which you can have a bit of fun in but that means nothing to 95% of drivers
Usually when i see some1 with RWD car, nomatter what it is, trying to climb a hill in the snow i just go: "Man just let it go... Pull aside, lock it and walk home. You're just NOT gonna make it." Last winter in similar conditions for the 1st time ever i saw a snow plow not being able to climb the hill. Was just insane jumping all over the place, spinning the tires and sliding back.
Bus routes ( safe travel for buses) would work wonders during bad weather. No bad uphill roads would work. Yes riders may have to walk a bit to get to the bus stop but it would help buses immensely.
logiclee1 Its what happens when snow is a rare occurrence for the majority of the UK,hence the majority of drivers don't get the practice and experience of driving in it!
It is amazing how many people do not clear their car from snow that covers the front lights. And some other people who not bother turning the lights on when driving through the snow. They lack completely the situational awareness about what is happening around.
Typical council workers carrying traffic cones and traffic lights! Get out there and dig some holes or you're sacked I think is what their boss actually says to them.
All that is because in UK almost no one knows what winter tyre is :D And even the street looks perfectly clean, despite icy. With a set of snow tyres they would never feel any difference rom driving on a hot and dry street.
Russians please note, no panic, no confusion, no fighting or arguing. Just straight forward cooperation. They all probably had a cup of tea afterwards.
Mysterious Squirrel Good job in turning reality the other way around. You're one of the weak persons who stop working for a little bit of frost. Stay home and do nothing.
Richard van Pukkem I'm not weak you idiot! I just haven't got myself into so much debt that I dare not take a day off of work. Why should I join in with the millions of morons who have no choice but to go to work. Presumably morons like yourself.
Mysterious Squirrel By doing nothing you earn nothing. While others go on progressing. So relatively you're lagging further and further behind of where you could have been by getting your arse off the couch.
Everyone saying they should have winter tyres, yes we know. But we get snow for a few days in a year and the worst it looks is like this (unless you're from the north). Some people struggle in the snow a lot more than others, but we don't get to practice that often, and it's a waste to over prepare for something that isn't that extreme. Still funny watching people struggle, either drive to the conditions or stay home
99% of people in the UK are driving on summer tyres, summer tyres harden at temperatures below 7C. At night time in the UK it's below 7C for at least half the year. Most people in the UK would be better off using something like Michelin CrossClimate tyres.
I always got told if you drive in snow then you should use a high gear an low revs and reduce your tire pressure then you will get better traction in the snowy conditions
One thing I always notice when the weather is like this. The people who don't clear the snow off their vehicles are always the ones who are clueless about how to adhere their driving to the conditions
Yeah, it's like all that snow is weighing down their vehicles and, like, cleaning off the snow would make them wizz up
Tip for Nov.2016: if you stall going up a hill and have to reverse your way downhill, ENGAGE REVERSE!
The point being taht reversing down a slippery slope using engine brake (or just reversing at idle speed)
will actually help you maintain control of your car.
Else, just "falling backwards in neutral" using your brakes may lead to slipping and sliding.
It's 2022 dude.
@@thetruthh.8836 you know they posted that 6 years ago right?
Nice necro posting BRAH
this is incorrect information. engine braking will cause you to slip, using the brakes will also use ABS which means the computer will attempt to mitigate sliding by pulsing the brakes. your engine cannot do this
@@krebgurfson5732 if you're going fast enough backwards in slippery conditions for ABS to register speed pulses from the sensors you're doing something wrong. I agree though that it's better to distribute your braking force across 4 wheels rather than just 2, so engine braking with 2 wheel drive will always be less effective than the service brakes, and if using an automatic gearbox it will accelerate you faster than you want to go downhill, so the 8-years-ago poster may only have a point if the vehicle is permanent 4WD and has a manual gearbox.
usually it takes one driver who dosen't know how to drive in snow, to mess up everyone elses momentum.
if you need momentum to go somewhere in the snow you shouldn't be out, that's just wreckless
@@krebgurfson5732 No, that's how it's done. It's about managing your kinetic energy. You want momentum arriving at the bottom of a hill allowing you to limit torque to the wheels and bleed off speed going up, arriving at the top slower than you started but arriving. Conversely, you need to avoid gaining momentum going downhill if you need to stop at the bottom. Those who get stuck are a) those idiots who insist winter tyres are not needed but go out anyway and b) those you arrive at the bottom of hills and try to power their way up them.
@@jamieduff1981 TIP AND ADVISE; If yr wheels are spinning in 1st gear, go directly in 2nd gear with lower gas and yr problem is mostly solved and also use SNOW-SOCKS under these circumstances, you will be amazed how good they work.
@@koosvanpetten5567 mostly old wives tales tbh, and with so many cars using automatic gearboxes now the ability to choose a gear at all is not always there. The bottom line though is that regardless what gear you use you need the same torque at the wheels if you're attempting to move off or maintain speed up an incline. If you can afford to bleed off speed going uphill you can afford to put less torque down to the road and you have less chance of slipping.
I don't use snow socks, but do use proper winter tyres.
We should follow the winter rules in Japan. From mid November until the end of April, you are required by law to use Winter Tyres.
Failure to do so, could result in your vehicle being crushed....oops!
Put your taxes up to pay for everyone's tyres, how bout that then
@@jellybaby7 better still, have insurance companies add a £1000 compulsory excess for any claims made in wintery conditions where the responsible party was on summer tyres - then after a few years we can all afford winter tyres through enjoying lower insurance premiums because we're not all paying to repair the vehicles damaged or written off by clowns on summer tyres.
I can smell that clutch from here
ManOthewoods cancer yummy
ManOthewoods i don't think you can any any of the cars in this video... none pushed it too much... not even the Renault... besides if the clutch is finally engaged it's the tyres that spin not the clutch plates anymore.
Anymore?
big fan from Canada, love to watch these, keep them coming year after year mate, nice to see home from a far, cheers
Quite fun to see the chaos that comes from a few cm of snow.
Xanthopteryx That's not much.
Xanthopteryx In Bavaria. There was 3-4 feet snow in a night. A few years ago. And in the normal winter ca. 5-8 inches a night. You see it's not much. When you have winter Tires it's easy to drive.
would be nice if the pratt in the clio had cleared the snow from his lights for a start
Thought so too
john parkinson yeah but I don't think that would improve his ability to drive!
that man in clio did not know how to drive. if you give gas, dont stop. looks he did not know what he is doing.
john parkinson why? it's daylight and the whole car is white.. not like you can't see it a mile away.
Summer tires in winter. A joy for everyone.
its tyres not tires
buy a dictionary smartass.
Got one says TYRES
So you're from GB, must be a gap in education =)
Just get lost grammar nazi :)
Really these people are gonna drive with THAT much snow still on their cars? Jesus fucking christ someone revoke their licenses PLEASE.
Flammen. shut up... you haven't got a clue about it.
Choice777 what that its dangerous to travel with snow on your car??? whats to know about it??
all i see in comments is winter tyres, winter tyres.... you do not need winter tyres if you can drive in snow, like not trying to boot it in first gear up a hill. winter tyres do not make you a better driver. plus snow and sub zero temperatures are such a rare occurrence in most of the uk. just the northern half of scotland that gets it really bad most of the time. proper throttle control and gear selection plus keeping your whole car clear of snow is all thats needed in the uk for the most part.
Aye min! Yer nae wrang there at aa! .. Fitt like Glaesga fae Aeberdeen.
Winter tyres do not make you a better driver, true, but they give a better driver a LOT more grip to work with. As a 43 year old rural living Aberdonian, I grew out of skiting about on summer tyres proving how awesome a driver I was 20 years ago. There are some moderate gradients and frequently untreated roads where I am - if you're on summer tyres, you're not going to be able to overcome gravity going downhill and will discover quickly that no amount of Driving God advice and pub-chat techniques can make up for simply having enough grip to get up inclines and be able to stop going down them without locking up. I'm both proficient and confident in snow. It snowed the day I passed my driving test... Technique will get you so far, and on level ground. Winter tyres will get the same driver around with far less drama.
Where was this filmed? Somewhere in Chesterfield, I'd say looking at the taxi plates and the buses going to Sheffield via Whittington Moor.
About here I reckon. www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.2665385,-1.4270821,3a,75y,149.4h,78.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEUjhhwRe2Q2XYUuGOmUfow!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
If you in a front wheel drive trying to get up a hill in snow then reverse up it works so much better.
no it doesnt, what are you taking about. front wheel drive have better traction getting up hills than real wheel drive. you are talking shit pal
Front wheel drive is better indeed.
But hearing the high revers 😱🤦♂️
@@paulcowen8425 results don't lie, I reversed up my road in snow, when it wouldn't go up forward, maybe it's you talking shit pal?
results dont lie? results tell you front wheel drive is better in snow
@@paulcowen8425 never said front drive is worse than rear drive, I said reversing up a hill in front drive is better, gives more traction.
meanwhile in canada.....
actually that warm slushy crap is the worst to drive in. the colder it is the better your traction in the snow.
+Russell Oriely - The UK doesn't have ''cold'' because of the Gulf Stream so slush turns to ice. No one its winter tyres so they panic at a mere dusting of snow. Lacking appropriate tyres is negligence.
+romansUK When I learned to drive 30 years ago no one used snow tires. They were expensive and rode horrible on dry pavement. We never had issues because we were smart enough to avoid hills when the snow was flying. This is just stupid people that don't belong on the road, types of tires is irrelivent.
all true....when its -18 celcius or lower and the snow sound like styrofoam, the traction is pretty good. slush make cars "float", and turn lane change into nightmare on highway. this is when a good awd shine.
+William Kelley don't compare a 3200lbs 1980 monte carlo to a 1150lbs 2016 hyundai accent and say that its all about the driving skills and winter tyres are not needed. my father is 75 and he well know the benefit of winter tyres, even though he drive scince late '50.
thatfrenchcanadian
^*tires*
Im from Norway and i live in Tromsø, this is hilarious
We get this in 30 min LOL
There is nothing hilarious about the weather in Tromsø, I am glad that we have a temperate maritime climate, and days like this are rare for much of the UK.
I'm from england and have never had a problem with snow ,when your taught to drive properly you can cope with most things ,your right this is hilarious
@@glynnwright1699 : As the climate keeps changing it won't be much longer. Out.
The problem in this country is not snow, it's shit driving. As soon as it snows, people suddenly don't know how to drive.
@@whitsthecraic Exactly
I was in traffic for 2 hours because of shit drivers ...
I have never seen worst drivers in rain and snow conditions, and I can say I was in so many countries and never experienced this ..!
Never a copper about when you need one !!! It really gets my back up to see all the morons who can't be bothered to clean ALL the snow off their bonnets , roofs & back windows.... dangerous to all road users when it slides down over the front window or harder snow blowing over the car when going faster and hitting cars that are behind ( not in this video I might add ).... wish people would wise up to getting a set of Winter Tyres though , safer and cheaper for everyone
Wtf is a bonnet?
@@roscoeelcocko1863 its the thing you lift up to get to the engine in uk its called a bonnet
then what are windscreen wipers for rolls eyes
Is snow tires and studded tires illegal in the UK? This looks like normal winter to me (exept everyone seems to get stuck)...
Nope. Its just that 98% of people are fucking USELESS at driving here. Gets me so fucking angry.
Oliver Lewin to be fair its lack of practice as well ...last decent snow round here was 2011/12 ....
You now have drivers on the UK's roads who have never experienced driving in snow!
Is this on Whittington Hill, Chesterfield....just below the Black Bull ?
Sure is
haha 5.49 is brilliant... watch as the proper cars take over!
And where were the gritting crew when you needed them? In their beds tucked up after a friday night drinking session.
The same in The Netherlands, they are allways too late.
It is just that people in UK in general do not bother to put winter tires. I get it that it rarely snows there, but winter tires have much better grip in sub 10c temperatures. If you have a winter set of tires they will be good for at least 4 years and they make huge difference in handling and grip. No mateer RWD, FWD or AWD..
I do have to say that I think American snowplows are better equipped with much larger plows
I think you are a dreamer ;-)
Might have something to do with the fact that in the U.S., there is almost no width restriction on large vehicles(anything that requires a heavy equipment/cdl license) and also that city vehicles(which most plows here are) have a higher priority over traffic during storms and can carry much larger blades than say, a private plow.
Gen15 Americans do have much larger plows, mainly because they have normal sized streets..
Not hating , just saying
frozenfirestix
Or rather they have normal sized streets, just the U.S. has a larger shoulder. Which means we are capable of putting much larger vehicles side by side.
I've only been to U.K. a couple times, highways/motorways are normal sized, and most 'A' roads, but I still can't believe the number of roads that have pullovers and parking areas, just so cars can get by each other. Just something to get used to I suppose. cheers
What's about snow chains and winter tires??
I personally prefer SNOW-SOCKS, very easy to install withing 3 min. and you will be amazed how much traction you will have.
Oh wow that's Whittington hill it's just down the road from my house but the big problem for us is that our road is even steeper and more exposed than this one.
Why does the plow truck have anti-grenade netting on top?
So it can plow in camouflage
Wow a Grit truck... I’ve only ever seen one when it’s not needed.. think they hibernate when snowing.
I hear winter tires sure helps a lot
Don't they have Winter Wheel's in UK...???
If the roads are this bad I wouldn’t even attempt hill driving. Take a different rout
Ryan Scherbluk when you live in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and much of the rest of the north of England there are no alternatives to hills!
Spencer Wilton anywhere in the uk, not just those places
so... no winter tires.... :D
what do you mean 'winter tires'....this is our SUMMER !
Just put a set of Goodyear ultra grip 8s on our volvo tdi, if I cant get the hills inLincs
wolds then snow chains in boot, didnt stop us in 2010...also have a 4x4 for worst case scenario...
Lincs lad here, was delivering in the wolds in 2010 in a merc sprinter, had winter tyres on but they are the worst vehicle ever in the snow
supersesqui no it ain’t it’s rain in summer
It hardly ever snows in the UK (where I live we only get snow once in every 10 years or so) so no one uses winter tyres.
When it does snow, we don't have to go to school or work. ;)
let me guess, hardly anyone got winter tyres........
not even the bus? that's just ridiculous.
dschonsie they dont bother in England because they get snow once every 5 years or so, winter temps down there usually sit above 5C.
If you go anywhere in the UK where we actually get snow every year 4x4s with winter tyres are very common, anywhere north of Glasgow/Edinburgh just doesnt have this problem.
dschonsie
Doesnt matter if it doesnt snow, winter tires bether in rain than summer tires below 15 celcius, just laziness
Snotra umm the7 are useless in the UK unless it snows which where I live happens like once every 8 years or so. Where the hell do they get stored during that time and you know they are expensive right. All weather tyres which cars come with are perfectly adequate in cold weather minus the snow
It’s just the fact that a lot of us in the UK aren’t prepared. People don’t bother to spend money on snow tyres. Personally I just run my cars on winter tyres all year around. They don’t wear down much quicker than normal tyres.
And u still get stuck in the snow
I live in Scotland, after buying a Rear Wheel Drive, Snow tyres it was, I've not gotten stuck yet!
With tyres for winter use fitted, that amount of snow will not cause any problems.
Bollocks, on that hill without 4-wheel drive and a gritted surface.
People that don't carry a shovel and bags of salt in the back of their car are stupid and shouldn't be driving in snow.
Well that looks like fun =D
That machine is very satisfying when it goes fast
I live on a steep hill in Wales & we have grit bins. We all clear the snow away from the road outside our houses, throw grit down, problem solved.
Wonderful, so it has to be !!!
Do not stop on a incline. Keep going Slow and steady.
What if traffic lights 🚥 are red, colourblind is not an excuse
Where in Yorkshire, did this take place?
+Scottish NS Rail Fan This is Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Scottish NS Rail Fan Snow plow comes through doesn't even drop anything to thaw the snow. I thought euros were suppose to be intelligent. lol
I see a lot about winter tires yes I do believe the tires work in the winter but I never used them just really good all season tires and had zero problems I think its all about the driver and having good meat on your tires
Are winter tires not common in the UK?
More people do have winter tyres now but it's still a marginal call. Roads are only like this a few days of the year in most of England, so the cost and wear rate has to be taken into account. A few companies are now doing tyres that are supposedly suitable for all conditions.
Snow is much less common in the UK than mainland Europe and the USA (the parts of the USA that get snow, that is), so people don’t bother as they’d only be useful for a couple of days of the year.
It’s snows like once every 8 years so why buy snow tyres also understand that people in the U.K. buy cars on finance or lease or just change cars regularly so they have a warranty in which case buying trees is pointless
It doesn't snow a lot in the uk...so the tyres are non winter tyres!
what no winter tiers in UK?
Neven Branovic
Not worth it really. For the amount of 'bad weather' we get its not worth the financial cost.
Where i live,we've not had any icy roads or snow for about 5 yrs!
Our winters are mostly wet nowadays,with flooding.
Plus no-one gets any practice in driving on snow,so a lose lose situation!
its tyres not tiers
David Jones tires
there is no I in tyres
David Jones if you live in the US there is. Now I am guessing your in the UK.
Perfect!Thanks.
People just seem to think winter tyres are for snowy conditions but they work better than summer tyres in all conditions provided the temerature is below 7 degrees. They totally transform a vehicle during the colder months. I think insurance companies should offer financial incentives for fitting them.
You definitely live on the best street in winter!!
SUMMER tires on winter roads is always stupid. If the cars in this video had proper winter tires there would not be anything to film at all, just "Nice driving on white roads". Driving on snow is no problem with proper winter tires.
When it gets this bad, i don't even bother to venture out on the roads. Too risky
Them snow plow lads are good at what they do
What do those zig zag lines mean? We don't have road markings like that in the States.
no stopping areas for vehicles when close to a pedestrian crossing. it provides a good viewing angle for pedestrians if they cross the road when the traffic light is green.
dvdphotography
Oh, I always thought they were for cars drivers to tell them they're coming up to an intersection and to be wary of crossing traffic through there.
I didn't know you're not supposed to stop within that area. I'll try to pay more attention next time I see British road ways to see if the cars stop in those areas.
Thanks for the information.
Drivers in the States often ignore the cross walk paths painted on the tar all the time and stop in them at intersections. You're supposed to get a fine for doing that if caught. But so far, I've never seen any one get one.
SpiritBear12 you can stop within the zig zags if the lights are red
It means no parking or overtaking (zebra crossings) which I believe was instant points on your licence and a fine when I was learning to drive.
Why did nobody salt or put sand down
winter tyres that would end most of this
But our snow only last a few days, so it's not really worth it in the UK unless you live in the north or Scotland
@@SomeGuy-lw2po Use SNOW-SOCKS under these circumstances, i have very good results with them, without any trouble.
Excellent video x
It's OK, but prefer trains
Even with winter tyres and front-wheel drive, a hill like that one is a bugger if it hasn't been gritted.
So fit snow socks & away we go, straight up
i think that every winters your camera is ready to film that funny situations
i think that the % must be important in front of your home
thanks for sharing Ian
have a good week
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If that was my road i'd be out there with the shovel!
You're going to clear the whole road with a shuffle when the snow plough was there.. ok you do you
Haha kaos when it cames 2 centimeters snow!
Anders Granlöf Yeah 😂 This is 🇬🇧😂
All this is completely avoidable. If they all had winter tyres on their vehicles their wouldn't be this chaos. When people are learning to drive, they should do a few lessons at a skid pan. So they know to drive when it's slippery.
In the case of summer tyres on snow,you can deflate them (we run 20psi,or less,on my wife's pug 206) and by using some momentum you can move pretty easily.Of course there is no comparison to winter tyres but that trick can get out of "slippery" situations.
μπεκακος ευθυμιος.... Summer tyres... Summer gripping summer no
Thats why I drive a Subaru! AWD is great!
***** While rear wheel drive CAN be more fun, its not better nor is it the slowest in the rain.
***** All drivetrains are ok up to a point. FWD tend to weigh less and are cheapest to make due to less parts, but not do good in snow or off the line. RWD tend to be the funnest to drive IF your in a area to take advantage if it and can be the best off the line, but is the worst in snow. AWD provides the most grip off the line and is the best pick for bad weather driving, but is the heaviest.
***** Yeah RWD looks alot better sliding down the hill backwards doesn't it? How the hell can you say its better than AWD? Even the FWD clio made it further up the hill than that tail wagger merc!
And impreza's slow in the wet? The complete opposite is true on that, they are one of the best in the wet, just grip n go!
Just goes to show, many people do not react correctly. I've just spent the better part of a week driving around on sheet ice with buggered up old all-season tyres in an old, pre-ABS/EBS/ESC rear wheel drive car and I didn't get stuck even once, even if I did a fair bit of cornering with the tail out. Smooth and minimal throttle inputs are the key to adhesion on slush/ice, even with hardened old tyres on.
Could you hear the guy in the Daleys' van yelling," MOVE IT, MOVE IT, MOVE IT...aw crap"?
3:45 why the fuck did he slam his breaks on...
Back end started to drift.
Valoro85 EXACTLY my thought, once the momentum stops, your fucked
J tet If You're starting to fishtail, You dont want to brake
Correct. But pay attention, i was answering farmerash's question. I never said it was a good idea.
The problem is in the uk we get wet snow which is more like slush, which makes it very slippy, also it dosent snow as often as it used to so any person who passed his driving test in the last 15 years has little or no experience driving in snow, if we ever get a real winter a lot of drivers will not have a clue.
I notice the 'Snow Plough' didn't have any problems going up or down and he was probably lighter than the bus overall.
Hes not lighter than the bus. He'll have several tons of grit/salt in the back.
@@simontay4851 Somehow I still don't think he will come up to the unladen weight of that bus even. As for grit/salt on that lorry it looked empty to me, - even if he had some in the back I don't think he had that much, - by virtue of the way he had to 'charge up' that hill when he came back.
double deckers are between 10-12 tonnes unladen/
Hahaha, the highway maintenance vehicles are stuck. That's pretty ironic.
They are allways too late just like in The Netherlands.
A little salt or grit would work wonders.
No Name Very highly unlikely that it’s -8 or below in this video.
WHAT YEAR WAS THIS
🤔...... Well, part of the problem is that everybody is driving on the wrong side of the road.
Then watch 🙃 upside down may help
i've got one question, why is it that British people are not cleaning their cars of snow? why is that? i'm not British but i live in UK and every year when it snows nearly every car that is being driven on the road is covered in snow and you can't even see their lights, it is very dangerous. just like that Renault Clio in 4:40
What is up with people who buy two-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz's in areas where it snows. They make AWD versions of their cars, and the 4Matic AWD system is a very good AWD system at that. If you're in Florida, then yeah, two-wheel-drive is fine, but where it snows, AWD is a handy feature to have.
Kyle Blank it's snows like one day a year
Matic Oh
+Kyle Blank I live here, it snows maybe 2 days a year here. More than that - it's a bad year lol. People around here are terrible drivers when conditions are good which is why you end up with shit like this when it snows :)
4 matic is a more expensive option and has slightly worse mileage but German cars have traditionally been rwd as they are regarded as drivers car which you can have a bit of fun in but that means nothing to 95% of drivers
Usually when i see some1 with RWD car, nomatter what it is, trying to climb a hill in the snow i just go: "Man just let it go... Pull aside, lock it and walk home. You're just NOT gonna make it." Last winter in similar conditions for the 1st time ever i saw a snow plow not being able to climb the hill. Was just insane jumping all over the place, spinning the tires and sliding back.
QuantumS1ngularity A couple bags of cement in the trunk (boot for you islanders) helps.
Haha come to switzerland and practice
Bus routes ( safe travel for buses) would work wonders during bad weather. No bad uphill roads would work. Yes riders may have to walk a bit to get to the bus stop but it would help buses immensely.
No maniac stands at a bus stop during snow - unless they degenerates
Where was this
Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
What happens when 99% of British drivers run summer tyres through winter.
+logiclee1 Yes your right but 99% of the time we dont get snow only shitty cold rain ;-)
And Winter tyres work far better in cold rain than summer tyres.
I put a winter hat & gloves on my car. His summer shorts I only put on for the beach.
logiclee1
Its what happens when snow is a rare occurrence for the majority of the UK,hence the majority of drivers don't get the practice and experience
of driving in it!
Depends on the car as well .... my Pug 406 estate was hopeless in snow ...... my Primera sri on the other hand was great ... which surprised me!
It is amazing how many people do not clear their car from snow that covers the front lights. And some other people who not bother turning the lights on when driving through the snow. They lack completely the situational awareness about what is happening around.
In The Netherlands you must clean yr car COMPLETELY free of snow and use yr headlights also in daytime. Penalty Eur.300.
Y dont we all just drive snow ploughs 🤪🤪🤪
Cause we don't want to become legless like Jeremy Renner
Snow+Mercedes Benz = stay at home
Why ?
I drive BMW in worse conditions and never had single problem
The Merc. gave up much too early, he was using his 1st gear, that doesn't work so he had to put his Merc. in 2nd gear with lower gas.
Ooh god looking through random videos on youtube and i watch this one and guess what my home town haha. whittington hill at it's finest haha.
I was cheering the little Clio to make it. The expensive Merc was hopeless.
It was hopeless because it is RWD.
@@Nooziterp1 You gave up much too early, you gave too much gas and didn't put it in a higher (2nd) gear.
Typical council workers carrying traffic cones and traffic lights!
Get out there and dig some holes or you're sacked I think is what their boss actually says to them.
you call that snow?
ok i'm gonna get my winter tyres on asap.
All that is because in UK almost no one knows what winter tyre is :D
And even the street looks perfectly clean, despite icy. With a set of snow tyres they would never feel any difference rom driving on a hot and dry street.
Russians please note, no panic, no confusion, no fighting or arguing. Just straight forward cooperation. They all probably had a cup of tea afterwards.
@3.42.........my c class is shit in the snow too LOL
Seems like y'all aren't well-prepared once winter kicks in.
actualy snow and slush would not cause this now the ice underneath that would. facts before title
Britain grinds to a halt when there's a mild frost.
Which, for most of the country is a couple of days every few years.
Glynn Wright When it snows, I just stay at home rather than join all the morons too scared to call their bosses.
Mysterious Squirrel Good job in turning reality the other way around. You're one of the weak persons who stop working for a little bit of frost. Stay home and do nothing.
Richard van Pukkem I'm not weak you idiot! I just haven't got myself into so much debt that I dare not take a day off of work. Why should I join in with the millions of morons who have no choice but to go to work. Presumably morons like yourself.
Mysterious Squirrel By doing nothing you earn nothing. While others go on progressing. So relatively you're lagging further and further behind of where you could have been by getting your arse off the couch.
just make sure where r uphill,downhill roads in ur area..........just avoid those in snow......its best solution ever
Yeah just stick to the M25, it's mostly flat
Ahh taxi drivers,they are supposed to be professional 😂
Professional swindlers, that's it
oh no 3cm of snow, everything comes to a stop
Everyone saying they should have winter tyres, yes we know. But we get snow for a few days in a year and the worst it looks is like this (unless you're from the north).
Some people struggle in the snow a lot more than others, but we don't get to practice that often, and it's a waste to over prepare for something that isn't that extreme.
Still funny watching people struggle, either drive to the conditions or stay home
I struggle to get out of bed 🛏 but it's not funny
You know ,,Winter tires for Winter and summer tires for summer...Easy.
I remember when everyone in the UK struggled to drive hahah such fun! *sarcasm*
Best laugh in a while. Nasty bugger in the snow plow turned up and ruined all the fun
99% of people in the UK are driving on summer tyres, summer tyres harden at temperatures below 7C. At night time in the UK it's below 7C for at least half the year. Most people in the UK would be better off using something like Michelin CrossClimate tyres.
hands up! Who wanted to see the gritter slide into the parked bus?