Well this morning was absolutely horrendous in the South West! in the space of what would be a 10/15 min car journey, i saw 4 car accidents and 5 people slip over because of the ice! We had cars crushed into concrete walls, cars smashed up into the barriers on dual carriageways.. you name it we had it! Black ice mushed up to the max where you couldn't physically go faster than 10mph! i'd rather have had snow!!
It took me 2 HOURS!!! to somewhere which would take 20 mins usually, to then be told we all had to turn back as the A38 had major accidents on it, and no one could move anywhere! So had to do a 3 point turn on black ice, and then drive back up a hill.. well i had to slow down to a stop because of cars infront, and then my car just wheel span for 20 mins, i was stuck!!!
no one bothered to stop and help, apart from 1 man who guided me slightly and i finally got up it!
My sister left for work at 7.30am and got 5 mins up the road, in a traffic jam for 3 whole hours because of another crash, and all roads/junctions were blocked off.. there was even 1 man with his shaving foam out having a shave!!! It was just ridiculous!
My mum said there were 298 casualties with broken bones from the ice outside that couldn't be seen to as all the ambulances were out at work, and the wards were packed! Everyone has said they have NEVER seen it this bad in their whole life, it's unreal and so so dangerous. I just hope it's not as bad tomorrow as it's really very dangerous conditions!!
To anyone driving, be extremelyyyyyyy careful!!!!!
It took me 2 HOURS!!! to somewhere which would take 20 mins usually, to then be told we all had to turn back as the A38 had major accidents on it, and no one could move anywhere! So had to do a 3 point turn on black ice, and then drive back up a hill.. well i had to slow down to a stop because of cars infront, and then my car just wheel span for 20 mins, i was stuck!!!
no one bothered to stop and help, apart from 1 man who guided me slightly and i finally got up it!My sister left for work at 7.30am and got 5 mins up the road, in a traffic jam for 3 whole hours because of another crash, and all roads/junctions were blocked off.. there was even 1 man with his shaving foam out having a shave!!!
It was just ridiculous!My mum said there were 298 casualties with broken bones from the ice outside that couldn't be seen to as all the ambulances were out at work, and the wards were packed! Everyone has said they have NEVER seen it this bad in their whole life, it's unreal and so so dangerous. I just hope it's not as bad tomorrow as it's really very dangerous conditions!!
To anyone driving, be extremelyyyyyyy careful!!!!!
