r231:

says who

mine is coping just fine

snowdrops:

Nice one.
But whatever you do avoid BMWs. They are useless on ice.

joxiri:

I hope people are reading this all of you pay over the odds to come to uk, as u can clearly see its not all it is made to be in fact the uk is slowly loosing its status as a 1st world country in my opinion

joxiri:

Yes justwise, the more reason why uk should be able to cope with it. I mean after last years experience they should have been well prepared it is the airports struggling that is really embarrassing, but yet all you hear is there's no money

joxiri:

Not even that, there's these trucks that clear the snow, which it seems they can't afford, there's not much money and much of it is being wrongly invested to a certain extent, they really need to protect heathrows position as the largest hub in the world, that is under threat from schipol and frankfurt, another 3 years of this embarrassement and that position may become untenable and we all know the impact such will have on the economy

Siena:

Most RWD cars won't fare as well as FWD or AWD in the snow, true.

My work buddy has an E36 M3 Coupe, and it's lethal in the snow. He lives on a hilly stretch, and the rear end's just too tail-happy attempting to drive up the crest. He's resigned himself to running his wife's Ford Focus 1,6 to and from work, till conditions improve.

joxiri:

Not even that, there's these trucks that clear the snow, which it seems they can't afford, there's not much money and much of it is being wrongly invested to a certain extent, they really need to protect heathrows position as the largest hub in the world, that is under threat from schipol and frankfurt, another 3 years of this embarrassement and that position may become untenable and we all know the impact such will have on the economy

AngieFan:

Thousands of flights cancelled across the US Eastcoast.


http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2010/12/sunday-airline-delays/136192/1

So when the same thing happens in London (and I say London and not the UK like all of you are because the airports in Glasgow, Manchester etc were operating alright during the snow.) why do the media mouth of about London being the only developed city in the world which is unable to cope with snow?

cou-gar:

because london city gets compared to other european cities like berlin, stockholm, zurich, helsinki, etc and those cities cope quite well with their winter.

Bossman:

The UK is just not prepared to handle this kind of snow. This should be an eye-opener though. A lot of cities in the US (including here in Chicago) get a whole lot more snow than this. And are also much more colder. The difference is that, it's part of every winter here, so we are prepared for it. snow/salt trucks, de-icers, etc.  The trucks are usually already stationed on the highways before it even starts snowing, especially around rush hour. Once it starts they hit it full-force.

That amount of snow/cold will certainly not disrupt anything here!It may delay air and road traffic, but that's about it.

It may delay air and road traffic, but that's about it.

AngieFan:

It is just London and not the whole of the UK. London normally doesn't get snow like this but in the northern part of the country where it is colder they're used to coping.

Well if those two entities are disrupted like they were in London won't it have a detrimental effect on the rest of the city with people not being able to get to where they need to be etc?