A safe Merry Christmas!

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~ Merry Christmas to everyone and to all those, like us who will be out and about visiting relatives~ please take extra care if you have icy conditions~ and make sure you have enough petrol as lots of garages are closed on Christmas day!
I was reading on the net this morning about some lady who was found frozen outside her house because she had locked herself out and wasn’t found for seven hours but is fortunately coming round in hospital~ wasn’t there anyone she could go to or ring?
Anyway in the light of that here is some advice for travellers
AA advice

Check local weather and traffic conditions before setting off, and if conditions are particularly bad, don’t travel
Drive only as fast as conditions allow, and remember that stopping distances are ten times longer in ice and snow
Gentle manoeuvres are the key to safe driving in heavy snow. Use all the car’s controls – accelerator, brakes, clutch and steering – as gently and progressively as possible
Wear comfortable, dry shoes: cumbersome, snow-covered boots will slip on the pedals
Carry an ice-scraper, de-icer, food, hot flask, blanket, warning triangle, and a fully charged mobile in the car
Clear snow from the roof as well as from windows. Snow piled up on the roof can fall onto the windscreen obscuring your view and can also be a hazard to other road users. You could be fined and receive three penalty points if the police consider your car a danger to other road users
Keep to main roads as they are more likely to be gritted and will be patrolled by police
~ and most of all have a safe and happy Christmas !

24 Dec, 2009
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Hywel

Thank you for the advice Arlene.
It's strange we have no snow at all here, but 6 miles away the place is white. What a difference a few miles can make.

Merry Christmas :o))

24 Dec, 2009

Joanella

you to arlene,happy christmas & all the best for new year

24 Dec, 2009

Terratoonie

Happy Christmas Arlene...
Hoping everyone is safe and warm. :o)

24 Dec, 2009

Amy

Thanks Arlene a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy new year to you and your family x

24 Dec, 2009

Sanbaz

thanx arlene, yes was awfull and a young man died to locked himself out and froze,, so good addvice there, merry christmas to you and yours ;o))

24 Dec, 2009

Arlene

~that's really dreadful Sandra ~ someone's son!` the only thing I would add would be brandy in a hip flask for emergencies!

24 Dec, 2009

Drc726

Happy christmas Arlene

24 Dec, 2009

Mavisc52

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Arlene stay safe and warm.

24 Dec, 2009

Lily2

Good advice Arlene, Happy Christmas. :o))

24 Dec, 2009

Bonkersbon

Caring as always about others safety ! Warmest good wishes to you and yours from both..Ray and Jane xx

24 Dec, 2009

Arlene

~thanks everyone and the same to you!~It is so sad to lose a loved one at this time of year as you will always be reminded at a time when everyone else is with their family and celebrating~especially sad the ladies who had been to see the lights switched on and the man who fell and banged his head Christmas shopping with his little daughter!

24 Dec, 2009