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That's because the weather in Norway is predictable. It doesn't snow heavily once every few years, it snows heavily most years. So there are systems and equipme
by TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
That's because the weather in Norway is predictable. It doesn't snow heavily once every few years, it snows heavily most years. So there are systems and equipment in place to deal with it. And drivers have experience of difficult conditions.
The UK is mostly temperate, but occasionally it isn't. Buying snowploughs and using them once every five years is a difficult ask for constrained council budgets, and drivers might get a couple of weeks of heavy snow every few years in which to practice their not-sliding-into-other-cars skills.
- GordonS 6y agoRight, if considering south of the border, but here in NE Scotland, at least a little snow from Jan-Mar is pretty common. So we're used to it, have snowploughs, gritters and plane de-icers, but somehow drivers still drive like idiots, and airports etc still can't cope ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- baq 6y agoscottish snow plows have absolutely hilarious names. they've recently gone somewhat viral on twitter. https://scotgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2de764a9303848ffb9a4cac0bd0b1aab https://scotgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html...
- pintxo 6y agoAt least in Germany it's quite normal that people totally loose all their driving skills on the first day of snow in the winter. Somehow they get them back quickly within days. Or those with difficulties driving in the snow stay at home, not sure what it is. Years ago my average commute in the evening was 25min or so, with the first snow of the season, this was upped to 3.5h.