zebedee Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Anyone been driving Lerwick - Brae today? Any idea what the roads are like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector's House Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Woohoo! Snow socks (for the car ) arrived today, looks like I'll be using them to get to work tonight! If anyone's interested, I'll report on their effectiveness when I get back tomorrow. Rats... this now means I have no excuse for missing the weekend work How clear is the Voe-Lerwick stretch, anyone? One downside of these socks is that they can only be used up to 50kph (35 in old money I think?) so I don't want to use them if the main road is fairly clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 My partner has recently been given snow socks for his work van and he used them this morning for the first time. He thinks they're fab - he says they make such a big difference. This was on the Aith-Voe road first thing this morning. He also said that they are really easy to put on/take off, so you can take them off if you find the road has cleared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suds Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Hi, I just travelled from lerwick to brae and the roads were not to bad. Just have to take it easy!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua767 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Onybody ken how da snaa is gain tae affect da Sumburgh airport in da nixt few days? I have a flight up fae Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, should be fine fae da sooth side bit no sure whit lik Sumburgh will be, or how dir coping with da flights. I've noticed dat a few flights are been cancelled bit a lot o dem ir landin n departin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachcaster Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Don't waste your money on snow socks, they are useless. They would be ok for getting your car out of the driveway onto the ploughed and treated roads, but that where their effectiveness stops. They are not designed to be an alternative to snow tyres and are probably only to be used as a last resort if you are stuck. PS, to the owner of the black '06 Ford Focus driving from the Brig o Fitch to Scalloway on Thursday night at 6pm and pulled in to the car park at the Black Gaet junction to remove the remnants of their O/S/F snow sock that was flailing about like crazy, your N/S/F snow sock is in the ditch at the back of the hill where the first turn off to the old road is. The owner of the Blue '03 Citroen Estate driving from Scalloway to Burra on the same night, will find their N/S/F snow sock in the ditch next to Alister Inksters house in Trondra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girzie Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 We are just back form Cunningsburgh and all is well. if you take care, there isn't a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector's House Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 I have to partially disagree, Beachcaster - snow socks aren't useless, they work as advertised within strict limits. Agreed that they aren't a long-term alternative for winter tyres, but for the relatively few days in the season that the hills around Lerwick become unclimbable (for "normal" cars like mine) then they are a godsend.Er, let me qualify that... they are a right royal pain to fit to wide tyres and don't seem to "self seat" - both mine ended up with the elasticated part sitting in a groove on the tyre tread, ballooned out and flapping madly. Not very confidence boosting for my pre-gritter travels as I was kind of concerned I'd lose one or both without realising, and then... However, the grip was fantastic, despite the back end doing its own thing (as the postie heading for Toft this morning will testify!) I felt quite in control. A set of 4 would have made the car rock steady, but the fitting problem (and the issue of driving on cleared sections) puts me off getting more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 roads were not great coming out from Lk this morning but some of the drivers were worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme_Storey Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Someone told me that we are the only European country where it is not compulsory to use winter tyres during this sort of weather. I have no idea if that is true, or not, but anyone have info along those lines?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 true but with these warm winters we have now thanks to global warming we don't need them. then i wake up and see more white stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 I still can't believe that so many drivers are not putting their dipped headlights on in these conditions and at this time of year. A car that's still half-covered in snow and without it's dipped headlights on is almost camouflaged and un-seeable in these winter conditions. But that's Shetlanders for you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme_Storey Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 One thing that surprises me, is why folk don't clear the air/heater intakes for their cars. These are usually (but not always) behind the back edge of the bonnet, at the base of the windscreen, and if they are blocked then the heating and ventilation system in the car simply cannot get the flow of air required to work properly. Maybe folk don't realise they need to clear them, but it would help a lot of cars be less steamed up. Clear the windscreen, then clear the airvents and all the demisting will work so much better. Just an observation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 I still can't believe that so many drivers are not putting their dipped headlights on in these conditions and at this time of year. A car that's still half-covered in snow and without it's dipped headlights on is almost camouflaged and un-seeable in these winter conditions. But that's Shetlanders for you.... It's also a good idea to clear the snow of the lights before you set off so that others can actually see the light! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie79 Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 `For goodness sake, I can't believe the number of folk without lights or lights on but covered in snow! And as for the ones that think its ok to tailgate other drivers in these conditions... Please please just be a bit considerate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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