Being at 720' on top of the North Downs means we are often treated to a covering of snow while others around us at lower altitude don't, I've driven down to work in Croydon with my covered and been the only one in the car park with a hint of the white stuff on it.
As has been said many of my colleges come from Poland or Italy so are used to the snow, but I have had many an occasion where snow has been predicted/started at home time and the whole of Croydon just goes into gridlock, very few knowing how to drive in a light covering, on top of that it is quite marked the difference in London boroughs commitment to snow clearing/salting, I can drive up through N.Addington with snow everywhere but cross the boarder into Bromley and the conditions are usually much better.
What kills me are slight slopes that end in a junction/roundabout or traffic-lights, you can't keep your momentum up because having to stop at the junction which then means a very careful pull away, this is where people start to slid or wheel spin then that causes everyone to stop or try and overtake which leads them to get stuck as well.
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