Paramedics kept busy as big chill continues (From Echo)
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Paramedics kept busy as big chill continues
5:37pm Saturday 11th February 2012 in Basildon By Gina Marden
THE county's paramedics are being kepty busy as the temperatures continue to plummet.
Ambulance crews in the Eastern region were called to 54 ice-related crashes on Saturday alone.
Of those 12 involved casualties.
One man suffered serious facial injuries after his car collided with a pole in Runwell Road, Wickford.
Temperatures dipped to as low as minus 10C in some parts of Essex on Friday evening.
Comments(2)
The Cater Wood Creeper
says...
11:59am Sun 12 Feb 12
westborograss wrote:as is evidenced, it would appear, by the sudden rash of reports of people crashing their cars in the 'big freeze' of 2012 appearing here today.
Most drivers do not have a clue how to handle freezing conditions. It is not the conditions it is the drivers who are heavy footed that is the problem, they do not grasp the fact that brakes do not work on ice & a wheel that is not turning will not steer the vehicle. Skid pans should be part of the driving test
Was a heck of a lot worse last year and the year before so you'd really think that a large proportion of drivers would be a bit better prepared/clued up wouldn't you?
westborograss says...
6:32pm Sat 11 Feb 12
It is not the conditions it is the drivers who are heavy footed that is the problem, they do not grasp the fact that brakes do not work on ice & a wheel that is not turning will not steer the vehicle. Skid pans should be part of the driving test