A Slipping and a Sliding

Despite Sheffield City Councils best efforts the roads of Sheffield were very slippery this morning. The run into work was at times interesting, not helped by the stupidity of many drivers and their lack of forward thinking.

One incident in particular showed how little some people think about what they are doing. As we all know Sheffield is a hilly city, to drive anywhere in the city means negotiating hills. On our drive into work we have came to one particular hill that has a nice long run up before the gradient gets too steep. As we approached the hill we could see that a few cars were having problems about half way up, so we pulled over well before the hill started in earnest and let the cars sort themselves out. As we did so at least half a dozen cars passed us, came to the stricken cars, by now going nowhere, were forced to stop and then of course they were also stuck. We just sat there laughing and waiting for them to sort themselves out before calmly pulling away and scaling the hill with no fuss, passing the by now parked cars with a friendly smile.

As the snow continues to fall here in a bitterly cold Sheffield, im sure there will be more of these silly tales to tell. But for every funny story to tell there is also those tragic tales of those who have not gotten away so lightly.

Stay safe.