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Old 22-02-2005, 10:05   #11
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Re: And you thought dry roads were safe...

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Originally Posted by Xaccers
The thing is, you pootle along thinking "it's a dry road, brand new tarmac" go to use your brakes and you slide like you're on ice.
Now braking on ice is one thing, you know you're on ice, you know you need to brake gently and can prepare for sliding.
But breaking on a road you expect to be able to stop normally on and finding your car react like it's on ice is enough to freak many people out.
And if Eire reckons over 30mph is dangerous on this surface, why is our goverment using it on our motorways?
Perhaps its an attempt to try and put people off using the motoways?
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