Large swaths of Britain came to a standstill in the grip of the worst snowstorms for 18 years.
Despite five days of severe weather warnings, transport bosses still appeared to have been completely caught out as up to a foot of snow fell across the country, bringing rail, air and road networks to a halt.
From later on in the article…..
But David Frost, the director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce, said the collapse of the transport network was unacceptable.
He said: “People of my generation saw much worse winters than this in the 1960s and 1970s, yet things kept going. Why can’t we cope now?
You should keep this mind when ever someone tries to tell you that we should drive vehicles more like the ones they drive in Europe. A fuel efficient vehicle is one that is light. And a light vehicle is one that can’t get traction in the snow. It is a simple matter of physics.