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On at 9pm tonight CH5 Sky 105
Documentary. In the Highlands, snowplough teams battle blizzards, ice, flooding and landslides to keep the roads open, whilst across the UK patrols fight snow and icy conditions.
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 20:55
Dave Hancox, on 02 February 2012 - 20:45, said:
On at 9pm tonight CH5 Sky 105
Documentary. In the Highlands, snowplough teams battle blizzards, ice, flooding and landslides to keep the roads open, whilst across the UK patrols fight snow and icy conditions.
Documentary. In the Highlands, snowplough teams battle blizzards, ice, flooding and landslides to keep the roads open, whilst across the UK patrols fight snow and icy conditions.
Nice one cheers for the heads up Dave will give that one a go!! lol
#3
Posted 04 February 2012 - 06:01
Thanks Dave, watched it yesterday on "catch-up". Good to see a program highlighting the hard work all the crews do/did 
. Was playing "guess the year". With layman hat on I'd thought it was last winter but that didn't start with the much talked of mild start to the winter over much of the UK. Only clue I think we've got is the name of that storm.
However, watching the gritter crew that got stuck and comparing what I've seen elsewhere I couldn't help feeling the policy should be to decide either
1) The road needs to be kept open so either
i) Keep it open all night by sending a "light snowplough" (like shown) over regularly, including overnight, to prevent large drifts
ii) accept temporary closure, overnight or whilst heavy snow is still falling, then send up something more "heavy duty" like a digger or snowblower. Or at least provide the snowplough crew with snow chains*
2) If the roads going to remain closed just leave it alone. Why send them up there in the dark in those conditions to clear a road that it seemed they weren't going to open until a thaw set in?
The only reason I can think of for what we saw was to allow emergency vehicles access even though it was deemed too dangerous to for Joe Public to access. However, given what was shown/explained I couldn't help but think "why risk the crew to clear a road that was never going to be opened?".
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* really surprised they don't have access to snow chains. Are we the only country that has snow clearing equipment that don't use traction aids like winter tyres and snow chains? Seems a poor show and, again, putting the crews at risks they needn't face. We saw the effectiveness of even Snow Socks which aren't nearly as good as proper chains.
. Was playing "guess the year". With layman hat on I'd thought it was last winter but that didn't start with the much talked of mild start to the winter over much of the UK. Only clue I think we've got is the name of that storm.However, watching the gritter crew that got stuck and comparing what I've seen elsewhere I couldn't help feeling the policy should be to decide either
1) The road needs to be kept open so either
i) Keep it open all night by sending a "light snowplough" (like shown) over regularly, including overnight, to prevent large drifts
ii) accept temporary closure, overnight or whilst heavy snow is still falling, then send up something more "heavy duty" like a digger or snowblower. Or at least provide the snowplough crew with snow chains*
2) If the roads going to remain closed just leave it alone. Why send them up there in the dark in those conditions to clear a road that it seemed they weren't going to open until a thaw set in?
The only reason I can think of for what we saw was to allow emergency vehicles access even though it was deemed too dangerous to for Joe Public to access. However, given what was shown/explained I couldn't help but think "why risk the crew to clear a road that was never going to be opened?".
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* really surprised they don't have access to snow chains. Are we the only country that has snow clearing equipment that don't use traction aids like winter tyres and snow chains? Seems a poor show and, again, putting the crews at risks they needn't face. We saw the effectiveness of even Snow Socks which aren't nearly as good as proper chains.
This post has been edited by PK2: 04 February 2012 - 06:02
#4
Posted 04 February 2012 - 08:52
PK2, on 04 February 2012 - 06:01, said:
Thanks Dave, watched it yesterday on "catch-up". Good to see a program highlighting the hard work all the crews do/did . Was playing "guess the year". With layman hat on I'd thought it was last winter but that didn't start with the much talked of mild start to the winter over much of the UK. Only clue I think we've got is the name of that storm.
However, watching the gritter crew that got stuck and comparing what I've seen elsewhere I couldn't help feeling the policy should be to decide either
1) The road needs to be kept open so either
i) Keep it open all night by sending a "light snowplough" (like shown) over regularly, including overnight, to prevent large drifts
ii) accept temporary closure, overnight or whilst heavy snow is still falling, then send up something more "heavy duty" like a digger or snowblower. Or at least provide the snowplough crew with snow chains*
2) If the roads going to remain closed just leave it alone. Why send them up there in the dark in those conditions to clear a road that it seemed they weren't going to open until a thaw set in?
The only reason I can think of for what we saw was to allow emergency vehicles access even though it was deemed too dangerous to for Joe Public to access. However, given what was shown/explained I couldn't help but think "why risk the crew to clear a road that was never going to be opened?".
___
* really surprised they don't have access to snow chains. Are we the only country that has snow clearing equipment that don't use traction aids like winter tyres and snow chains? Seems a poor show and, again, putting the crews at risks they needn't face. We saw the effectiveness of even Snow Socks which aren't nearly as good as proper chains.
. Was playing "guess the year". With layman hat on I'd thought it was last winter but that didn't start with the much talked of mild start to the winter over much of the UK. Only clue I think we've got is the name of that storm.However, watching the gritter crew that got stuck and comparing what I've seen elsewhere I couldn't help feeling the policy should be to decide either
1) The road needs to be kept open so either
i) Keep it open all night by sending a "light snowplough" (like shown) over regularly, including overnight, to prevent large drifts
ii) accept temporary closure, overnight or whilst heavy snow is still falling, then send up something more "heavy duty" like a digger or snowblower. Or at least provide the snowplough crew with snow chains*
2) If the roads going to remain closed just leave it alone. Why send them up there in the dark in those conditions to clear a road that it seemed they weren't going to open until a thaw set in?
The only reason I can think of for what we saw was to allow emergency vehicles access even though it was deemed too dangerous to for Joe Public to access. However, given what was shown/explained I couldn't help but think "why risk the crew to clear a road that was never going to be opened?".
___
* really surprised they don't have access to snow chains. Are we the only country that has snow clearing equipment that don't use traction aids like winter tyres and snow chains? Seems a poor show and, again, putting the crews at risks they needn't face. We saw the effectiveness of even Snow Socks which aren't nearly as good as proper chains.
Have to agree with the lack of equipment used i was surprised for such a bad road. We have a 4 x 4 at work and this is the first year they have given us MS tyres I have been told suitable for mud and snow we will see how good they are at some point.
#5
Posted 10 February 2012 - 21:22
Missed 2nd episode , but it's available here http://www.channel5....s/episode-2-402
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