“well alison when was the last time you dove a vehicle that weighs over a ton it does not take a genious to work out the heavier the vehicle is the futher it will skid/slide i was on the bus behind as the lady driver was not informed not to go down that road we stopped at the bottom blocked by the poilce cars she kept remarkable control of her vehicel and diverting down a side street i was amazed at her driving skills but that does not in any way mean the previous driver was less skilled than she was just that they came accross the black ice first”

“Quote .. "A spokesman for Wessex Connect said the "The driver was going very slowly".

If he was going VERY SLOWLY he would not have caused the damage that it did. He would have been able to stop easily as some of the other traffic did at the time.”

“As U.K is surrounded by SALT WATER,is it not possible in 2009 to extract it from the sea by filtering ?.If so,stocks could be built up throughout the year.is this possible or is this too easy an idea.”

“Why doesn't everybody stop moaning and just learn how to drive...

If we drove SLOWER in bad weather or NOT AT ALL and WALKED - thus providing much needed excersice for our growing nation of FAT, LAZY & UNHEALTHY PEOPLE - and also stopped blaming others for our OWN PROBLEMS, then perhaps the world may be a little better off......”

“i didn't know Wessex Connect did a door to door service.

sorry couldn't resist. glad no one was seriously hurt.”

“Normally, councils put bus routes as first priority when they start gritting.”

“Completely agree Lorraine! However, you have to look at these things objectively, yes every road should be gritted in these dangerous conditions, but at the same time, in all honesty how often does this happen here and how long does it really last, two, three days?? Sometimes I feel authorities can't win in situations like this. If they spent hudnreds of thousands of pounds on more gritting/ploughing etc (which is what it would cost), people would eventually moan that there isn't enough money for other things as well, which is what would have to happen. As I said previously, catch 22 for everyone involved, it's just a shame that our 'catch' is safety!!
Anon, it has been widely reported this winter and even last winter that the supply of salt has been running low but I have no idea where the salt actually comes from! I know of a few storage facilities in the South West where salt is stored, but as to where it comes from - who knows! All i know is, like most things we take from the ground - it's running low!”

“Anon are you referring to the china clay waste in Cornwall, if so that is only sand not salt !.”

“were does the salt all come from is it the big salt heaps in cornwall ??”

“sorry but were do we get all our salt from is it the big salt heaps in cornwall”