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[endo-t5]

It was on the radio the other day about driving with snow on roof of your car is a breach in highway code regulations and will result in driver getting a fixed penalty notice and 3 points on their licence.
i always clear my car off so I'm not concerned just wondering if it's being inforced as i know somebody who's girlfreind got stopped because she had snow on her car but was just given a warning as she cleared it off while she was stopped.

[V70D5]

Yep, I saw them pulling folk in carlisle but I think they only got a warning.

[tingymagig]

Ddnt this all come up a while ago and the police said its was false i cba googleing it off me phone but im sure i saw a news report on iti

[Nunchukhamster]

I was very nearly an ex-Hamster on Monday afternoon due to some utter cnut who hadn't bothered clearing the snow off their roof.

I was in lane 1 of the M8 westbound, about 2 miles before Harthill services, when overtaken. As the car (Scenic I think, only got a brief look) got just in front the whole lot came off their roof in one go, all over the drivers side & windscreen of my hire car. Instant zero visibility. I knew there was a van tailgating me and a lorry somewhere in front, not able to see the lane markings on my side, what a fookin mess. Managed to get onto the hardshoulder, which was fooked with rutted ice all over it, just glad it was empty. One of the scariest moments I can recall in my driving life.

I wish the Plod would crackdown on it much harder, automatic 3 pts & £60, sod warnings. It's just another example of the utter disregard for other roadusers demonstrated by people, "I'm alright jack, shame about the accident I just caused behind me". Wankers.

[endo-t5]

http://www.thesun.co...ow-on-roof.html
here a link to highway code 229
http://www.direct.go...ycode/DG_069859

[Exocet]

I was crossing the second Severn Bridge the other night, with snow frozen into sheets of ice falling from the car in front, looking at the size of them and the way they were bouncing around on the road I think there was a good chance it could crack a windshield.

The thing about this - How would you enforce it for trucks? Clearing snow from the roof is nigh on impossible while out on the road, especially if you observe the health and safety rules regarding the height.

[JJ76]

Yep you always get the odd Tw*t who doesn't bother to rid their vehicle of snow! very annoying and dangerous.

[Lottie]

Exocet, on 23 December 2010 - 19:18 , said:

I was crossing the second Severn Bridge the other night, with snow frozen into sheets of ice falling from the car in front, looking at the size of them and the way they were bouncing around on the road I think there was a good chance it could crack a windshield.

The thing about this - How would you enforce it for trucks? Clearing snow from the roof is nigh on impossible while out on the road, especially if you observe the health and safety rules regarding the height.

Majority of my clients vehicle's are trucks and 90% of them have to legally/company proceedures do vehicle checks before it leaves the yard to check lights on the trailer are working correctly, doors open and shut correctly as to avoid swinging open, curtains secured and nothing on the vehicle that could fall off ie debris from previous load being carried, metals caught on trailers and snow on the roof.

If the vehicle's are travelling when the snow falls then its down to the driver to assess if it is safe to carry on and report back to their base if they need to stop/turn back due to unsafe load and their manager will advise them to stop or carry on.

[Exocet]

I worked for a logistics company for 6 years, so I'm very familiar with the rules regarding vehicle checks.

Just can't see a company happily allowing a truck to sit idle for a week while the snow melts from it's roof, nor supplying the required scaffolding and safety equipment to clear it 'correctly' .

[Lottie]

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[kwk2]

As one of the previous articles said, the Highway Code is a set of rules and not laws. Thw Police refer to them when proving a case of  driving without due care or without reasonable consideration. I used to stop people and advise or in serious cases, i used to prosecute.
On the subject of lorries, I was driving one in Germany a couple of years ago when I was forced to stop on the autobahn in very bad conditions for about 6 hours. Eventually, we moved off and I stopped in the first services to check the vehicle. It looked okay so I moved off. About 20minutes later, there was one hell of a noise from the roof and, on looking in the mirror, I saw a huge slab of ice falling off the roof and disintergrating on the road. Fortunately there was nothing close behind.
You can sometimes make all the checks possible but you cannot always see everything due to the height of the vehicles.