Yesterday, Thursday it was the coldest in Britain for many years, it ranged from - 4c in the south where I am to - 30c!! in Scotland, added to this was the wind chill factor, I had to venture out as I had a hospital appointment,but I wrapped up warm & it was OK, no snow, & dry roads, up country there were several multiple RTA's on motorways in freezing fog & black ice, they were travelling at the maximum speed 0f 70 mph in those conditions the idiots, luckily there was nobody killed I think, it happens every year with monotonous regulararity, in previous years quite a few were killed in huge pile-ups of 40 & 50 vehicles, the carnage was was shown on TV, people alive & dead still trapped in their vehicles, in one incident a fully loaded double-deck car transporter skidded, jack-knifed & fell on it's side killing several in their cars plus the driver of the transporter.
