Spectators were left stunned after motorists failed to prevent a string of comedy car crashes in the snow.
Vehicles seemed to collide in slow motion while a bus slid into bollards as drivers struggled to remain in control in the increasingly dangerous conditions.
The collisions were captured on camera in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and shared on social media in a video viewed more than 700,000 times.
In one clip, the driver of a silver Volkswagen was heard tooting their horn as a warning but was unable to bring the car to a standstill before it collided with a black Vauxhall.
A white BMW then also collides into the back of that, causing a further pile-up, as the driver of the Volkswagen leaps out from behind the wheel, despite onlookers urging them not to.
Footage also shows a cluster of six people attempting to help a black people carrier back onto the road, as a cyclist rides precariously nearby, but their efforts were useless as the car skidded off the street, only just coming to a stop before hitting a fence.
Another car is then seen sliding into some bollards, before a bus does the same, though the damage only seemed to be minor.
It comes as hundreds of motorists spent several hours stuck on the M25 in Hertfordshire overnight as snow and ice caused mayhem on the roads.
More travel disruption is anticipated on the roads, railways and airports, as well as school closures, after snow fell across parts of the United Kingdom, with up to 10cm more forecast today.
Snow and ice weather alerts are in force from the Met Office across northern Scotland, southeast and eastern England.
I’m not sure what’s more alarming, the weather or people believing they can drive in it, and now everything is crashing including our British economy, and these collisions were dubbed ‘comedy crashes’, I doubt those affected would agree, no matter how insignificant, and wait until the snow turns to slush and freezes overnight, the roads will be like an ice rink and those cheap charlie councils won’t even bother gritting the roads properly.
Councils need to start gritting properly because it appears to get less and less each year.
A snow plough and a bit of grit would sort the wintry conditions out, but I guess low-emission zones, bike lanes and smart motorways are far more important than good old public service and safety, but once again the UK has some snow and it all falls asunder.
They must have known that snow was on its way, that’s why it’s called winter, so why didn’t they grit the roads and paths? But I’m guessing that Brexit will be to blame for this, mark my words. I don’t know how yet but you can guarantee some snowflake will be along shortly to clarify why.
The trouble is, here in England we don’t get much snow for any length of time, so when we do get snow everybody flaps around like they’re actually surprised. Years ago we had dense snow that came up to our knees but we carried on like normal. Anyone would think that we’d not seen or driven in snow before!
This country is always so unprepared for snow, but then saying that the United Kingdom is always unprepared for anything that happens, and after paying our taxes all year, doesn’t look as if the councils have done anything to prepare or clear the roads – a wee bit of snow and the entire country goes to pot!
Personally, I wouldn’t use the word ‘comedy’ to describe car crashes as it appears that journalists haven’t heard of the term ‘fatality’ – there isn’t anything witty about car crashes at all.
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