SNOW!!
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I remember my first driving lesson was my Driving Instructor getting me to drift around an iced over car-park.
And randomly he would put the hand brake on just for the hell of it whilst driving.
With the handbrake, you can do some drifting in a FWD car. However, it's best to do it on ice, unless you want to wear out your tires and handbrake faster then normal.
And a reminder to find a nice clear space to do it. Like a private car-park. -
Or a glacier
still, if you have the chance to do it i do recomend playing about in an empty carpark, its good experiance and practice. Not to mention fun
Crazy-Fools.co.uk does not recommend drifting your car, the views of the staff are their individual views, and if you wish to blame someone for why your car is totaled, blame them. Please note that drifting (or related acts) in public car parks can also get you into trouble under Dangerous and Careless Driving, feel free to forward your fines onto them
*whistles casually*
Well actually im not forcing anyone to do it, if you are silly enough to get caught doing it well it was your choice to do it and you got caught so not my fault
Yes it is against the law and im not saying go break the law because its fun, just be careful and use your brain (so don't do it in a carpark with loads of other cars and lots of people about. And try not to do it too many times consecutavly).
But the practise is a nessesity really because if you begin to oversteer due to snow you will know how to deal with it, thats why i did recommend it.
Thats my health and safety advise for the day
Qotsa_101
*whistles casually*
Well actually im not forcing anyone to do it, if you are silly enough to get caught doing it well it was your choice to do it and you got caught so not my fault
Yes it is against the law and im not saying go break the law because its fun, just be careful and use your brain (so don't do it in a carpark with loads of other cars and lots of people about. And try not to do it too many times consecutavly).
But the practise is a nessesity really because if you begin to oversteer due to snow you will know how to deal with it, thats why i did recommend it.
Thats my health and safety advise for the day
Still feel free to forward your fines/court cases/lawyer fee's to QOTSA.
However, as my post suggested, you may do so on "PRIVATE" land. Any land that the public doesn't have access to, and is not a workplace is exempt from most driving laws. Your insurance is another matter.
Aconan
However, as my post suggested, you may do so on "PRIVATE" land. Any land that the public doesn't have access to, and is not a workplace is exempt from most driving laws. Your insurance is another matter.
Aconan is also another candidate to send all fee's too
OK, basically (regarding the driving stuff) ... as Aco said, you can only "legally" do this on land to which the public has no access. Otherwise you may be subject to a section 59 prosecution, whereby the police have the power to immediately take charge of your vehicle, charge you a fine and storage fees (charged by the day), and after a week, crush your car.
I used to play about in the snow and ice on my work's car park - because I worked night shift and we had a big open-plan car park for 250 cars (and there was only 12 of us at work at night). Thus not much to hit. However, as the land is "private", if I did have an accident, my car insurance would not cover any of it (even if someone where to hit my car).
Thus be very careful about what you do and where - the police are very tetchy about this kind of driving these days and tend to throw the book at you.
Soul_UK
OK, basically (regarding the driving stuff) ... as Aco said, you can only "legally" do this on land to which the public has no access. Otherwise you may be subject to a section 59 prosecution, whereby the police have the power to immediately take charge of your vehicle, charge you a fine and storage fees (charged by the day), and after a week, crush your car.
I used to play about in the snow and ice on my work's car park - because I worked night shift and we had a big open-plan car park for 250 cars (and there was only 12 of us at work at night). Thus not much to hit. However, as the land is "private", if I did have an accident, my car insurance would not cover any of it (even if someone where to hit my car).
Thus be very careful about what you do and where - the police are very tetchy about this kind of driving these days and tend to throw the book at you.
Fines can also be send to Soul
Yup - fines can be sent in the post too (i.e. if caught on a CCTV camera). If they feel it's appropriate, a section 59 order can still be issued, and they can come and "collect" your car if it was clearly identified.
I run a responsible car owners & modifying club, so I'm very well versed on the rules (unfortunately - due to the occasional member trying to entice people to break the law). I understand it's good fun to mess around in your car on the snow & ice, but I just like to remind people of what they could face legally (as if it comes to it, it can cost you more than your car).
Play safe people
Soul_UK
Play safe people
Basically yes. If your going to play. Do it safe and use common sense about not crashing into things.
Anyway anyone got anymore snow recently? Aparantly more is due this friday -.- yippie...We haven't had anymore , it's mainly just Ice in the morn and slush afternoon but , there are bits of nice untouched deep snow left still , so the odd snow ball is still being throw , heh. Ps I hope I snows on Friday evening , so I can go sledging again heehee.Yeah me too - I was doing 10mph down my road, which was covered in snow with lumpy ice underneath ... I must have driven over a lump of ice as the back end of my car slid out and smacked the rear wheel into the hidden kurb ... Now that's a bit too slippery!
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