Why are you terrifed. The fact is that nobody has been killed on our roads since the bad weather blew in, has there? .... terrifed of what? a small prang at 20k per hour?
Why not sit at home and destress looking out the window at teh picture-postcard scenes while gently exercising? Mocuh better than Pilates
Kids 'attacking' adults with snowballs. What is the world coming to? Next thing is they'll be putting stones in the middle of the snowballs .....
Even a small "prang" costs money to fix. Which is in short supply at the minute. Worse again if you prang someone else. Claim your insurance and NCB gone. My car is only four months old and cost over 35k. I would prefer not to damage it or myself or someone else.
I would actually prefer to leave my car in the driveway and take public transport to work, thus avoiding driving and skanger attacks, but I have to brave it as there is no direct link to work. Maybe 2 buses, but not even sure if they are operating. Tried to leave my car in the office the other night for these reasons and take a taxi, but none working.
As for the kids attacking people with snowballs - I have witnessed skangers (not kids) opening peoples doors, trying to steal stuff from their cars, pelting people in the face with snow/iceballs on my way to work. Motorists, already stressed enough, are caught in non moving traffic and are stationary targets for these cowards. I note they usually go for lone drivers, preferably female or older generation.
My sister saw a gang of mid teens (male and female) attack a man who opened his car door and stepped out to tell them to cop on. Scuffle ensued with car driver left with bloody face. She is still in shock - said she never witnessed anything like it. This happened outside a secondary school.
Listened to a man in tears on Joe Duffy who witnessed a cyclist being attacked in a similar manner in Dublin and felt powerless to help. It is only a matter of time before someone is killed as a result of an altracation, or throwing stuff at cars/in front of cars/at buses. Why is the snow being used as an excuse to allow people be assaulted in the name of fun. But sure its only a snowball indeed.