Where my brother lived (rural Scotland 5 years ago), the council left piles of grit at intervals along isolated rural roads and my understanding is that it was down to the locals to use them as required.
walking to school? some kids would actually have to walk some 1 km /or 1 mile/ to school! you can't really expect them, what about their carefully laid layers of fat from Sunday McDonald's lunches!
also, how many of them have actually seen decent winter shoes in their lives? and no, uggs are no decent winter shoes ...
They could have moved the Ice Skating from Smithfield in Dublin up to O'Connell Street this afternoon thats how bad things were there. Dublin Bus would have put the safety of all passengers, other road users and their drivers at risk and I think they made the right decision.
Yeah, I wouldn't blame Dublin Bus for their decision but I still don't think every route needed to be stopped. A limited service could have operated in places. For example, aircoach and Swords Express operated.
I suppose the problem for Dublin Bus is that those other services stick to major roads, whereas a lot od DB services divert through some estates etc. I can only speak from what I saw yesterday and the Malahide Road (especially up to Marino and then past Clare Hall) would have been way too dangerous for a bus.
I'm sure some limited service could have been provided, but not sure how big that service could have been.
I am just not sure what sort of contingencies are in place for things like this.
If today's weather was bad, imagine what the following could do to us if it continues on it's current path, currently north of Scotland - It is coming down from the Arctic and is building all the time. If that hits us we could see feet and not cm's of snow
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given how quick people are nowadays to scream 'compensation'
How can you make a large snowfall out of this picture?
To be honest I am hoping for a decent snow on higher ground because I'll be climbing this weekend, its magic up there.
you're missing the fact that a double decker bus is a lot bigger, less stable, and harder to control on ice. Plus carries a lot of passengers, with no seat belts. Would YOU drive a double decker bus on sheets of ice, on slopes and hills and windy roads? No, but you expect others to do it so as not to put you out.
Buses cannot drive when it is not safe to do so. Its not rocket science. And as for contingencies, what exactly do you expect Dublin Bus to do when its not safe to drive buses? lay on some helicopters for you?
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