Every few years we get a heavy snowfall combined with rush hour traffic which can lead to nightmare multi-hour delays. Heavy snow falling on a motorway packed with stationary vehicles is a worst case.
Remember December 2010?
Gridlock: Drivers stuck on the M8 at Junction 2 near Livingston in West Lothian last night.
Image Courtesy of The Daily Mail
M8 Glasgow
Credit: Mark Vogan
The M8 wasn’t too pretty at rush hour this evening.
Neither was the M74 through.
https://twitter.com/whits1971/status/953178436255846400
My neighbour's travelled to #Glasgow today. I didn't think it was wise 😉. He's now stuck on the #M74. #uksnow pic.twitter.com/mJW9bJSpDD
— Oldham Weather (@ChadWeather) January 16, 2018
Tonight, people our stuck, 5 hours and counting!
Travel chaos just now on the #M74 in Dumfries and Galloway. The motorway heading northbound has been closed, causing tailbacks stretching six miles. #Snow pic.twitter.com/jU8hKY7U0L
— Andy McLaren (@AndyMcLaren__) January 16, 2018
Stopped again. Some people driving like idiots, bumper to bumper. It's lethal out here. #M74 pic.twitter.com/SoTmwdE1lb
— Jacques Oeuf (@JacquesOeuf) January 16, 2018
Literally being buried alive in my car on the M74 now…#M74 #snow #thisisnotfun #219milestogo #5hoursandwaiting pic.twitter.com/ka5lWJMWxS
— SUNNY (@oh_Sunny_1) January 16, 2018
This tanker on #M74 is skidding backwards and starting to jackknife. pic.twitter.com/M4L4WBtjFr
— Jacques Oeuf (@JacquesOeuf) January 16, 2018
FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Jacques Oeuf @JacquesOeuf
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