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i've never found any problems with Warks finest on keeping my hand in on skid control on an icy car park . For most of them -it's a thumbs up ,as someone who wishes to get to gris with conditions and be safe .
i voted "self taught" -as in an old Wolseley 1500 with two rearv tyres of differing sizes , on A830 ,between Lochailort and Glenfinnan ,finding car going sideways ( driver side to water) and on correction (driver side to ditch ,away from water) , and then after more correction , heading straight down road . ( with pants severely steaming).Since then ,I've sought to keep my skid control up to date . And in winter of 78 - it proved crucial - headed from Middlesbrough to Edinburgh - with roads closing behind me . Took us seven hours .
I think there is far too much "Elf and Softy" flying around now for most "authorities" to allow anyone to do anything remotely ,possibly, perhaps, dangerous ( even if you are the only one likely to get hurt).... unless a file of disclaimers is signed and six layers of cotton wool is applied to the correct areas by a certified "engineer".
I was lucky to be working on an industrial estate that was an old world war two airfield just after passing my test, which had loads of unused side roads and was used by our local motorsport club for stage rallying every few months, so we would regularly "play" about in our lunch hour , honing our skills and we had some really great snowy winters in the seventies, to get plenty of ice and snow practice...best days of my life I think in the seventies....