Going backwards at speed on ice.

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had this happen to me in a single deck bus 1am in the french alps,the bus slid back and rolled over the edge down a ravine...
i was asleep at the time and woke up upside down in a snow drift.the driver and passengers 6 of us escaped unhurt as it had a roll cage.

it was snow chained and winter prepped but still slid

only slid in tyhe landy once and it was just a matter of jamming reverse in and doing the best i could,even with difflock it wouldnt go up.drove up the hedge in the end to get grip,it gets quite icy in clay pits..
 
Not sure difflock is always going to get you out of trouble?

Lane from Stokenchurch to Crowell (ok - so it had a road closed sign....) was polished to a glass finish under a powdering of snow. Headed down, I had escape route planned into the verge, and used it. Back end just swung round and downhill on its own. Headed back up 2 low diff locked on tickover, but eventually just slid back. Couple of pirouettes later lined it up on verge and crawled down to find a sandwich of Dsco with trailer, transit, with the filling a Police 4x4!!

Inched past without sliding into them - got down in one piece, but no difflock rescue uphill there. Fun though! A

[but of course once you are sliding then engage the gear appropriate to the direction of travel (!) and get the wheels up to speed to stand any chance of grip - locked on the brakes or going the other way they'll slide all the better I'm sure!]

what day did u do that route i did it friday night was great fun, kop hill in princes risborough was fun
 
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