{"id":1392,"date":"2010-01-11T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2010-01-11T15:20:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T14:20:34","slug":"new-year-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2010\/01\/11\/new-year-catch-up\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year Catch Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hope you had a lovely…incident free…New Year and are ready and raring to go for 2010!<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, as you have all probably seen the cold weather is still upon us and appears to be worse than ever. Temperatures dropped below freezing and many of us seeing snow showers (some more than others!), it\u2019s not the warmest welcome to 2010 I have to say.<\/p>\n

I know it may seem that we keep \u2018banging on\u2019 about how dangerous the cold weather is but that\u2019s because it is a daily reality and the ongoing cold weather can only lead to more problems on our roads. We want our blog readers to be as safe as they can be over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

Sky News have this evening reported on only a small handful of incidents around the country due to the snow and ice which is causing havoc on Britain\u2019s roads.
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The A2 in Kent, the M1 in Leicestershire and the M5 have all been congested by broken down cars; part of the M42 was closed as was the M6 toll slip road to the south bound M6 and many other minor roads were affected.<\/p>\n

Many schools were closed across the country due to freezing temperatures affecting their heating systems and the unsafe pathways leading through\/around them.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all great news for the kids who get an extra day\u2019s school holiday but what about the rest of us who need to travel to work.<\/p>\n

The roads at present are very tricky with the freezing conditions leaving very difficult conditions for many of us. <\/p>\n

Just to remind you all of some very important points which need to be taken in to consideration before heading out on the roads:<\/p>\n