Wake-up call over our icy roads

Feb 24 2010 by Joanne Douglas, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

WITH the bad weather continuing the problems on our roads are not yet over.

And it’s come to a head for Holmfirth families who watched in horror as an unoccupied and securely parked adapted van slid across a road because of ice and crashed into a wall.

It happened minutes after parents Paul Wharton and Kate Seabridge had dropped their children off at school and both are thankful no-one was hurt.

But for all who saw the incident unfold, it’s been a wake-up call.

With further snow predicted and our road surfaces in a poor condition as a result, it’s highlighted what could have been a terrible accident.

The parents have called for either school routes to be fully gritted or for the roads deemed at risk to be closed.

It’s a measure which, although extreme, would ensure the safety of not only young children but everyone else too.

They say lessons must be learnt before a tragic accident.