"Professional drivers", running those northerly latitudes should know better, even if it is just a milk run. I have to admit that I don't have sympathy for the complainers in this article. They're making the rest of them look bad.

In an interesting personal twist, my car broken down yesterday. (It was just a strut mount, which is now repaired.) My daughter and I made it home safe and sound, but the combination of that experience and this news story, made me double check all the emergency supplies in my purse/GHB and car. I topped up all the fluids too. My snow tires went on a few weeks ago. Winter has started and it's starting to get cold. We haven't had much snow yet but the wind is brutal.

We were only going to the opposite side of the city yesterday, so no need to prepare for a 24 hour ordeal. I made sure to throw our snow suits in the car before we left anyway - just in case of a breakdown. We might have to wait for help. Even if it's only an hour or two on the side of the road, it could get cold in the car while we wait. Even colder if we decided to walk home. Would we have died? Not likely. We were in the heart of the city. It's happened to me before, though, and I don't want to that cold again, especially when I'm out with my kids.