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**Nurfzerne** · 06-17-2007, 10:41 PM

Passing through Braintree this morning, there are two roundabouts near each other that I need to take. The first, comes off a 60mph road and has good visibility, so taking it a little faster than normal is no problem usually. I needed to take the first exit, so I enter at ~25mph, then turn left. Except the car doesn't turn left, just goes straight on. Feeling huge understeer, I pull hard right and just about manage to follow the roundabout round, while constantly sliding wider. By now I have loss a good deal of speed and just about manage to have the grip to take the exit I need.

So why did the road feel like sheet ice? Well, it was damp, which isn't usually a problem, but there was a thick layer of oil sitting on top of the water. Oil really means no grip at all, scary stuff indeed [shocked]

As I said though, there was a second roundabout nearby, which I approached slowly. Sure enough, there was also a load of oil on the road here too. Pulling away the wheels just spun up

I'm surprised there was no serious accidents there, least I didn't see anything on my return home. Just glad when it happened to me there was no one else around.

06-17-2007, 10:41 PM	#1
Nurfzerne Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 399 Senior Member	Scary moment on way to work... Passing through Braintree this morning, there are two roundabouts near each other that I need to take. The first, comes off a 60mph road and has good visibility, so taking it a little faster than normal is no problem usually. I needed to take the first exit, so I enter at ~25mph, then turn left. Except the car doesn't turn left, just goes straight on. Feeling huge understeer, I pull hard right and just about manage to follow the roundabout round, while constantly sliding wider. By now I have loss a good deal of speed and just about manage to have the grip to take the exit I need. So why did the road feel like sheet ice? Well, it was damp, which isn't usually a problem, but there was a thick layer of oil sitting on top of the water. Oil really means no grip at all, scary stuff indeed [shocked] As I said though, there was a second roundabout nearby, which I approached slowly. Sure enough, there was also a load of oil on the road here too. Pulling away the wheels just spun up I'm surprised there was no serious accidents there, least I didn't see anything on my return home. Just glad when it happened to me there was no one else around.
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