Snow Joke

Okay before I start dock me a few credibility points for using such an ovious tabloid-alike headline. What can I say? Its freezing cold, my brain has been numbed and ive not touched a drop of the good stuff for three days so the cogs are not 'cogging' in full gear.
So anyway, snow has fallen all over West Wales (and other parts of Britain too) and forecasters predict its going to be around for ten days or so, bringing blizzards and other frosty delights with it. Namely traffic chaos.

Best fetch the sleeping bags

The white stuff only arrived 10am yesterday morning and by 11:30 I was stuck in a two hour gridlocked mess. RAGE! Crazy how a little bit of snow can bring a county to its knees. And of course not just my county but everywhere! Snow can paralyse Britain at will it would seem.
Theres seldom enough gritters on the roads but on the other, more dangerous hand, we have plenty of foolish, impatient motorists who think they're invincible and invariably end up in a hedge or in the back of a ten ton truck. (And I must admit I CHEER when they do. Plebs.)
Why is it other countries fare better? And don't give me the 'we dont get bad weather her often' excuse. Those Ice Road Truckers seem to keep on truckin'. Why the hell can't we?