The news reports that the councils are ready, but this is the first time in nearly 30 years I believe, of such an early cold snap, so they aren't really ready at all, it'll be same old. It's already in the news with stuck cars, and overturned vehicles, and that's just a blip.
The gritters have changed tactics from salt, to sugar/salt, but birds were eating all that, and dieing a bit, and the runoff was affecting the watercourses, so we were drinking grit. The latest tactic is to put salt with a mix of saline. (salt water), so presumably in arctic conditions, this lay on compact black ice, would turn to more black ice immediately?
When you think of the dire effects salt has cars bodywork, I wonder how many gritters the council gets through, before they rust completely?
And an early cold snap, means an Indian summer next year, YAY!!!