After a dumping of snow hit the roads on Sunday the emergency services warned people not to travel unless necessary.
But the decision by most people to stay away from their cars may have meant worse conditions for drivers that did venture out yesterday and this morning too
Because while gritters had been out in force ahead of the bad weather, the spreading requires a certain amount of traffic to help distribute the rock salt and clear the carriageways.
This meant even on main gritting routes, conditions were far from ideal