I'm curious as to how most countries manage with temperature variations. The reason I ask is that for the last few days it has been 30+ degrees C in the UK, and the country has been falling apart!!!
Our train rails are buckling under the heat, so they have imposed severe speed restrictions on most main inter-city lines; tarmac is melting; people are having fist-fights in traffic jams as their tempers fray . . . it was reported that the rest of Europe don't experience such problems, even though it's hotter across the continent at the moment.
Anyway, I know some of you live in extreme (both hot and cold) climates. Do you transport infrastructures grind to a halt? We seem to have problems with heat, problems with cold (roads don't get gritted soon enough, railway points freeze), and most famously - leaves on the (railway) lines in autumn, meaning that again trains get cancelled or badly delayed.
Is the UK unique in this? Are the reasons genuine or is the nation just unable to cope with anything more extreme than drizzle and grey skies?
Our train rails are buckling under the heat, so they have imposed severe speed restrictions on most main inter-city lines; tarmac is melting; people are having fist-fights in traffic jams as their tempers fray . . . it was reported that the rest of Europe don't experience such problems, even though it's hotter across the continent at the moment.
Anyway, I know some of you live in extreme (both hot and cold) climates. Do you transport infrastructures grind to a halt? We seem to have problems with heat, problems with cold (roads don't get gritted soon enough, railway points freeze), and most famously - leaves on the (railway) lines in autumn, meaning that again trains get cancelled or badly delayed.
Is the UK unique in this? Are the reasons genuine or is the nation just unable to cope with anything more extreme than drizzle and grey skies?