only - 8 here today , roads icey but not as bad new years eve and new years day , was driving on inch thick ice on un gritted stretches one car went from over taking lane tried moving in to crawler lane straight by and on to a lampost , that was just after Seaham new years eve traffic went from 70 mph to 5 mph and you could forget you had brakes , and was just as bad on way home new years day ungritted surfaces , i wouldnt mind seen gritters passing by not spraying the worse effected stretches and that was near where had a gritting filling station madness