Drivers are being urged to fill up their cars so they are at least 'half full' with petrol or diesel on Friday this week. British Gas has issued a slate of advice to households and to drivers to help them prepare for cold and snowy weather. It’s relevant this week as the Met Office has forecast more snow across various parts of the UK, especially on Friday morning.
Most of Scotland and much of northern England including Sheffield, Leeds, Stoke, Lancaster and much of Cumbria and North Yorkshire can expect snow especially on higher ground early on Friday morning, the Met Office's latest weather maps show.
British Gas, in its advice to drivers, urges motorists to prepare their car for snow by having their brakes, heater, tyres and windscreen wipers checked to make sure they’re in good working order. And it adds that in snowy conditions, you should keep your tank half full.
It says: “Have your brakes, heater, tyres and windscreen wipers checked to make sure they're in good working order before winter.
“And if you can keep your fuel tank half full during snowy conditions, all the better.”
The theory behind this is that it prevents condensation and fuel line freezing, and you will have plenty of fuel for journeys where you may end up slower than normal due to travel disruption, as well as using fuel to run heaters and lights, so having a tank at least half full reduces the risk of running out in the snow (if you must travel at all).
The Met Office said about the weather on Thursday: “Rather cloudy and breezy with some rain and hill snow lingering in the northeast, whilst showers give way to more persistent rain towards the southwest. Some brighter breaks developing elsewhere."
And on Friday it said: "Rather cloudy and breezy with some rain and hill snow lingering in the northeast, whilst showers give way to more persistent rain towards the southwest. Some brighter breaks developing elsewhere."
