car in canalTwo Scottish men have been charged with reckless conduct after their car was found submerged in the Union Canal in West Lothian on Monday afternoon. The pair were trying to take a short cut to Edinburgh after going out dog-walking and decided that the canal was a good choice of alternative road.

Police and emergency services were called to the canal after a concerned passer-by discovered the submerged vehicle, but the owners had already escaped the car and left the scene. The driver, Andrew Nisbet and his passenger, James Naismith, were traced after police recovered the Peugeot 406 from the canal.

A police spokesman said: “While it goes without saying that the vast majority of people have the good sense not to take their vehicles on to frozen waterways, this incident serves as an example of the type of stupidity that the emergency services occasionally have to deal with.”

The difficulties of driving on ice are not just restricted to falling through it into a canal, black ice is still covering roads across the UK leading to a 10 car pile-up this morning on the A627(M) near Oldham in Greater Manchester. Seven people were injured in the accident, including two motorists who suffered serious injuries, during rush hour this morning.

The video below shows the dangers that black ice can present to motorists who can do little to maintain control once all grip is lost between the tyres and road.

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