Re: A winter road-trip to Iceland Quote:
Originally Posted by GutsyGibbon Just curious, Did you have experience driving on icy roads? Did you have a cell phone coverage throughout your trip? I am presuming if one were to crash their car, and the engine/heater dies it would be just minutes before freezing. |
To answer your questions - I had never driven a car on icy roads ever. However I did have some basic experience considering my travels to Spiti and Ladakh (on motorbike) in shoulder seasons where I encountered heavy snow and black ice.
Iceland had exceptional cell network wherever we visited. In addition, we rented a 3G Internet wifi device as backup from the car company.
Overall it is much more forgiving to tourists than it appears to be. I remember being in two minds about self driving considering 90% of blogs and tripadvisor threads advised against doing it in winter. But if one respects the traffic rules, I think it is actually a very good place to explore driving on icy roads. Low traffic, good roads, clear safety signs, mostly flat lands, supposedly responsive emergency services, pretty accurate weather predictions and very very very helpful people. |