Had to go over to Danderhall today and driving conditions were atrocious. It was blowing a gale and while I was going over the Queensferry Crossing it was almost a whiteout with a mix of torrential rain, sleet and snow. Some cars even had their rear fog lights on. I was in lane one doing 36 mph, and I could hardly keep the car in the lane. There was a "Dreams" Luton van ahead of me and it was leaning at almost 45°. Traffic in lane two was hardly any faster. The thing was, the limit on the bridge was still set at 70 mph! There was a 50 mph limit southbound between Rosyth and Ferrytoll but not on the bridge. It was as if the powers that be thought "we cannot slow the traffic down on the bridge that isn't affected by the weather".
On our return it was sunny but the wind was still as bad. The limit was still 70 mph but they had closed the windward hard shoulder, obviously thinking stopping on it would be dangerous.