Twas during our brief ice age. The main roads were fine but I stupidly went down a quiet road and the bike went from underneath me. The bruising was truly a sight to behold. I was in bits for about two months after.
That's happened to me here.
They salt the roads but a quick rain will wash it all away and leave the road like greased glass.
You never truly appreciate how heavy you are til you hit concrete road at speed.