Winter Candids

Three candid Winter snaps from Tungelsta. Lots of 4-wheelers out on the roads this time of the year, especially on weekends. You don't see too many cyclists but they are out there as are the joggers.

Toys 4 Big Boys

There are many 4-wheelers on the roads these days. And also off-road of course, although that is illegal in most places in Sweden. But you can drive off-road if there's a layer of snow protecting the land. I spotted these guys at the Tungelsta school a while back.

Snow plough stuck in the snow

I have been in bed for a week with the flu or something, but yesterday I decided I needed to go for a longish walk. So I headed over to the old tree and back. On my way home I suddenly heard an engine, and as I came around a corner I spotted Tommy stuck in the snow with his Yamaha. He was using the Yamaha as a snow plougher and that was apparently a bit tricky. So after taking a few photos of Tommy stuck in the snow, I helped him get the 4-wheeler out of the snow, so that was my good deed of the day.

4 Wheeler

Father and daughter with matching helmets. Heading home after a visit to the grocery store at the shopping center in Västerhaninge. Lots of accidents with these 4 wheelers in Sweden lately. Just an hour after I took this photo there was a collision involving a 4 wheeler in Länna a few kilometers from here. Not so strange as that's where you can buy one! There are three different types on 4 wheelers. One for off road driving, Terrängfyrhjuling. And two that you can drive on the road, one of which you need a car driver license for Gatufyrhjuling, and one that is popular with the younger drivers, Mopedfyrhjuling. The moped version has a speed limit of 45 km/h. Do you know any teenager that would be okay with that? Not one. And if you are good with engines it's easy to adjust it. So the average speed is more like 80 km/h. That's one reason for the 5 fatal accidents this year. In total there are 30.000 4 wheelers in Sweden according to the latest statistics.