Dunedin residents again woke to sub-zero temperatures, with black ice making roads difficult.
Yesterday's heavy dumping froze overnight, leaving behind black ice and deceptively slippery roads.
Panel beaters were kept busy, as cars damaged in slips and scrapes were brought into the workshop.
Parked cars were like magnets to vehicles slipping on the roads, some cars being hit several times. The cost of even small prangs likely to run into the thousands.
Nigel Constable of Castle Street Panel Beaters thinks the snow in some way could help beat the recession.
“Well it's good, it will keep us busy and it will flow on to the motor trade which probably needs a bit of a boost with the way the economy has gone,” he says.
Grit trucks were out early clearing roads, but Alistair Conway, who lives in the hill suburbs, chose to wait out the weather.
“You know, you either make it to work, or you crash your car up,” he says.
Most schools opened as normal, although it was still a morning off for high school student Zoe Armstrong.
“As you can see up in Brockville it's really, really icy, only a few cars have made it past the corner without sliding. So we're not really going to risk it,” she says.
For those on foot, wearing socks over shoes used to be the winter trick, but now there is a new hot ticket item.
Yaktrax Qalkers are spike-less chains for the feet that slip on underneath your shoes, giving instant traction and grip to walk around safely in the slippery snow and ice.
Although most of the snow has now melted away, the effects will keep workers going for many months.
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