Anyone caught up in the chaos on Bradford’s roads as a small covering of snow left many roads gridlocked will support the question we ask on the front page of the Telegraph & Argus today.

How did the early morning flurry of snow leave thousands of commuters sitting in traffic jams instead of at their desks?

There is no doubt that those on the frontline in dealing with gritting the roads work extremely hard with long hours and in very difficult conditions.

But there seems to be a deeper issue here relating to the roads themselves. This was far from the worst snow fall we are likely to see over the next few months, and yet it still brought chaos for many drivers.

Some may have decided to use main routes instead of smaller ones, junctions became logjammed by others driving onto them before their exit was clear, and others will have decided to drive rather than using public transport.

And the Council has admitted it was caught by surprise by the arrival of the snow.

There are solutions to some of these issues. Better education of drivers, more awareness of which roads are passable, and a higher profile for public transport availability.

But there are also bottlenecks on the way into the city which seemed to exacerbate the problem on a massive scale yesterday.

These clearly need to be looked at by the Council as soon as possible, although no one would pretend there are easy answers, particularly in such financially difficult times.

But something must be done. This was a relatively small flurry of snow.

What is going to happen when it really comes down?