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Why Grit Dry Roads??

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MudRat:
i know about dew etc, why not grit around then, gritting 8 hours before seems a bit pointless, especially as the lorries blow the DRY grit off the roads onto the embankments.

Bowie:
Had ice on the roads at 18:00 today....

davidlandy:
stop gritting in my view -

benefits :
let people get used to driving in proper conditions, it will make them better drivers
No suing for missing out certain roads from grit, as none of then are done
councils can then concentrate on plowing, or other great and worthwhile jobs like cleaning up litter as an example.
saves money, could = reduced tax  :wink:

graham:

--- Quote from: "littlepow" ---When they grit up on the moors, you have to be carefull as the sheep start licking the roads!
--- End quote ---
must take me wellies catch em while there distracted.  :lol:

Lucy1978:

--- Quote from: "davidlandy" ---stop gritting in my view -

benefits :
let people get used to driving in proper conditions, it will make them better drivers

No suing for missing out certain roads from grit, as none of then are done
councils can then concentrate on plowing, or other great and worthwhile jobs like cleaning up litter as an example.
saves money, could = reduced tax  :wink:
--- End quote ---


More likely it'll end up in people becoming dead drivers, We don't have sufficiently long spells of cold weather in this country for people to learn/get used to driving in icey/snowy conditions, which means motorways closed for hours whilst the poor people dealing with it clear up the body parts from the carriageway (yes it really is like that at times)

The list of gritted roads is published by individual councils, if you decide to drive an unsalted road that's your problem.

The costs; increased insurance premiums, recovery, environmental damage, lost trade due to closed roads, etc. because of accidents, would far outweigh the money saved by not salting the roads.

There is a valid argument for not salting roads, the damage it does to highways structures, but an alternative to salting needs to be found before  the benefit to the structures outweighs the benefit to the traveler.

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