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Re: Road salt, good or bad?
Posted by jp (more from jp) on Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:46:46
In Reply to: Road salt, good or bad?, PM, Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:17:18
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The state of Maine has increased salt use in recent years in our area (Rockland). Before storms, they go out hauling a trailer with 1000+ gallons of brine and soak the roads. Then during the storm, they continue to salt (usually mixed with sand) as long as the temperature doesn't go below some number where salt becomes ineffective. Then we get this greasy salt film stuck to all vehicles for the next week of driving. Windshield washer fluid doesen't even clean it off good - you have to use elbow grease to remove it. One sunny day after a storm and all roads are dusty and dry as a bone. with my tires what is on the road.Makes for good sliding of the car around corners and emergency brake turns. I can keep a good quarter mile of dust suspended in the air behind me by kicking up sand and salt dust with my tires.
I'd prefer to see snow tires become more popular, white snowy roads, and some sand on the steep or tricky pieces of road and intersections. The primary reason they sand and salt seems to be because people drive in excess of the limits of summer or all season tires on snow. Those are the people that complain to the towns when the roads are "bad". I prefer to adapt to winter instead of make the road conditions adapt to my tires.
Posts in this Thread:
- Road salt, good or bad?, PM, Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:17:18
- Bad, but DPWs react to citizen demand and, Noel, Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:50:31
- Re: Road salt, good or bad?, jp, Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:46:46 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: bad, t_mokes, Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:10:06
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