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Why do councils grit the roads too early !
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Author:  edders23 [ Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Why do councils grit the roads too early !
Gritting lorries were out around 1pm today 5 hours before the snow started and surprise surprise the traffic had cleared it all off the roads and the roads are as if they had never been gritted now we have 2 inches deep of snow gritters have been spotted out too late now even the A1 is only manageable at 20MPH If the grit had gone down at 4pm when they normally grit I'm sure the roads would have been more manageable !And of course all the clubbers are desperate to get to central and my cars are struggling its turning into a right disaster turning them away left right and centre because we are the oly ones still answering our phones :roll:
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
saw THREE gritters on the M6 toll road today, and only 1 council gritter anywhere else...
Author:  toots [ Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
wannabeeahack wrote:
saw THREE gritters on the M6 toll road today, and only 1 council gritter anywhere else...


You get what you pay for :lol: :lol:
Author:  gusmac [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:09 am ]
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Most English councils don't have anywhere near enough gritters.
Author:  Dusty Bin [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:17 am ]
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In fact I doubt if any of them anywhere have enough when it actually starts snowing :-o
Author:  Nidge2 [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
edders23 wrote:
Gritting lorries were out around 1pm today 5 hours before the snow started and surprise surprise the traffic had cleared it all off the roads and the roads are as if they had never been gritted now we have 2 inches deep of snow gritters have been spotted out too late now even the A1 is only manageable at 20MPH If the grit had gone down at 4pm when they normally grit I'm sure the roads would have been more manageable !And of course all the clubbers are desperate to get to central and my cars are struggling its turning into a right disaster turning them away left right and centre because we are the oly ones still answering our phones :roll:



They do it so the cars crush the salt in to the tarmac, when it's dry you can see the salt on the roads because the roads turn white due to the cars crushing the grit. This is when road salt works best.
Author:  edders23 [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
Our council uses a liquid spray on many roads thats why the cars all picked it up and removed it on their tyres except a thin strip in the middle of the carriageway
Author:  edders23 [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
Just found out this morning one of my cars ended up upside down on its roof I refused all work after 10pm and switched the phones off after 11pm but 3 decided to try and do the night the others went home. I think the driver is ok nop passengers on board at the time
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
toots wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
saw THREE gritters on the M6 toll road today, and only 1 council gritter anywhere else...


You get what you pay for :lol: :lol:


ah, hang on, once again your heart is overruling your head

I pay £4 a day x 140 days to ride the M6 toll and i get the vat back...

to ride the rest of our roads i pay, £4000 from my fuel costs, and 20% of all my tyres, repairs, plus insurance premium plus £180 a year road tax

for the above i still get potholes and ungritted roads............

(and the M6 toll doesnt have the traffic numbers that the other roads get, resulting less income)

AND i only pay for the M6 toll when i use it, whereas even my road tax is more than my toll fees
Author:  toots [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
wannabeeahack wrote:
toots wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
saw THREE gritters on the M6 toll road today, and only 1 council gritter anywhere else...


You get what you pay for :lol: :lol:


ah, hang on, once again your heart is overruling your head

I pay £4 a day x 140 days to ride the M6 toll and i get the vat back...

to ride the rest of our roads i pay, £4000 from my fuel costs, and 20% of all my tyres, repairs, plus insurance premium plus £180 a year road tax

for the above i still get potholes and ungritted roads............

(and the M6 toll doesnt have the traffic numbers that the other roads get, resulting less income)

AND i only pay for the M6 toll when i use it, whereas even my road tax is more than my toll fees


All the money you pay for using our roads is not necessarily used for our roads :wink:
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:13 pm ]
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Quote:
All the money you pay for using our roads is not necessarily used for our road
s

it goes the HMG, they own the roads
Author:  gusmac [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
wannabeeahack wrote:
Quote:
All the money you pay for using our roads is not necessarily used for our road
s

it goes the HMG, they own the roads


That doesn't mean it's spent on the roads.........
Author:  edders23 [ Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:58 pm ]
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Next lot on its way apparently I just hope the council times it right this time or the snow comes from the west in which case it usually misses us thanks to our guardian angel puddle !
Author:  yellowcars [ Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why do councils grit the roads too early !
edders23 wrote:
Gritting lorries were out around 1pm today 5 hours before the snow started and surprise surprise the traffic had cleared it all off the roads and the roads are as if they had never been gritted now we have 2 inches deep of snow gritters have been spotted out too late now even the A1 is only manageable at 20MPH If the grit had gone down at 4pm when they normally grit I'm sure the roads would have been more manageable !And of course all the clubbers are desperate to get to central and my cars are struggling its turning into a right disaster turning them away left right and centre because we are the oly ones still answering our phones :roll:


I would rather they gritted early than not at all, walsall town come to a stand still and its a small town lol. the roads were so bad people just parked up and walked.
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