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To: Darksheare

They were salting like mad here, before yesterday.

Up on the mountain is the best place to drive.

A salt truck had a spinner malfunction and dumped what looks like a half ton in one 30 foot long line.

Pity it was halfway over the shoulder.

I miss the old days of studded tires and gravel put on the road.


82 posted on 01/23/2016 3:27:41 AM PST by Salamander (I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone...)
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To: Salamander

Like I said, it was rather uncharacteristic for our roadcrews to actually be out salting beforehand.
It was... Let’s just say I may need a cardiac test soon.
Considering none of the vehicles were prepped, they must have crash started it.

Too many people with four wheel drive here that believe the commercials, they go blasting around at too high a speed in absolutely the wrong gear and then can’t figure out why they are upside down or in the median.
:-/
Had a BMW driver upset with me once because I was getting through the snow in my veedub jetta better than his beemer was.
So he repeatedly tried to ram me.
Not my fault he doesn’t know how to handle his vehicle.
*sheesh*


91 posted on 01/23/2016 3:47:32 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Salamander
A salt truck had a spinner malfunction and dumped what looks like a half ton in one 30 foot long line.

I've seen people show up with buckets and shovels when that happens!

92 posted on 01/23/2016 3:49:27 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Salamander
I miss the old days of studded tires and gravel put on the road.

Are you not allowed to use studded tires?

In western Washington we only get 1 snowstorm a year on average and that is usually only 3-4". Moderate snow is once a decade and major events are once a generation.

But you would never know if from the seniors who faithfully don the studded tires every November and leave 'em on til the last day of March. You can always hear 'em coming as they grind away at the pavement.

The sad irony is that, for all the damage they do to the streets, should it actually snow they never travel - they go to ground and wait it out (and call on us to run their errands for them ;'}

158 posted on 01/23/2016 6:14:34 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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