mkirsch said: (quoted from post at 15:17:07 01/27/15) .........
Used to be you didn't see the road surface from December to March. It was covered in packed snow, and you drove on it. ......Now, they have to burn everything down to bare pavement because people can't figure out how to drive on the snow anymore.
........ Traffic slowed to a crawl. Cars in the ditch all over the place. Fender benders every thousand feet.
Don't be ridiculous. It's not that people "can't figure out how to drive on the snow anymore." If we left the major roads and interstates unplowed and drove on packed snow, speeds would be cut in half FOR THE WHOLE WINTER! A 1 hr commute would be 2 EVERY DAY! An OTR trucker would take days to get to his/her destination and transportation costs would go up. Plus, a little thaw or rain followed by a refreeze would make the major roads impassable. Here is a pic of the dirt road (packed snow) in front of my property last winter after just such a circumstance. You could barely STAND on the road, let alone drive on it. Car would slide sideways if you weren't exactly on the crown of the road. Imagine this situation on an interstate:
The problem is that everyone wants to have solutions to problems that are risk-free, carry no adverse side effects and don't cost a lot. Sure, spreading salt has a downside in the environment but the alternative of not doing it here in the Midwest is not acceptable. There are also studies showing drugs and hormones ending up in the lakes from the urine of people who benefit from those things. What do we do? Ban those substances and let people suffer or die? We can't let the tree-huggers and eco-Nazis dictate EVERY aspect of our lives. Period.[/img]
This post was edited by JML755 at 08:09:54 01/28/15.
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