Gritters!!!

[bpsmith]

As if this time of year isn’t bad enough, with rain and dark early evening...they have to add grit into the mix!

 

[Moodyman]

I find them to be quite considerate when I'm cycling - they often stop spreading as they pass and switch the swiveller on further down the road.

 

[NorthernDave]

I do try and keep out of their way, but I don't think they're as bad as they used to be.
Either the grit they use is in smaller clumps now or they've figured out a better way of spreading it - I can remember as a kid diving behind parked cars to shelter from the little projectiles being fired from gritters.

 

[Drago]

If people didn't drive like tools in poor conditions we wouldnt need need to spread the car rotting rubbish on the road.

 

[bpsmith]

Wasn’t complaining about the way the guys drive the gritters, fair play to them. Just the fact that the grit is on the roads ready to be clinging to every nook and cranny on the first ride. Necessary evil, but still disappointing.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I prefer grit to ice. I just have to remember to duck when the trucks are coming towards me, on the opposite side of the road.

 

[Mo1959]

I do try and keep out of their way, but I don't think they're as bad as they used to be.
Either the grit they use is in smaller clumps now or they've figured out a better way of spreading it - I can remember as a kid diving behind parked cars to shelter from the little projectiles being fired from gritters.

I think it might be them trying to economise on the amount they spread due to budget restraints................that was my thinking anyway as it seems much more sparse compared to what they used to put out.

 

[Globalti]

That's it, the best bike retires to the bedroom now until Spring.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I know they are on a hiding to nothing & can only work on the meteorology provided, but around here they seem to get it wrong so many times, they spread the grit & it's not that cold/freezing, they don't & it's the coldest night so far this year.

 

[NorthernDave]

I think it might be them trying to economise on the amount they spread due to budget restraints................that was my thinking anyway as it seems much more sparse compared to what they used to put out.

Maybe so - it's difficult to tell here as we only live half a mile or so from the gritter depot, so some nights we can have a dozen or more go past our house. At the junction at the end of the street where they have to give way, there is often a load of grit piled up!

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Round here only the bus routes get gritted and ploughed. The rest is left to be glazed over by the Porsche Cayennes and their ilk flooring it.