For some strange reason our local council has decided to grit our local roads tonight!!! It was like driving on ice coming home from work had it out of shape a couple of times driving slowly!!!

Anyone any idea why they would be out with the gritting wagons?

One thought I had is that the tarmac was that hot they where trying to put some grit on it to stick to it, but why grit the brand new sections of road??

Very confused

Andy

 

well we pay their wages so rather than let the lazy council gits sit on their ***** through the summer, give them something to do.

 

They might have been testing a gritter for whatever reason or calibrating one for winter.
Suffice to say our gritters get checked by our mechanics several times between seasons and they still don't work properly when we take them out first time in winter.

 

there dusting it to try to help prevent the tarmac getting to hot and therefore comeing loose (only realy done on new tarmac or on new chippings)

 

Makes the roads dangerous though, just been up the Cat and fiddle and they have done that as well!!!, As if it is not regarded as the most dangerous road in Britain they go and do that!!!

If I was sliding with 4WD what chace hav e the bikes got, I've seen enogh bike accidents this week without seeing some more!

 

I thought that but why are they using grit?? its like driving on marbles

LOL

 

long hill at the end of the long straight(buxton to whaley bridge)(you know the one andy) the tar was like a wet road on the sweeping left hander,just like it had been tar sprayed

 

maybe there using ****e dust or there to tight and are using grit sand

 

Have a read of this:

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/vi...aspx?id=390698

 

On the BBC site also....