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I was driving into work this morning listening to local radio and they were saying that Staffs council are experimenting with a new grit...
Apparently the grit they use is quite fine to help reduce damage to cars (I got caught by a gritter a few weeks back in Staffs and received no damage to my car!) The downside is that the grit is too fine and blows away so they're planning on using a salt/grit solution instead. I assume it will have an additive to help it stop freezing as it is the friction on the grit that makes it work, I believe (I never was any good at chemistry.)
Anyhow, has anyone else come across this in their area. Imagine never having to drive home at 10 mph late at night because you're stuck behind a gritter
DC
Apparently the grit they use is quite fine to help reduce damage to cars (I got caught by a gritter a few weeks back in Staffs and received no damage to my car!) The downside is that the grit is too fine and blows away so they're planning on using a salt/grit solution instead. I assume it will have an additive to help it stop freezing as it is the friction on the grit that makes it work, I believe (I never was any good at chemistry.)
Anyhow, has anyone else come across this in their area. Imagine never having to drive home at 10 mph late at night because you're stuck behind a gritter
DC
. . . . . . .a combination of wet road, fresh grit and overcooking it . . . .no one around and I didnt hit anything so I got away intact ;-)
raceboy said: Off on a slight tangent......
You know the yellow grit bins at the side of the road, can you help yourself to a bag full of grit?
Just thought a bit in the boot of the car might come in hand?
Well without sounding like too much of a jobsworth, technically it's theft. I seem to remember reading an incident log created after a member of the public called in via 999 to report a man had just helped himself to a bucket of said roadside grit and had driven away. A well meant call resulted in two police vehicles being dispatched to catch the offender. Putting my sensible head on I had to halt the response !!!
Podie said:What? To help the handling!?!?
Well it wouldn't do any harm
So if I'm going to help myself do it on the sly, and I know of one locally thats in an area where no one would call the police if they saw someone stealing a car
Anyway I only plan to use it on the public highway to get me out of any slippy circumstances so I'm just saving the council a job
raceboy said:
Podie said:What? To help the handling!?!?
Well it wouldn't do any harm
So if I'm going to help myself do it on the sly, and I know of one locally thats in an area where no one would call the police if they saw someone stealing a car
Anyway I only plan to use it on the public highway to get me out of any slippy circumstances so I'm just saving the council a job
But you've told me about it, and I'm obliged to point out at this juncture you are endangering your liberty
I assume it will have an additive to help it stop freezing as it is the friction on the grit that makes it work, I believe (I never was any good at chemistry.)
It's actually the salt that does the job - it lowers the freezing temperature of water when it dissolves and forms a solution, so when the temperature goes below 0 degrees the water on the road doesn't freeze. The grit they use is raw rock salt I think >> Edited by judas on Wednesday 8th January 15:20
raceboy said: Off on a slight tangent......
You know the yellow grit bins at the side of the road, can you help yourself to a bag full of grit?
Just thought a bit in the boot of the car might come in hand?
**999** has the police/legal view covered. I asked my local council and they were happy as long as you didn't use it for buisness purposes (I'm assuming selling it on or charging people to clear their drives etc, using the councils rock salt) and that you didn't empty the whole bin every day - being sensible seemed to be the approach. Though this may not reflect the view of all local authorities.
edited to correct most of the typos, sorry bout that **999**
>> Edited by d_drinks on Wednesday 8th January 15:37
Did anyone see the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures on the telly in between christmas and new year ??? They did a really good explanation of what the effects of salf on ice are had all the kids up making ice cream. Those lectures are bloody fantastic in the way they get the information across to the auidience.
d_drinks said:
raceboy said: Off on a slight tangent......
You know the yellow grit bins at the side of the road, can you help yourself to a bag full of grit?
Just thought a bit in the boot of the car might come in hand?
**999** has the police/legal view covered. I asked my local council and they were happy as long as you didn't use it for buisness purposes (I'm assuming selling it on or charging people to clear their drives etc, using the councils rock salt) and that you didn't empty the whole bin every day - being sensible seemed to be the approach. Though this may not reflect the view of all local authorities.
edited to correct most of the typos, sorry bout that **999**
>> Edited by d_drinks on Wednesday 8th January 15:37
I've awarded you a pass with merit for English Language. Keep up the good work, I'll be seeing you in the new term!
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