Can gritters damage your car...

[Leicesterdave]

...at low speeds? One went past me this afternoon on the opposite side. My heart sank. The noise it made was awful. I got out to check if any damage but can't really spot anything partly due to the fact that the car is filthy ( was immaculate this morning!).
Could they possibly cause damage going at 30 mph and the salt hitting the side of your car? I mean do they actually cause damage??!

[Matt UK]

I very much doubt it will damage the paintwork so long as you risne it off.

[PLamborghini]

They hurt your legs if you cycle past one....

[Bebee]

Yes but only in Leicester

[ShampooEfficient]

They could crack plastic lenses on headlights, but you'd have to be very very unlucky.

[Leicesterdave]

Matt UK said:

I very much doubt it will damage the paintwork so long as you risne it off.

as in stone chips?

[thinfourth2]

Well its started

Can I sue someone because the council did/did not grit the road and my car has been damaged season

[Leicesterdave]

Bebee said:

Yes but only in Leicester

I feel better now- it didn't happen in Leicester. Why does Leicester grit damage your car?

[Leicesterdave]

thinfourth2 said:

Well its started

Can I sue someone because the council did/did not grit the road and my car has been damaged season

No, I can assure you this thread wasn't started to start ranting about the above. If it makes you feel better:

I am so genuinely grateful for our nation's gritters, without them we would all be dead.

[Bebee]

Leicesterdave said:

Bebee said:

Yes but only in Leicester

I feel better now- it didn't happen in Leicester. Why does Leicester grit damage your car?

Because Leicester Grit is a nutter, stay clear.

[kambites]

Yes, they can, but it seems the exception rather than the norm.

[theironduke]

I remember a couple of years ago when i was driving home one friday in my E30 Baur....sans roof...

Lovely cold, clear night doing a gentle 80 odd leptons down the M40 when i see amber lights in the distance....ahh...i just remember hunkering downer and gritting (no pun intended) my teeth...

Painwork was fine though

[Leicesterdave]

Cheers kambites- so in all seriousness all should be ok. Is it actually rocks flying by or "sandier" stuff?

[CraigyMc]

Leicesterdave said:

Can gritters damage your car at low speeds?

I imagine someone determined enough could drive one into your car repeatedly...

C

[Leicesterdave]

CraigyMc said:

Leicesterdave said:

Can gritters damage your car at low speeds?

I imagine someone determined enough could drive one into your car repeatedly...

C

??

[TheLurker]

Leicesterdave said:

CraigyMc said:

Leicesterdave said:

Can gritters damage your car at low speeds?

I imagine someone determined enough could drive one into your car repeatedly...

C

??

[kambites]

Leicesterdave said:

Cheers kambites- so in all seriousness all should be ok. Is it actually rocks flying by or "sandier" stuff?

I'm not certain, but I think it's just salt crystals, which are a type of rock, I suppose.

[PHmember]

theironduke said:

I remember a couple of years ago when i was driving home one friday in my E30 Baur....sans roof...

Lovely cold, clear night doing a gentle 80 odd leptons down the M40 when i see amber lights in the distance....ahh...i just remember hunkering downer and gritting (no pun intended) my teeth...

Painwork was fine though

LOL, reminds me of last year, pushing along on a NSL at 60mph, roof down, lovely clear (but cold) day, when a gritter appears coming the other way over the brow of the hill - yellow lights flashing - me & my mate just hunkered down & ploughed on through the shower of grit - cue much laughter.

[The Riddler]

TheLurker said:

Leicesterdave said:

CraigyMc said:

Leicesterdave said:

Can gritters damage your car at low speeds?

I imagine someone determined enough could drive one into your car repeatedly...

C

??

Maybe just a from me.

[m4rk]

In Austria the gritters sprinkle something like table salt on the roads and not the rocks in the UK. I have no idea why the difference... maybe cost in turning rock salt into fine grains?

In some conditions they do not salt the roads but sprinkle actual grit so that the grit embeds into the ice to give more grip. Quite effective too. Come the thaw they hoover the loose grit back up.