Road gritting in the heat?

[sporelife]

Does anyone know if this is to preserve the road surface or increase traction?

AFAIAC any loose material on the road surface is a hazard.

[bimsb6]

your forgetting as a biker your safety is irrelevant ! take care out there .

[cossiemetro]

its probably sand on new tarmac stops it getting too sticky

[rsvmilly]

This road gritting is supposed to be a short-term repair for old roads. The excess grit is supposed to be swept off.

In practice, the loose grit seems to be just left there in dangerous ridges and the roads are simply re-gritted a few year later.

[DennisTheMenace]

Be carefull , on tar and chipped roads bloody great chunks of are coming up leading to huge pot holes , good old dorset county council couldnt arrange a piss up in a brewery let alone give us a decent road surface . nearly lost mine on saturday because of this , got a right ol tank slapper ...

[jvaughan]

DennisTheMenace said:

Be carefull , on tar and chipped roads bloody great chunks of are coming up leading to huge pot holes , good old dorset county council couldnt arrange a piss up in a brewery let alone give us a decent road surface . nearly lost mine on saturday because of this , got a right ol tank slapper ...

This is where the Africa Twin comes into its own .... Now to clean the tar off the bellypan!!!

[Scraggles]

when the roads melt, the stones are supposed to be squashed into the road by car drivers,guess they dont think much or about car drivers ?