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Letter: True grit – but why? Where’s the ice and snow?
Tuesday 15th February 2011, 6:00AM GMT.
A gritter lorry
Letter: I had to check my calendar on February 3 to make sure I hadn’t missed a couple of months. Yeah, I thought it might be April 1 already.
My reason? At approximately 6.30am I was driving along Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury when I saw flashing orange lights on an oncoming vehicle.
I moved over to my left, assuming it was a wide load vehicle.
To my amazement it was a gritting lorry and it was spreading salt/grit on the road.
The temperature at the time was I think about five degrees.
So can someone please explain the logic behind this. Do SABC have an excess of this substance? Are they having to get rid of it to make room for some other substance OR has someone gone bonkers?
Hopefully we have seen the last of the really bad weather because I would hate SABC to say at a later time in the month “we are short on salt/grit”.
I had to buy my own salt to ensure I could get my work van out of my road at 3.30am in November, December and January so, if you have an excess of salt, I will pick it up and won’t charge you for disposing it for you.
Kevin Howes
Telford
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We have had some strange temperature ranges. For instance last night I had to go out between 7 and 8 pm and it was freezing and the windows of the car were frozen yet this morning there was not even any frost on the roof slates, unlike like yesterday morning at the same time.
So I personally feel that your sarcasm is wasted Kevin and you must have seen a ghost lorry or perhaps need to go to specsavers because SABC ceased to exist over two years ago mate.
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Yes, heavy frost in Shrewsbury last night about 9pmn with big frozen droplets on the car. 7am this morning no sign of frost at all.
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Gritting decisions are based on information received from whichever weather service the Authority subscribes to. This is usually the Metoffice or Meteogroup, as they offer a dedicated subscription service specifically on this for Councils. There is a reason behind every decision, its certainly not a watch a generic BBC weather forecast and then stick a finger in the air before sending the wagons out approach.
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Then perhaps a stick a finger in the air, is more accurate. A forecast is a best gues, it does not replace common sense.
It is the same as saying “The Satnav made me do it” when parked in a ford.
Further, I have on several occasions come into Shrewsbury, from Ellesmere at ca 0650 in the morning on a perfectly dry road…’til I reach Shrewsbury and find freshly gritted dry roads.
So, what was a dry road with good traction/braking is now covered in salt, which is attract moisture and becoming a nice slippery paste. Excellent!
Let me just mention, during the snow, all the side roads that were still covered in snow and ice, while Shrewsburys clear and cleared roads were hit with layer after layer of unrequired salt. Genius!
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