A map of Michigan.
The new measures are expected to reduce salt distribution by up to 40%, reduce the frequency of salt runs, save on truck maintenance, improve the safety conditions of the roads, and save around $100,000 annually, which is probably worth the scorn of impatient motorists. No doubt there will be at least one driver this year who is rushing to get home for dinner, angry at the salt trucks for slowing him down. There are a few levels of irony here that I won't go into.
It will probably take a year or two to adequately analyze the results. Hopefully, if it all works well, other snowy regions will follow suit.
I remember hearing atlanta had no money for salt trucks this year when they big snow storm hit
ReplyDeleteGood info. I assume they did some real world testing before they issued their guidelines.
ReplyDeleteAlways good to have effective measures put in place to improve efficiency.
ReplyDeletetrucks probably shouldnt be going faster than that in snowy conditions anyway
ReplyDeleteWhat a waste of salt! Trucks must only slow down.
ReplyDeletenice review my friend
ReplyDeletehow do you find news stories about salt? /baffled
ReplyDeleteWe don't use salt for the roads in Canada.
ReplyDeleteWell, not sodium chloride, at least.
Sodium chloride does bad things to the soil.
Good for them I guess
ReplyDeleteThat be good info to have for Canada. Seeing as we're snowed in like half the year. :|
ReplyDeleteWhat is the usual speed of the salt trucks?
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