Being Canadian I guess I should not be so grumpy about how the English deal with snow, BUT there are some things to be said for all those people who drive 4x4 but still seem unable to drive down a road, nor get their children to school.
First I should state that I have never held English intelligence in high regard, ever since I encounter someone who had been to university yet was unable to do basic math in his head.
Now the secret to snow, salting the road, or gritting, is when it is done.
Your salt trucks should NEVER go out during high traffic, it is a night time job, late at night time job. Yet it seems that is not how it works here.
(Tip to councils, Hire a Canadian to sort it out for you. Also any Canadian could explain to you how to time your traffic lights. Traffic lights should be time to the speed limit, so a car can get from one end of the road to another traveling at the speed limit)
At the hint, from the below 50% hit rate weather service, of cold weather they send out the trucks, and with all the other cars on the road, never mind the trucks, all the salt ends up on the side of the road, doing nothing but destroying the roads.
Now, if you send the trucks out at 3 or 4 in the morning, the salt stays on the road and melts the snow that is falling, it stays there. Then when the traffic starts to flow in the morning, this steps up the melting, and the roads become clear, or at least are driveable, and the next night you do the same thing.
NOW, here is another one of those famous predictions of mine.
Trouble for councils ahead, because of their abusive use of salt at the wrong times, the road, which I am sure they have been using sub-standard tarmac on, will start to fall apart, and thus more people will be complaining and more people suing the councils for money for damage to their cars because of the poor roads.
(This should bring to light the general criminal activity that occurs in most councils in regards to planning and contracting and general works)
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