Dear Group, There has never been any mounted opposition to road salt. Sure, a bit of static, but not only the "powers to be" and "powers of the people" have loved the stuff since WWII. I railed against it in high school and found nobody concerned. In the mid 1970s I found that street salt was not used West of Minnesota. In 1974, I drove to Seattle at Christmas and found the roads quite driveable with basic plowing and distribution of a small amount of sand and gravel. Sure those who love salt say dumping sand and gravel has a down side. But I didn't slide off the road in my round trip. Another Christmas in those years, I talked to a Minneapolis bus drive in the club car on the train and he explained that city streets were much worse just after the salt is spread. Even his heavy bus was prone to slide easily.
So, what is the love affair with salt? On the news last night----IT WAS TOLD THAT MILWAUKEE HAD ALREADY SPREAD 80 THOUSANDS TONS OF STREET SALT! What do you ecological types on this site think about the "salt institution?" I doubt whether the argument that all cars would collide without it holds water in light of the number of police reported collisions reported just TODAY. Of course since "all groups" of people love salt, my words make no difference. And, hey, don't the auto body shop guys deserve a business which will not migrate to China? Eric Westhagen _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
