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Atomic Taco

Post subject: Re: WSDOT sanding I-90 with no snow.

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:04 pm

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Location: Not in Alaska

Except it's fake

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TMF

Post subject: Re: WSDOT sanding I-90 with no snow.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:43 pm

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 3:37 pm
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Location: Spokane County

Moose wrote:

Regarding the last pic. It's about time they did something like that. That makes so much sense..

It would be better if they put them on the articulating buses! An accordion pushing snow!! :)

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Vizwar

Post subject: Re: WSDOT sanding I-90 with no snow.

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:23 am

Joined: Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:22 pm
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Location: Boulder, CO

the Outlaw wrote:

Sometimes the sand is mixed up with salt (keeps the pile unfrozen).
Perhaps the road crews throw it down as a preemptive deicer.
There must be some reason to throwing sand on an otherwise dry road.

My guess would be visibility. Seattle drivers don't REALLY know what it takes to keep a road clear and the top people at WADOT probably know that, so to keep pressure off themselves the plows are probably there just to be seen 'doing something'. I'm sure it probably helps to a point because of whatever is mixed in with the windshield assassinating sand but I'd rather seem them pre-soak the roads with liquid deicer like they used to.

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the Outlaw

Post subject: Re: WSDOT sanding I-90 with no snow.

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:59 pm

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My observation, after living in 'snow country', is after the initial three days of wrecks, drivers tend to settle down.

Darwin's theory I suppose.

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