<VV> More Salt Now & Snow Driving

[Gary Swiatowy]

Why would a public agency use more than something they need to?
Easy, Politics!
Use of salt destroys roads, bridges, parking ramps as well as cars.
Meaning jobs, and more tax money going to those that fix them.
Also, kickbacks to politicians from the salt companies.
Think of all the overtime the union workers get spreading that salt on dry 
roads............
Some places use sand, some use cinders, and some use chemicals that are even 
more efficient.
So why do they use salt yet, salt in NY is produced in NY, so the jobs are 
NY jobs, and one hand washes the other politics wise.

Interesting thing. 10 or so years ago, one of our mismanaged salt mines 
collapsed destroying roads, farms, and much property above.
Of course, the taxpayers ended up paying for that........................

Driving Corvairs in the snow.
That's how I started with Corvairs.
They made great winter cars, and I went through 3 of them as winter cars 
letting the salt turn them into total rust buckets.
I used to get my corvairs up to speed on snowy roads, and quickly crank the 
wheel and pul the emergency brake.
That is known as cracking the whip'
The back end comes around, then all of the sudden the front end comes around 
quite quickly.
All with screaming passengers...............

Did that on Main St in Batavia too..............roads were closed due to a 
snow emergency, but the Corvair plowed on through.
You can "high center" a Corvair though if the snow is high enough.

Gary Swiatowy


> From: Henri van Wandelen <henri88 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: <VV> More Salt Now & Snow Driving
>
> I'm one of those warm weather wimps, living in California and Florida, 
> with only one year in Colorado Springs years ago when I was young and 
> frisky and drove a Slant 6 Dodge Dart -- my old pre-Corvair favorite ride.
>
> I know nothing about salting roads -- please help me.
>
> ?? They're using more salt than they used to -- anyone know why a public 
> agency would voluntarily use any more of anything these days than they 
> absolutely had to?
>
> ?? Do they use sand anywhere or is it all just salt?
>
> ?? Do Corvairs handle snow driving well with all that nice weight over the 
> drive wheels?
>
> ?? Anyone have any good 'Vair snow driving adventures to share?
>
> Happy Driving,
> Henri and Rosemary van Wandelen
>
>