On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 THX0001@aol.com wrote: > You have my vote for Pennsylvania Commissioner of Highways. Our > DOT-heads in Harrisburg seem to think that the only time to resort to > anti-skid is after they have mucked up the roads with salt. It has come > to be that the average driver in the snow belt of western PA no longer > knows how to drive in the white stuff nor wants to hassle with real > winter tires. Same problem here in southeast Michigan. It's only up north that they know how to really deal with snow. When you get 200+ inches of snow a year and don't have a big tax base, salt becomes a luxury item -- especially when it often gets too cold for it to work anyway.
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