Date:         Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:38:40 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: Syncro Driving / Salt Kills
Comments: To: THX0001@aol.com
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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.


David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si -- For Sale
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon