Freakin wet leaves!!!

[SpokeyDokey]

It would take forever to clear the leaves from all the roads around here - not a cost I want to participate in.

AFIK - councils have a responsibility to clear major falls of leaves and that's it.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

VED goes into a general pot, which gets spread around everything.

But not last winter but the one before there were lots of complaints that the roads were cleared of snow but not the paths, so then pedestrians walked on the road. Pedestrians and cyclists should have a safe surface to walk or cycle on, why do we prioritise the car? It should be automatic that if they grit roads or clear them that they do the same for the paths, yes start with the main ones and work your way down the priority.

I will see if I can take some photos of the surface on Monday but it will depend if I have time and it's too dark when I'm coming back.

Road traffic gets priority as it keeps food supplies/fuel supplies/industry/emergency services etc up & running.

Not sure where you live in Bristol but out here in the sticks we get naff all in the way of grit on our lanes when it snows or is icy - we just crack on with it and recognise that we don't live in a total nanny state.

 

[summerdays]

I'm out in the sticks now but used to live by a road that they used to ask volunteers to grit. I don't have a problem with sticks getting gritted at the bottom of the pile, but I'm talking about pavements next to really main roads, so used by loads of pedestrians. The sort of roads those people in cars would walk along once they were out of their cars or nurses etc might use on their way to work. They get trampled by hundreds/ thousands and turn into compacted ice. Lots of people make the choice not to go by car when the roads are bad so they need a safe alternative.

As for my road, I cleared the path for about 5 or 6 house lengths opposite my house when the snow was bad last time (basically from one corner to the next corner, but a very well used bit by secondary and primary school kids)

 

[Pat "5mph"]

As for my road, I cleared the path for about 5 or 6 house lengths opposite my house when the snow was bad last time (basically from one corner to the next corner, but a very well used bit by secondary and primary school kids)

I did the same, for my own safety, really, don't have kids

 

[Nigelnaturist]

This is looking toward the house ours on the right before the gate.


This looking out to the road.



Now it might be pretty flat, but try driving on it when its been like that for months on end like 2012/13 was.

 

[Firestorm]

Does grit work on cycle paths ?
I know it clears roads but that is down to it bring crushed , spread and warmed by the car tyres ot has little effect on lightly used roads ...

 

[summerdays]

They did put some down on the path on one or two occasions and they do spread it on footpaths so I presume that it must have an effect.