Ice melt on our roads hurting our vehicles!

[trophyhunt]

Is it just me or does the state/county putting the ice melt on the roads piss you guys off.  For years we've seen the rusted out cars that in the past have come from Canada or other states that salted their roads. Now in the past few years I'm seeing our roads getting the same treatment and the more I talk to my car repair friend the more it irritates me.  Just got back from Oregon dunes and it snowed on the way home, my friend didn't wash his toyhauler for 2 weeks. His stuff has always been very well taken care of, he showed me his wheels the other day and waiting the 2 weeks to wash his stuff caused rust to start on all 4 wheels on his trailer. The mechanic I know says you have to wash off your car/truck ect. everytime you drive on the roads when they put that s hit down.  It seems to me that if they put stuff on the road that ruins our vehicles that we should get to vote on it. What do you guys think about it.

[Atroxus]

I think they should put whatever is most effective on the streets. I would much rather have to wash my car, than have to get me and my car peeled off the the grill of a semi.

[rtspring]

yep it sure does,

I wash my truck all the time, atleast spray it off.

[bear]

It eats through concrete too.  Most concrete sealers won't hold it out because they are chemically based and so is the solution that they put on the roads.  Best thing you can do is to hose off your rig or let it drip off on gravel.  bear

[JLS]

I think they should put whatever is most effective on the streets. I would much rather have to wash my car, than have to get me and my car peeled off the the grill of a semi.

No kidding.  They are trying to make roads safer.  Have you called DOT about it, or just complain on the internet?

[wraithen]

Deal with it. You learn to hose your entire vehicle down at least once a week. Probably should do that anyway around here if you want your paint to remain looking good.

[Skillet]

I think they should put whatever is most effective on the streets. I would much rather have to wash my car, than have to get me and my car peeled off the the grill of a semi.

No kidding.  They are trying to make roads safer.  Have you called DOT about it, or just complain on the internet?

Couldn't disagree more.  "They" don't make the roads safer, people paying attention to WTF they're doing while driving do (ie., Guns don't kill people, people kill people).  "They" are spending tax dollars on laying this corrosive crap down when it is not justified (it never is - learn to drive in the climate in which you live, folks).  This is the same "They" that come to us and say they don't have enough money to fix the roads so we need to pay more taxes... the same "They" that try to legislate every bit of minutae of your lives to make it safer, and the same "They" that 99% of the frequent posters of this board bitch about when talking about our government pandering to the socialist Left.

So, I too get irritated when I see those lines of corrosive solution on the roads I'm driving on.  It represents the 9 scariest words you'll ever hear - "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help" (thank you Ronald Reagan).

Voting on it ain't gonna help, though.  There are too many people out there who say "The government needs to make my life safe for me!"    So, a regular wash down is a necessity to keep our rigs looking nice.  If you feel like REALLY getting pissed off about this stuff on the roads, try taking an aluminum boat over the pass in the winter...

[rtspring]

Best part is the chit they put down don't even do what it is designed to do...

[sirfunkeybut]

I've almost been in wreck from that stuff, it's just as slick as ice

[wraithen]

I've almost been in wreck from that stuff, it's just as slick as ice

If it was the bluish greenish stuff it probably was ice. Seems like they use an alcohol mix. After 10 minutes you get all the alcohol gone and end up with slick pretty ice.

[sirfunkeybut]

I don't know what color it was but I can imagine the color of the driver undies as we slid by them pointed straight at them

[Atroxus]

I think they should put whatever is most effective on the streets. I would much rather have to wash my car, than have to get me and my car peeled off the the grill of a semi.

No kidding.  They are trying to make roads safer.  Have you called DOT about it, or just complain on the internet?

Couldn't disagree more.  "They" don't make the roads safer, people paying attention to WTF they're doing while driving do (ie., Guns don't kill people, people kill people).  "They" are spending tax dollars on laying this corrosive crap down when it is not justified (it never is - learn to drive in the climate in which you live, folks).  This is the same "They" that come to us and say they don't have enough money to fix the roads so we need to pay more taxes... the same "They" that try to legislate every bit of minutae of your lives to make it safer, and the same "They" that 99% of the frequent posters of this board bitch about when talking about our government pandering to the socialist Left.

So, I too get irritated when I see those lines of corrosive solution on the roads I'm driving on.  It represents the 9 scariest words you'll ever hear - "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help" (thank you Ronald Reagan).

Voting on it ain't gonna help, though.  There are too many people out there who say "The government needs to make my life safe for me!"    So, a regular wash down is a necessity to keep our rigs looking nice.  If you feel like REALLY getting pissed off about this stuff on the roads, try taking an aluminum boat over the pass in the winter...

If you think that de-icing the roads with an effective de-icing agent doesn't reduce the risks of accidents, you are fooling yourself. I don't have a problem concentrating on driving, but a lot of other people in this state do. Until someone figures out a way to force the idiots to stop driving like idiots; I want the DoT doing whatever they can to minimize the chances of me or my family getting killed by one of those idiots. If that means some extra car washing throughout the year I am perfectly fine with it.

[ICEMAN]

Why is it the governments responsibility to treat for ice anyway? I can see plowing some main roads clear, but the jackazzes in Lacey treat every freaking stop sign approach, curves or cross roads anytime they feel ice is coming. Multiple applications per year.

I thought our budgets were tight?

How about doing nothing and letting folks get themselves to work like in the past?

[wraithen]

Not about that. You pay when you wreck. It's probably more about keeping transportation and truckers moving more than anything else. We all know what they really think about us.

[Atroxus]

Why is it the governments responsibility to treat for ice anyway? I can see plowing some main roads clear, but the jackazzes in Lacey treat every freaking stop sign approach. curves or cross roads anytime they feel ice is coming. Multiple applications per year.

I thought our budgets were tight?

How about doing nothing and letting folks get themselves to work like in the past?

Because back then there were FAR fewer cars on the road, and drivers tended to be a lot less distracted because they didn't have things like handheld computers, in car TVs/dvd players, laptop computers, etc.