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Cloud_Disconnected t1_j1edc7k wrote

Reply to comment by Cold417 in why does Springfield never bother to clear the city roads? by chunkmoneyy

Yes, because no one needs to travel for work or emergencies or anything. There's really no need to clear the roads at all.

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EcoAffinity t1_j1eerow wrote

They did clear the roads, but they can't feasibly remove the hazardous conditions. That's why people need to change the way they drive.

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Cold417 t1_j1efmqn wrote

Learn to drive? It's 3 inches of dry snow.

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GinWithJennifer t1_j1g5y48 wrote

I'd be careful anyway. The other drivers have been unusually aggressive. Cutting people off on ice? What if I couldn't stop??? People act like theyll never get anywhere if they are peeling out on the ice or something

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feralfantastic t1_j1fh2ym wrote

You must be new here: Springfieldians maintain a dormant form of PTSD that is triggered by the possibility of driving in snow. This allows them to get one or two snow days a year for only nominal snowfall.

Some of us come by this honestly, as the early aught pre-Christmas traffic jam had everyone I know in stop and go traffic for six to eight hours. The fact that this has been sublimated into a culture of having inappropriate freak outs whenever snow begins to fall is unfortunate (and a bit of a chicken-egg thing).

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hypo_____ t1_j1hp43m wrote

Was this the time that we had a glaze of ice fall mid afternoon? Like maybe 10 years ago? I worked outside at the time and was dressed for the weather, saw the chaos on glenstone then national and just parked and walked home. Took a couple hours but faster than traffic.

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_j1et78i wrote

I don't have a problem driving in snow, but that doesn't mean the city shouldn't be better at clearing the roads. You're trivializing the need to travel was what I was responding to. Not everyone has the luxury of staying home.

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Cold417 t1_j1eucb5 wrote

Salting and plowing a large amount of paved surfaces is enormously expensive. As a taxpayer, I appreciate the lack of wanton waste of our financial and environmental resources. There's no reason a responsible person couldn't get to where they need to be. Drive safe, compadre.

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Zebulander t1_j1f4svh wrote

And do you plan on training all these drivers on how to drive in the snow or should they just go out and wreck a few times till they figure it out?

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FKA_figs_ t1_j1kj2oq wrote

Not sure why you are being down voted. The City should clear the roads, and it doesn't make sense why they leave it to thaw, refreeze, thaw, refreeze. Other cities have no problem clearing streets.

Also the argument that road salt doesn't work is moot - they could use calcium chloride (effective up to -25 F) instead of the standard road salt. It is better for the environment and takes less to be effective.

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