Cloud_Disconnected t1_j1et78i wrote on December 23, 2022 at 7:57 PM

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

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.

Cold417 t1_j1eucb5 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 8:05 PM

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.

Zebulander t1_j1f4svh wrote on December 23, 2022 at 9:19 PM

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?

Cold417 t1_j1f5kkz wrote on December 23, 2022 at 9:25 PM

Start slow.

FKA_figs_ t1_j1kj2oq wrote on December 25, 2022 at 2:41 AM

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.