http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8413644.stm

bet that's fun to wash off your car!

:o Should make a nice sweet 'topping' for the cow/sheep-poo on my Miggy`s mudflaps; the dogs would love licking that.....Eeeeewwwww! :'(

They tried some of that round our way last year. Might have been OK on the ice but it doesn't half leave the surface slippery once the road has thawed out and dried. So, you get the slippery road when you least expect it instead of when it's obvious. ::)

Kevin

Kevin Wood wrote on 15. Dec 2009 at 15:20:

They tried some of that round our way last year. Might have been OK on the ice but it doesn't half leave the surface slippery once the road has thawed out and dried. So, you get the slippery road when you least expect it instead of when it's obvious. ::) Kevin

Yeah, it's awful when damp- lethal in my wife's hatchback with cheap 135 tyres.  Hockey puck springs to mind  ;D

As you say JB. It's bad enough washing the awful grey crap off without added molasses :'( It'll stick for longer & so corrode for longer too >:( >:(

I know what you mean Debs. My Muttley has a crafty lick of cow shit when she thinks i'm not looking :P :P :P
She rolled in Fox shit the other week & i dragged her down to the nearby stream where she had a wash >:(

Dirty Mare :( :(

seem to remember this being reported on here last winter when it buggered up the brakes on a Transit?

That's gonna make cycling to and from work interesting over the next few days.  I reckon I shall have to put the racer away for a bit and use my cuising bike which has bigger tyres that can run at lower PSI.

I dont fancy a broken shoulder because of bloody molasses..... ::) ::)

Heard from my mate who drives the gritters on the motorways that since they have had a change of company ownership that they have bought all brand new equipment including fritters, the new idea is to spray a saline soloutioun on the roads and then use the grit for heavier snow.

Kevin Wood wrote on 15. Dec 2009 at 15:20:

They tried some of that round our way last year. Might have been OK on the ice but it doesn't half leave the surface slippery once the road has thawed out and dried. So, you get the slippery road when you least expect it instead of when it's obvious. ::) Kevin

Yep... Used it here too and I had a few unexpected moments when driving to and from work. Trouble is, it's so feckin slippery you don't even have to be pushing it :o :o :o

That stuff has been cursed on motorcycle forums for some years now.  What's the point in helping some people get home and killing others?

they where gritting the M4 on the way home this evening. Sprayed the car on the way past. But was suprised to see that it was white/grey in appearance rather than the normal redish brown salt. Seemed softer, less gravely by the noise it made as it hit the car.

Is that the said "new salt"?

Grit & or salt is no good for your cars.
    Traction control off & 3.0 manual makes the drive to work bearable. Don't avoid it enjoy it!!!! :D