Ploughing on with salt strategy is a waste of cash

摘要

Emil Wasmer, Product Manager, Snow Clearing Equipment, Aebi Schmidt Holdings looks at what the UK can learn from Europe's approach to winter maintenance. Mainland Europe has endured severe winters much worse than the UK leading people to wonder 'how can other countries keep their transport system operating when the UK stops under the first snowfall?' Continental Europe does manage to handle snowfalls relatively quickly and efficiently, while the great British public still calls for rock salt and grit to treat lying snow. Not only is this an expensive fallacy, it can also lead directly to even more dangerous roads and pavements.