What is Gritting Roads?

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Before snow or ice the gritters come out.
The gritters are lorries with Salt in them.The lorry sprinkles the salt onto the roads to stop the ice or snow from sticking and causing the roads to be dangerous.
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footie_girl_92

putting salt on the road to stop traffic skiding

Lauraa

They put down stuff to stop the snow sticking :D

dallas s

Special lorries is gritting roads around here...

pip

They spray a mixture of grit and salt (rock salt I think) onto the roads out of the back of trucks. Its so that when its very cold or forecasted to snow, the grit will melt the ice/snow to keep the roads from being slippy and icy. This is what they call 'gritting the roads'.

dscharge

This question is the answer why there is a traffic chaos in London now. Many people doesn't even know what is road gritting :)

Salting the roads or putting anti-slip dust on it to avoind accidents.

carina

they mix up grit (which is kind of like coarse sand) with rough salt (not purified salt like you'd sprinkle on your dinner) ... then they throw some on the roads and pavements ... the salt lowers the freezing point of water so it melts easier ... the grit makes the surface of the ice on the road more rough so vehicles can get a grip better ... also if you've got an icy road the friction between tyres and grit generates some heat which also helps to melt the ice

there are special vehicles which have a huge load of the grit mix in them with an opening at the back where the grit comes out in a fine spray ... they drive along covering the road behind them ... however they don't have a lot of these vehicles in the UK because we so rarely get that much snow ... so when we get a panic like we have in the last few days you will find all sorts of vehicles (flatbeds, vans etc) with tubs of grit on the back and a couple of guys with shovels chucking it out

gemma

This is where lorries holding massive quantities of Salt travel up and down the highways spreading the salt to stopping the roads from freezing over. It prevents black ice and reduces accidents during the icy season

scarlet

When it's cold you'll find big lorries driving around the main roads in your area. They usually do this very early in the morning or very late at night.They contain a mixture of grit and some salt. The grit/salt mixture is spread all over the surface of the road by the lorry.

The salt melts any ice which is on the road (salt melts ice, try it with an ice cube at home). The grit provides a rough surface so cars have something for their tyres to grip onto and stop them sliding about.

Gritting is used on main roads when it is likely to be icy, and therefore cuts down the amounts of accidents due to cars sliding into each other/off the road. The smaller roads often do not get gritted, so you must be extra careful when driving on these (in fact be careful everywhere when it is icy or snowing!).

Robert D

Putting Grit. On roads. Plus some salt.

Alicia R

ppl putting grit and salt on to the road when it is snowing or icy so that cars don't go skidding all over the place

November juliet

putting grit on the roads in icy conditions.

weeniewotsit

I thought it was like cat litter, but then someone told me they do use salt.

Sharon 2

Lorries spreading lots of salt to prevent accidents when its going to be below freezing.

Gillygems

Big lorries come round scattering rock salt onto the snow to stop it freezing. The rock salt used in Britain is mined from deposits in Northwich, Cheshire.

garryb

come on get a grit

its when a lorry goes around putting grit on the roads to help melt the ice and stop accidents,,,though haven't seen any around my area

asrobs

THINK????

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