25-01-2023, 11:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 27-01-2023, 02:11 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
I knew that somebody must have studied the safety/environmental/efficiency/cost equation of this - here's one such: https://www.ausableriver.org/sites/defau...._park.pdf
In Switzerland https://bioapplied.com/where-has-all-the...ngredient.
Another solution is studded tyres. My son had a set on his car once and, boy oh boy, were they fun; one could drive on sheet ice as if the road was just wet. Snag - not everybody has them. One evening, in France, driving in deep snow on a mountain road, a people carrier overtook us, lost control, slid across the road, struck the Armco barrier, bounced back and then, just as we thought it was back under control, went across a bridge. Bridges in winter can be deadly - with a much colder and often icy road surface. This time, after a 720 spin, the car embedded in the last 5 metres of a barrier that was protecting a 200-foot drop. The car contained a man, a woman and three children - and was on summer tyres.
In Switzerland https://bioapplied.com/where-has-all-the...ngredient.
Another solution is studded tyres. My son had a set on his car once and, boy oh boy, were they fun; one could drive on sheet ice as if the road was just wet. Snag - not everybody has them. One evening, in France, driving in deep snow on a mountain road, a people carrier overtook us, lost control, slid across the road, struck the Armco barrier, bounced back and then, just as we thought it was back under control, went across a bridge. Bridges in winter can be deadly - with a much colder and often icy road surface. This time, after a 720 spin, the car embedded in the last 5 metres of a barrier that was protecting a 200-foot drop. The car contained a man, a woman and three children - and was on summer tyres.