Clearing snow & liability
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I hope his kitty cat didn't go and **** in it right afterwards! That could prove slippery.
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If it's the crystal type stuff, not the paper/wood mush stuff my neighbour has used.
Except its impossible to get Rock salt now. The council commendeered the supplies around here in every shop. (Not that anyone had any anyway!)
As already said, the paths round here that have been cleared are actually more dangerous then those that are just snow. 
Don't see why its done, those that are gritted are slippery slush, those that are shovelled are icy death traps... walking on snow is far easier.
Don't see why its done, those that are gritted are slippery slush, those that are shovelled are icy death traps... walking on snow is far easier.
the council had 2 blokes with shovels clearing one side of our street from an old peoples home type place of flatts all the way to the local shop which i thought was nice they also gritted it after.
i hate walking on paths that have been cleared though it just seems more dangerous walking on the slush that follors when it snows again
i hate walking on paths that have been cleared though it just seems more dangerous walking on the slush that follors when it snows again
Indeed. Only in the UK. Or maybe America.
Most of the houses in our villlage don't have much of a front path as they're so near the road, but many people have taken to shoveling the snow away from the front of their drives and the road immediately in front, so now there are extra piles of snow on the pavements and roads!!
Its funny how ive heard reports that nothing in my town has been gritted ( burnley ) yet here i am in Hampton, New hampshire and the local council clears and grits the footpath and use's snow ploughs on the main roads.
Maybe its because the town councils actually serve the people that pay the taxes over here ?
Maybe its because the town councils actually serve the people that pay the taxes over here ?
I had forgot just how slippery ice was back around christmas when it had rained while freezing, dangerous stuff, which reminds me of something i've since been wondering, is there anything more slippery than ice? I was thinking something like teflon but im not sure thats slippery in the same sense?
black ice ^^
teflon is just non stick not slippy?
ice is probably the surface with the least friction i would imagine.
found the friction levels out
0.1 graphite – graphite
0.1 graphite – steel
0.03 ice – steel
0.05–0.5 0.02–0.09 ice – ice
0.2 teflon – steel
0.04 teflon – teflon
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It's clearly a sign of the times house much things have changed, when people are far too worried about being sued than actually clearing their driveways and paths.
When I was clearing off my parents drive over Xmas, both my Grandfather and Parents can remember how when it used to snow years ago, all the men who lived on a road would come together to clear it all. The wives would all make tea and snacks for them.
In a lot of cases, you have to clear your driveway if you need to use your car(s), and in the current conditions, you can't just wait for it to melt, as it's only getting harder the longer you leave it after it falls.
When I lived in Canada a few years back, in the winter if you didn't clear your driveway, you wouldn't even be able to your bins emptied. The longer you put off doing it, the more snow that builds up and the more work you have to do to clear it.
When I was clearing off my parents drive over Xmas, both my Grandfather and Parents can remember how when it used to snow years ago, all the men who lived on a road would come together to clear it all. The wives would all make tea and snacks for them.
In a lot of cases, you have to clear your driveway if you need to use your car(s), and in the current conditions, you can't just wait for it to melt, as it's only getting harder the longer you leave it after it falls.
When I lived in Canada a few years back, in the winter if you didn't clear your driveway, you wouldn't even be able to your bins emptied. The longer you put off doing it, the more snow that builds up and the more work you have to do to clear it.
iceland cleared the snow and now its ice ^^
the carpark behind them was completly snowed in and no delivery trucks could get to the loading dock so they cleared the icy snow path to wheel in the delivery of milk and bread.
the snow on the roof has melted leaving iciles and a frozen waterfall on the walls , the path is now ice because of the water dripping from the roof in the day time.
i wonder if some chav will slip and sue them
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Only in the UK it seems
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8443745.stm
Fines of $250 (£154) per day that the snow is left lying. Common sense?
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Really? my local Tesco has gritted the pathways along it's car park. Admittedly it hasn't done the whole car park but the bits the majority of people walk on are clear and gritted.
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I only cleared my steps when the snow had frozen solid into a icey menace. Then it got brutally shovelled. Once the snow doesnt provide adequate grip its fair game! I've left the road however, thats the councils problem.