Don't get me wrong. I love the winter and all but the amount of salt they coat the road with up here is ridiculous. For the past few years, the provincial road crews have switched to a more powerful salt to melt the snow and ice from the roads.
Problem is that the crap works too good. At -20 celcius, the roads are soaking wet. Every time you pass an oncoming vehicle, yours gets covered in a thick layer of muddy sludge. On the ground it stays as a liquid but moments after hitting the windshield, it dries to a thick dry sludge you can't see through. And forget about night driving. The crap dries so thick on the headlights that you can't see 10 feet in front of you with your high beams on. And forget about pulling over to wipe them clean. You'd be doing that every 5 kms on the highway. The stuff is dangerous. But necessary as most yuppie millennials can't drive when there's more than 2 snowflakes in the air.
Problem is that the crap works too good. At -20 celcius, the roads are soaking wet. Every time you pass an oncoming vehicle, yours gets covered in a thick layer of muddy sludge. On the ground it stays as a liquid but moments after hitting the windshield, it dries to a thick dry sludge you can't see through. And forget about night driving. The crap dries so thick on the headlights that you can't see 10 feet in front of you with your high beams on. And forget about pulling over to wipe them clean. You'd be doing that every 5 kms on the highway. The stuff is dangerous. But necessary as most yuppie millennials can't drive when there's more than 2 snowflakes in the air.
Thanks for the laugh, I needed it.
