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MacDougalbry · 10-30-2006, 07:59 AM

Although snow clearing is expensive, the cost of clearing roads is dwarfed by the cost to insurers and drivers due to accidents. I'm sorry to say that the city did NOT do a good job of clearing the roads yesterday. I was coming in from out of town, so I was forced to drive, and I couldn't really see any indication that they'd done anything to the entire stretch of 16th Ave (Hwy1!) or Sarcee Trail (OK, maybe they sanded once a lot earlier in the day, but it was hard to tell). On the big hill on Bow Trail west of Sarcee, there were cars all over the place sliding around, unable to make it up the hill.

Everyone buying 4WD's is not the solution... research shows that they don't have lower accident rates in winter, principally because people end up driving faster and 4WD is of no value when you go to hit the brakes.

10-30-2006, 07:59 AM	#18
MacDougalbry Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	Although snow clearing is expensive, the cost of clearing roads is dwarfed by the cost to insurers and drivers due to accidents. I'm sorry to say that the city did NOT do a good job of clearing the roads yesterday. I was coming in from out of town, so I was forced to drive, and I couldn't really see any indication that they'd done anything to the entire stretch of 16th Ave (Hwy1!) or Sarcee Trail (OK, maybe they sanded once a lot earlier in the day, but it was hard to tell). On the big hill on Bow Trail west of Sarcee, there were cars all over the place sliding around, unable to make it up the hill. Everyone buying 4WD's is not the solution... research shows that they don't have lower accident rates in winter, principally because people end up driving faster and 4WD is of no value when you go to hit the brakes. Last edited by MacDougalbry; 10-30-2006 at 08:07 AM.