Gritney Houston and Usain Salt among funniest names for gritters out on UK roads as temperature plummet
Fleets of gritters have been hitting roads across the UK as temperatures plummet below freezing this week. Salt spreaders are necessary to keep drivers safe on the roads as icy conditions descend.
Police have warned motorists in the north west to take care while driving. On Saturday morning, officers said they had responded to road traffic collisions on several major roads. Darren Clark, severe weather resilience manager at National Highways, said gritters would be out to keep motorways and major A-roads open. “National Highways is committed to treating every road which needs to be treated – whenever it is needed," he said.
It is thought that the trend took off back in 2020 when Amey, a company responsible for maintaining public highways in parts of the UK, ran a competition to let the public name their gritters. Traffic Scotland even has a website where you can track its whole gritting fleet. You can find the website here.
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