#gritter truck

[sigalrm]

`Schneechaos' aufm Alex by Pascal Volk

[silverskye13]

Yesterday was the first time I drove on ungritted snow (we overtook the gritter), it sucked, It took me the double the time to get home from a day trip in the middle of night and couldn't see any lines on the motorway so was squinting to find reflection of cat eyes. Slid 3 times on roundabout, 0/10 would not recommend - 🐿️

Ahhhh bad snow rough to drive on. I'm very lucky in that I work at a car place, and my roommate is a farmer, so if I'm desperate I have many people I can ask for a ride in their large, impressive, snow-chained pickup trucks/jeeps/SUVs. My personal vehicle is an itty bitty, low to the ground wanna-be sports car that gets stuck in 2 inches of snow pfff

Roundabouts in the snow are the death of hope. The first major damage I ever did to a car was when I was going around a roundabout on fresh powder. Slid at a grand total of 15mph, hit the curb at the perfect angle, and bent my axle and broke a strut [among several other things.] You gotta be careful on those things! I have all the roundabouts in town memorized now so I can avoid them in bad weather XD they make me too nervous now

[bitchinbarzal]

what is a gritter

you guys call them salt trucks which is lame

[georgehopkins]

These Gritter trucks have names! Which one is your favorite?

[shadesofbrixton]

A friend (who knows how much I love puns) just tagged me in this on Twitter, the Trunk Road Gritter Tracker from the Traffic Scotland Website, and OH MY GOD.

SIR SALTER SCOTT

FOR YOUR ICE ONLY

SNOWKEMON GO

And, inexplicably: MY NAME’S DODDIE

Source: Atlas Obscura

[cbipsychic]

well today was a bust

[lindam54]

Scottish gritter truck names

[ussjellyfish]

please have snow and mistletoe | gen | Skimmons, Philinda | Agents of SHIELD

written for @agentsofchallenges​ as a pinch hit for @maybebrilliant​!!

Merry Christmas, lovely! I hope you enjoy this. We’ve had some awful weather and that just seemed to work. 

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Jemma and Daisy were supposed to go see her parents for Christmas but it's snowing and the flights are cancelled the hotels are full and they're in the worst airport Jemma's ever seen.

So May's going to come get them.

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"The flight's canceled," Jemma reports, flopping down on the bench, totally defeated. "So is everything else crossing the Atlantic Ocean that's not a boat, and I think they're turning those back too."

Daisy pats her shoulder and finishes the last of her cold coffee. "Guess we should call your parents."

"They'll be so disappointed," Jemma says, taking a breath. She probably wouldn't be near tears if it wasn't the middle of the night in potentially the worst airport on the eastern seaboard. Newark was crowded, so many flights had been delayed or cancelled that she and Daisy had barely gotten a bench after they'd barely gotten through customs. They'd already queued for hours, had terrible food, and the bathrooms were overcrowded and everyone was annoyed. Everyone was so annoyed that the air seemed to crack with it.

"Hey," Daisy said, smiling. "They'll understand. We can get a hotel or go back to base and we'll try again."

"Before the world ends or we get attacked by killer robots."

Daisy laughs and leans back. "We're good at that though, so it'll have to be another horrible thing."

"Like aliens." Jemma tries to smile. "Or weeping angels."

"Why are the angels sad?"

"Oh they're not actually weeping they're just covering their faces because they're evil and they're going to get you as soon as you stop looking."

Daisy grins. "Wait, what?"

"It's complicated, but the gist of it is that the angels sneak up on you when you're not looking at them."

"And they're evil."

"So evil."

"So let's not fight them." Daisy pulls her feet up and wraps her arms around her knees. "What do we do if there's no flight?"

"We rent a car-"

"Oh no, it's like The Day After Tomorrow death blizzard out there, we're not driving, you get annoyed with the traffic around the Playground."

"I'm only pointing out that roundabouts would be much more efficient."

"Uh huh." Daisy takes another sip of her coffee and frowns. It must be gone. Daisy looks for the bin, but of course there's no bin, this airport is the 8th circle of hell.

"We could get a hotel, hang on," Daisy opens up her laptop, touches something, does something else and even in hell, Daisy has wifi because she's Daisy. She's probably hacking NASA or something.

"Dammit," Daisy mutters after a few minutes.

"Let me guess, they're all booked."

"Everything. So many people are stuck here that I can't find a hotel anywhere within a hundred miles."

"And we'd have to get the hundred miles."

"Yeah." Daisy rubs her eyes. "We could just sleep here."

"In an airport?"

Daisy shrugs. "It's not the worst. It's safe, but the stupid lights are on all night and it's really not very comfortable."

Jemma sighs, buries her head in Daisy's shoulder and groans. "Spending the night in the airport on Christmast?"

"With a couple thousand of our stranded new friends," Daisy mutters. "Better call May and tell her we're not leaving the country."

It's somehow one of the shortest and most touching conversations of her life.

"May's coming to get us."

"What?" Daisy asks, eyes wide. "It's like...actual hell out there."

"She's driving, she said two hours, maybe three, but she'll be here before dinner."

Daisy shakes her head. "Okay."

"That's really nice of her."

"She is really nice."

"I know, I just--" Jemma stops, because she really can't complain about not getting to see her parents for Christmas because she's seen them every other Christmas of her life and she has parents, and a wonderful girlfriend and May who's coming to get them through the worst blizzard of the last sixty years.

She still wants to be home. She's earned it. It's been such a long year. She sniffs, and shakes herself out of it.

"What movies do you have on your laptop?"

Daisy wraps an arm around her and they settle in as best they can. May will be here.

Oddly enough, two hours later it's Coulson who comes in to get them. He's all wrapped out, parka and hate and scarf and a big smile for both of them.

"Come on, May's just outside." He hugs them, Daisy first, then Jemma, and it's so terrible outside that he somehow smells like snow and cold.

"Aren't you--?" Daisy asks and Coulson just smiles.

"I didn't want to leave May alone in the base for Christmas."

"She said she doesn't celebrate Christmas."

"We like not celebrating together," Coulson says, but there's something that makes him smile about that. "Give me your luggage."

"It's on the plane already, or not unloaded, or--" Jemma stumbles over the words, yawning, and Daisy finishes.

"I think they're going to have to drop it off with us."

"That bad huh?"

"It's Newark," Daisy grumbles, folding her arms. "I wanted to just let May fly us."

"We can't possibly ask May to fly us to my parents house."

"She'd love too," Coulson reminds them both, leading them towards the frozen hellscape of outside. They have to stop talking as they reach the doors because the wind screams around them and whips ice and snow like a sandstorm.

Hell is frozen, and all the devils are here. They hurry into the (once) black SHIELD SUV that's covered in so much ice and snow that's it's almost grey-white.

Daisy doesn't even have a hat because it was nice when they left and they tumble into the backseat, rubbing their fingers together and trying to catch their breath.

May turns around, looking at them both with a very gentle smile. "There's food in the backpack, hot chocolate in the thermos and blankets. Phil, where did you put their hats and mittens?"

"They're in the cloth bag. You didn't really take the hard core winter gear."

"Yeah, it was like 40 degrees when we left the base." Daisy buckles up and grabs the backpack. "I'm starving."

"We thought so, the food here is terrible."

"The worst," May agrees, checking that they're in before she pulls out from the curb. Another car slides past them, like actually slides and Jemma grabs Daisy's hand.

Daisy pats her knee with a smile and mouths "It's May."

It's not that Jemma doesn't have every confidence in May, she does. May is a legend at everything she does, it's just that the weather outside is actually legendarily bad. They crawl along on the freeway, surrounded by giant trucks that can't stay on the road and Jemma counts fourteen cars in the ditch before they're even out of New Jersey.

Daisy leans over, close enough that Jemma can smell the hot chocolate on her lips. "Stop panicking."

"Did you not see the cars in the ditch? The overturned lorry trucks? The complete lack of plows and gritters?"

"What's a gritter?"

"Those big lorries that throw grit on the roadway."

"Grit?" Daisy teases, eyebrows high.

"Stop making fun of me, you know what I mean."

"I do, I just like making fun of you."

Jemma rolls her eyes and tries to forget about the chance of them spinning into a ditch and spending the night sleeping in the SUV. Does SHIELD have any anti-ice and snow technology? Is there some kind of SAT NAV that May can follow out of the storm.

"Stop panicking," Daisy whispers again.

"How are you not?" Jemma snaps back in a whisper. "That car almost hit us."

"Look." Daisy points carefully in the dim light. It takes Jemma far too long to figure out what she's looking at.

Coulson's hand is on May's knee. It's innocent enough, maybe he's just- but it's right there and it looks like it's been there a long time.

"That's not all," Daisy whispers, smiling at the secret she's discovered. "Wait a minute."

Jemma curls up with Daisy and the blankets in the backseat and watches as Couls holds on May's tea so she doesn't have to look away from the road. They talk in low tones, and Jemma and Daisy can't hear them over the sound of ice thudding against the roof and the windows, but sometimes one of them will laugh.

May, laughs, while driving through the worst mess Jemma's ever seen. Time crawls, Daisy falls asleep for a while, then Jemma, but when she wakes up again, they're still driving, and Coulson's hand is on the back of May's neck.

She couldn't really tell what he's doing unless May's getting some kind of stress headache, and Coulson's hand is really hidden in her hair, except the snow's softer now and she can hear them talking.

Still not quite the words, but there's something almost flirty in the way Coulson won't stop looking at May.

Of course, they have a connection, years of history. They're really good friends.

Except friends don't really spend lonely holidays together alone at a secret base.

Jemma falls asleep wondering what they're saying, because May's laughing again and even in the middle of the darkest, most miserable, cold and wet Christmas Eve she's ever had, there's something nice about being curled up with Daisy just listening.

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"We're home," Coulson says, shaking her a little. "Nice and safe and warm in the garage."

Jemma slowly blinks herself awake, stretching as she crawls out of the car. Daisy stands by the other door, still half asleep. They both yawn and check their phones. It's well after two in the morning.

"Happy Christmas, mum and dad," Jemma whispers to her phone and sends them a text. Maybe she'll see them by New Year.

Daisy circles the back of the SUV, whistling at the snow. "I didn't know the roads could be that bad."

"May did a great job."

Hugging Jemma sleepily, Daisy nods. "Course she did, she's Agent May."

Still arm in arm, they walk towards the front of the SUV to thank Coulson and May for coming to get them, but they stop.

They're kissing.

Not just, light, gentle, Happy Christmas, kissing, but wrapped around each other as if this kiss is the first one of the rest of their lives. There should be music with this kiss.

Daisy stops, mouth open.

Jemma should pull herself together but she doesn't. She stares too, because they keep going until both of them are gasping for breath.

"Ummm."

"Merry Christmas," Coulson says, blushing a little.

"Mistletoe," May says, pointing up at the high ceiling of the garage.

There's nothing up there. Jemma looks and Daisy looks and they both nod and May grabs Coulson's hand and they walk into the base together, Coulson's arm around her shoulders.

Daisy stares and stares and then her expression softens, warms. "They--"

Jemma kisses her, stopping her speculation. When they part, Daisy looks at her, confused.

"Mistletoe," Jemma teases and Daisy rolls her eyes.

"You know there's nothing up there."

"Maybe that's the point."

Daisy strokes her hair, then smiles. "Sorry. you're stuck here."

"I'm not," Jemma says, and now, finally, wrapped in Daisy's arms, she might mean it.

[somecunttookmyurl]

weren't you all named after like... trucks? or somethihng? at some point or is that someone else i follow

oh that’s gritter season! the scottish gritters all have fantastic names like Chilly Connolly and Penelope Gritstop and there’s also an interactive map you can track them on live. every winter we all name ourselves after a gritter. it’s tradition. there’s one that’s just called “Frank” which makes me laugh so much bc all the others are puns and then there’s... Frank.

[obsidianpen]

Did you know that the gritter trucks in Scotland have these funny names like Lord Coldemort and You Are a Blizzard Harry, Megameltasaurus, Sled Zepplin etc? I have just found out in news and I thought I would share 😂

YOURE A BLIZZARD HARRY lmao I love it

[artemisbarnowl]

If you're sad please visit this site to track Scotland's gritters (if you're from aus like me and don't know what a gritter is, it's a truck that lays salt and grit to keep roads open).

Featuring gritters such as Lord Coldemort and You're A Blizzard Harry, Marry Queen of Salt, Licence to Chill and many more.

[azebtrucksuk-blog]

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[dragon-of-sapphire]

Winter Help

Okay, with the changing climate and how last winter we saw the Polar Vortex drop down and sweep across America. I thought I’d lay out some tips for people unused to seriously colder weather.

Stock up on food: There may be days or weeks you are unable to safely grocery shop. It’s a good idea to look into canned foods and things with long shelf lifes. Canned meat like spam may not be delicious to you, but it’ll last much longer than the deli meat. Apples can last for years if stored correctly without rotting, wrinkeled maybe but still edible.

Hot soup: Soups go a long way to help mantain body heat and a quick way to warm back up fast. Premade in a can is best, but simple raman will safice if you still have access to power.

Cat litter: If your car is in a jam and stuck in some snow and ice refusing to move, cat litter will help you out and give your car traction. (please also try to use enviromently friendly products)

Bundle up: This one is important because if you lose power to your home and have no way of heating it back up you should have an excess of coats and blankets to used to mantain warmth. I would also suggest thurmal blankets for your car.

Candles/Flashlights/Batteries: Stock up on candles and Batteries, make sure you have ways to see in the dark.

Turn on a tap: If it gets below freezing outside, turn on a tap in your house and let it drip water, a little trickle will do, the larger your home the more taps you may need to turn on. The moving water will help prevent your pipes from freezing and bursting.

Buy a whistle: It is loud, obnoxus and can be heard a great distance further with less effort than yelling can. Blizard conditions can be deadly without power and this can alert people of your location.

Get a snow shovel: If you have a driveway, this will be a blessing, hard work but a blessing.

Watch your trees: Especially if they still have leaves on them. Snow will cling to every surface it can and leaves love to gather snow. This can result in heavy snow that can pull trees to the ground. Even worse if you get sleet instead of snow, that’s heavier. Trees will tople onto streets and into houses, if you have a way to remove the snow safely, do it. Don���t use a hose and spray it off.

Go slow and keep your distance: If you’re out driving in snowy conditions, it’s a very smart idea to drive below the speed limit and at least 3-4 car lengths behind the car infront of you. Compacted snow can be just as dangerous and slippery as black ice which is hard to see. Check if your area has plow trucks and gritters (salt or gravel dispering trucks that help melt ice or give roads traction) If not, then take this advice extra seriously.

This is in no way a complete or total list of tips to help you out this winter. This is just my personal experience suffering lots of snow and growing up poor. Please add anything I may have missed cause I’m sure there is going to be another polar vortex droping over America, Europe or Asia and people won’t know what to do.

[abramsmfg]

LED Amber Lights: Not Just For Fall

Over the years, we have seen several LED emergency vehicle lights come up in the market. The markets saw white, green and LED amber light bars starting with blue and red. All these lights have been used for some of their specific purposes, and their functions have been predefined.

With this blog, we would get to know more about LED amber light bars and what purpose they have been serving. So, let's get this blog started.

In What Ways Are Led Emergency Vehicle Lights In Amber Superior To Other Lights?

When LED amber light bars are installed on a vehicle, other drivers and pedestrians can immediately be more aware of the vehicle. It is because emergency truck lights offer more visibility and an added security measure when working in dimly lit or congested settings.

LED amber strobe light bars are often used to distinguish between regular vehicles driven by the general public and more official vehicles, like those used for business or formal volunteer activity.

When emergency vehicles are on the road, amber lights can alert other drivers to the presence of an approaching vehicle and persuade them to give them a side. Additionally, LED emergency vehicle lights let other drivers know when they are approaching an accident scene so they can take the appropriate precautions.

Road crews and other personnel can benefit from the extra LED emergency vehicle warning lights supplied by LED light bars amber. Especially, LED light bars amber lights have to be efficient enough to meet several purposes and ensure practical usage for the vehicle at all times.

Who Can Use Amber Emergency Vehicle Lights?

Although certain amber lights may also be used for volunteer work, most are used for professional purposes. Volunteer firefighters, for instance, frequently use LED light bars amber lighting to distinguish their vehicles from regular cars.

Amber lights are typically utilised by a variety of professions, including:

Construction

In addition to helping to increase visibility for other drivers,light bars amber for trucks and construction vehicles with a construction light bar also can illuminate a work area.

Wreckers

Many wreckers choose to utilise LED light bars amber on their tow truck light bar on their bars to warn other road users that the vehicle may not move as quickly as they anticipate because they are towing large, heavy goods.

Utility cars

Many professional utility vehicles opt to attach strobe lights truck to set them apart from regular cars, and they frequently utilise the same tow light bar as wrecker trucks.

Security automobiles

Security cars with amber lights help to improve visibility and encourage extra caution and care from other road users.

Service trucks

strobe light for trucks can be helpful for maintenance equipment that move slowly, such as snow ploughs and road gritters, to alert other drivers to their unusually sluggish speed.

Vehicle auto-repair

strobe light for trucks help to boost the visibility of auto-repair vehicles so that other road users can be guaranteed to avoid them when they need to stop at the side of the road to assist a broken vehicle.

What Are The Different Kinds Of Amber Lights Available In The Market?

If you decide to install amber lights, you'll be happy to know that several variations can be used for different types of cars and applications. They are as follows:

Visor lights

One of the simplest types of lights to install is visor light bars, which are often powered by the cigarette lighter in your car.

Dash Lights

Deck and dash lights are incredibly compelling and, more importantly, extremely durable. With bulbs that can last up to 100,000 hours, they can fit a variety of surfaces across a vehicle.

Mini light bars

Mini light bars are a fantastic light source and may pulse and flash as needed.

LED Light Bars

Full-size bars typically provide total coverage and an additional light source by covering the majority, if not the whole top of your vehicle. Most of these lights are very strong and feature a variety of "flash patterns guaranteed to attract the eye of anyone close.

Interior Light Bars

Since these lights are detachable, they are ideal for vehicles that have other uses and only sometimes require access to emergency illumination. These lights are strong, long-lasting, and remarkably simple to operate.

LED Grille Lights

As their name suggests, these lights can be installed on a vehicle's grille to help make the vehicle more visible to oncoming traffic and illuminate the driver's path.

Most of the Emergency Vehicle Lights we sell may be used for various applications, but you can still narrow down your choices to meet your needs by reading about them.

To Conclude Things

Abrams MFG is a leading provider of Emergency Vehicle Lights and has been providing in the business for a significant amount of time. We have it all, be it amber visor lights or led amber light bars.

Contact us for all your emergency vehicle lights today.

[thekingofvinyl]

An Easy Guide to Chapter 8 Chevron Kits

If you have noticed a lot of vehicles with red and yellow reflective diagonal stripes, then this blog post might be worth the read. These yellow and red stripes are known as chevrons kits that are used on the rear of vehicles as a safety measure, to protect pedestrians and people on the road from accidents. They are predominantly used on highway maintenance vehicles, which may cause a temporary obstruction in the road. The use of chevron kits comes under Chapter 8 regulations, which advise vehicles working on high-speed roads to have visible markings. They are a necessity to keep all staff and oncoming traffic safe on the road.

You may notice cars, vans, recovery trucks and gritters with these markings. Although it is not law to install these kits, if you were to cause an accident because of no conspicuity markings, then you might be prosecuted. Basically, if you work on the road and need to stop and start, you should have a chevron kit!

Chevron kits are available for pretty much every car brand name and vehicle type on the market, and many companies create their kits from high-quality materials, click here.

According to some statistics I read for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, about 40% of road accidents happen at night, from vehicles that are not obviously marked. Chevron kits can prevent this, even during the daytime too.

Here is a quick breakdown (pardon the pun) of the Chapter 8 requirements:

Vehicles stopping or working on high-speed roads should have visible reflective markings.

The kits should cover the majority of the rear of the vehicle, without covering windows, lights, and of course your registration plate. I must admit, if you were to cover your registration plate, that would be incredibly silly, and I don’t mean to be harsh.

The alternating yellow and red stripes should point upwards, at an angle between 45 >n<60 degrees and they should be 150 mm wide.

The red stripes should be retroreflective for nighttime and the yellow stripes should be non-reflective for daytime.

They should be cleaned regularly to maintain their brightness.

And that is my quick guide to chevron kits! There are more requirements however, for the most part, these are the only points necessary for this blog post. Do you work on a high-speed road? If you do, just double-check that you have a chevron kit installed, as you never know what might happen (sorry, if that was a bit sinister but it's true!).

I hope this shorter blog post has explained everything you need to know about chevron kits, even if it is in a short and snappy way. Please feel free to check out my other blog posts, they might be a little more interesting than this one.

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