This morning I walked out to get the newspaper and saw this:
and this:
Yes my friends and civic leaders of the city of North Salt Lake...that is salt on the road...NOT ice...NOT snow...S-A-L-T aka sodium chloride aka NaCL.
It was at least an inch if not two inches thick. I backed out of the driveway and started down my pretty steep hill to Valley View drive...as I came to the bottom of the hill and the stop sign and prepared to stop I started to slide down my hill...onto Valley View. Luckily, no one was driving down the road at that moment, but as I turned onto Valley View, I thought, "huh...that's odd...isn't the point of salting the road so that we DON'T slip?"
I realize I live on a curvy steep hill that is not driving friendly when ice and snow is involved. HOWEVER...I do think that this was a bit overboard. I think I'm going to take these photos to the city building. All this salt is A) ruining the road B) making my car dirty...city of NSL-you're paying for my car wash and C) acting as a catalyst to the rusting process on my car (not that is is rusty in many places, but there are a few spots...and this is not helping). So perhaps you and Maaco should get together and get me a new paint job.
Sincerely,
Brooke Lee Russell
