Hello, Winter*!

*technically not winter yet

You've GOT to be kidding me with the salt on the roads.  I can't believe we are still doing this, and what's more, I can't believe it's actually getting WORSE.

To keep roads safe for our cars we apply something that destroys our cars.  Smart.  It's like giving little kids peanut oil to use as moisturizer.

There shouldn't be white clouds of aerated salt being kicked up by the flow of traffic.  Our roads and parking lots shouldn't be white.  Grocery carts shouldn't be leaving white trails of salt inside the store.  A mechanic shouldn't be telling us he's going through what used to be a lifetime supply of brake line in just one season.  

I only went to a two-year school but I think coating the Earth in salt may have ill effects on the environment.

I don't know what happened to sand, or "winter sand" that had the little pebbles in it, but I think it's past time for Big Salt to f#$% right off.  Or how about this idea; let's only salt the most steep hills where sand may not work.  Again, only two years of post-secondary education at work here, but we are absolutely destroying our cars all the while increasing our inspection safety standards in a time where the average price of a new automobile is literally $47,338.  Yes, let's definitely add more salt.

White Lines (Don't Do It)

Particularly painful to see when there's no snow around

My car is 15 years old.  Here are a few closeup photos of it.

I am lucky to only have this much body rot.
Also - tires should not be white.

I don't have any problems a couple thousand dollars worth of State-mandated bodywork can't solve.  Or $47,338.  OK BE SAFE OUT THERE