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Originally Posted by Great68
I always get a good laugh at the "Vancouver doesn't plan for snow" comments.
Like sure, they could certainly buy a few dozen more plow trucks at many millions of dollars, and then have then ongoing annual maintenance and staffing costs, for them to site idle for 360 days a year...
Would you like that reflected in your property taxes?
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Let's not forget that the same people would be complaining that the government is wasting money when it turns out that it doesn't snow as much as expected, or that it doesnt stick, or that it warms up and melts anyway.
Weather forecasting is not perfect, especially in a coastal city that goes from sea level to up the mountains, where the temperature fluctuates around 0 degrees during the winter. Suddenly it's cold enough to ice up in some parts, then suddenly it melts an hour or two later when it's just a hint warmer.
If you pay attention when the forecast starts to dip during the winter, they actually do brine the roads. So they are being pro-active. Going full salt every time is just overkill.
The other thing is that the salt trucks and snow removal crews, even if they're ready to go, have to sit in the same traffic that the rest of us do when shit is fucked. They don't just magically appear in places, they have to still get there.
I think the bigger issue is that most people don't have actual winter tires. Your average person does not know shit about tires. If they see M+S, it's easy to think it's a snow tire, so they think they're safe.