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chasonreddit t1_j9b8dta wrote

Reply to comment by Markqz in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

Thank you. I came to ask. Us poor ignorant yanks.

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PSquared1234 t1_j9cc4as wrote

Me too. Even halfway through reading the article, I was still going "huh?".

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Cutsdeep- t1_j9cpiad wrote

Aussie here, came to the comments to make sense of it, but had to look up both those terms.

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gitsgrl t1_j9ez6lu wrote

We put down grit for traction on the ice in the US. Some areas don’t allow salt so it’s only grit.

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chasonreddit t1_j9ezlac wrote

You know, I realized that, they do it here. I just don't think I've heard it called that. We just say they salted the road even though you know it's not salt.

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