Co.Meath sand on roads

[JJH]

out in my car today and seen council grit trucks spraying sand on roads around Trim and Navan. It made a good noise when it hit the car. I am guessing that is sand and think that it is something to do with the road surface melting in the current heat. I will be xtra carefull on the bike for the next while. JJH

 

[travelman]

Same here in Co Galway, they seem to be expert at putting it down on the far side of a bend and at juncions. Yesterday evening I rounded a corner to find to mounds of earth and grit, about 2 feet high, they had filled a pothole and the trucks had bounced it out into a heap.....it's lethal here at the moment on some roads.

 

[Padge]

Going thru Kildorrery on Monday when the temp was reading 26deg a bit after noon and the road was peeling up like mad so I guess the spraying would have prevented it from sticking to me nice new tyres..