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weziman
May 6, 2006
your good neighbor

Cichlidae posted:

As an aside, they have raised lane markings in Seattle, colloquially called turtles. I have no idea how they don't get ripped up by snow plows! We absolutely can't use any here because they'd last exactly one storm before ending up smashed-up on the shoulder. Does it just not snow there, or do they have some special kind of plow?

They use rubber edge plows and don't really bother plowing them well.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008551284_snowcleanup23m.html

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But it turns out "plowed streets" in Seattle actually means "snow-packed," as in there's snow and ice left on major arterials by design.

Seattle also equips its plows with rubber-edged blades. That minimizes the damage to roads and manhole covers, but it doesn't scrape off the ice, Wiggins said.

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