Is it just me or does any body else find them selfs mle back when following a grit lorry, so you prevent any paintchips. Was just stuck behind on for 10miles doing 40 in a 60 but refused to get close enougth for a over take. Haha.

Would rather be able to use the road and have it de-iced than worry about silly stone chips.

I dont mean get rid of the gritters I just mean any body else keep there distance from them and not bother over taking

Priorities, safety first is the order of the day.

You could have pulled over allow other cars to follow lorry, then unfortunate enough to get a grit thrown-up by a car going the other way. LOL

I know the windscreen appears to be made of cheese. Car hasn't even done 3000 miles and I'm already due auto glass out to fix one decent sized chip.

I've never worried TBH - rightly or wrongly I think I've assumed that the grit won't be big/heavy/fast enough to cause a stone chip. I just try to get past them sharpish......

Got to remember there is all sorts of crap in grit, sand, salt and small stones, travelling at 40+ mph on impact.

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I'll be staying well clear. Imagine the damage it would do to my vinyl!

Just try to get past as quick as possible.

I always cringe when one of the buggers comes past going the other way so you get hit at 2x speed.

I have been grittered here a couple of times and it does sound terrible. Can't say I have found much in the way of damage though.

Have followed gritters working in pairs a few times in both France and Germany. I always keep well back for the two obvious reasons, the other is the road in front hasn't been gritted! When it's proper Cminus, chances are there will be ice around. I was very impressed by the sensible driving involved all round. Gritters doing 50+, all other traffic keeping a proper goodly distance.

As above, you may as well just drive as normal, if you meet one coming the other way then there isn't a lot you can do about it.

Snog, marry or avoid..........

...........avoid for me.

I've never worried TBH - rightly or wrongly I think I've assumed that the grit won't be big/heavy/fast enough to cause a stone chip. I just try to get past them sharpish......

As Mike pointed out, there's stones and all sorts in there. I passed one coming the other way a couple of winters ago (pulled over as far to the left as possible and braking), and it sounded like I was being shot-blasted with ball bearings ... looking at the paintwork, there's 5 or 6 small "dents" in the lacquer as a result of it.

As above, you may as well just drive as normal, if you meet one coming the other way then there isn't a lot you can do about it.

Well that's not strictly true. I find wincing slightly and screwing my face up as the grit shot blasts the offside to be an effective coping mechanism!

Niall

I've never worried TBH - rightly or wrongly I think I've assumed that the grit won't be big/heavy/fast enough to cause a stone chip. I just try to get past them sharpish......

I used to think that until I was behind one and an effing great clump the size of a tennis ball came bouncing down the road and smashed my headlight!

I've never worried TBH - rightly or wrongly I think I've assumed that the grit won't be big/heavy/fast enough to cause a stone chip. I just try to get past them sharpish......

Me, I would rather sit behind, but at a distance where the grit is landing on the road well in front.

I reckon it's better to be driving on the gritted road behind the truck than the non gritted road in front of it.

Even without a gritting lorry in sight the sound of the grit and salt flicking up inside the wheelarches and sticking to the suspension and bodywork isn't particularly pleasant!

I passed a gritter on a cold, dry motorway a few years back. It had been a nice sunny winter day and I was out on my motorbike with my jeans on instead of my leathers (always wear my leathers now). I was heading home along the motorway and the sun had gone down so it was really cold and my legs were starting to get sore with the cold. I passed the gritter and it was like getting needles fired into my legs. Oh the pain !!! A lesson was learned that day, stay well behind gritters.

Cheers

Dave

Even without a gritting lorry in sight the sound of the grit and salt flicking up inside the wheelarches and sticking to the suspension and bodywork isn't particularly pleasant!

I have to agree, however for all the possible damage that being near a gritter in operation may do, the sound and damage is no where near as bad as that made by bending metal and breaking glass when the car either slides of the road into a ditch or into another vehicle.

Gritting, it's not an exact art nor particularly graceful, but it's a lot better than the alternative.

I am getting a bonnet bra... Haha

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I have to agree, however for all the possible damage that being near a gritter in operation may do, the sound and damage is no where near as bad as that made by bending metal and breaking glass when the car either slides of the road into a ditch or into another vehicle.

Gritting, it's not an exact art nor particularly graceful, but it's a lot better than the alternative.

Stop gritting and use studded tyres

Why dont they use a liquid spreding lorrys insted gritters like they do on airfields these would be a lot less hazard to cars and the melt ice quicker.