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					Originally Posted by  Hugh
					 
				 
				Germany doesn't use salt - they just clear the roads and/or use  winter tyres.  
			
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 The problem is other countries get this weather all the time and so can prepare for it.  For us this is once every few years are sometimes 10 years hence we aren't always equiped to cope with it