When it snows and the roads in Scotland need cleaning, public gritters do the job. You can see their live location here. More interestingly, their names were decided by the public. All names are shown here, but below I keep a selection that shows democracy working.
- Albert Icestein
- Always Be Grit-Full
- Basil Salty
- Buzz Iceclear
- Chun-Ski – Street Gritter
- Coldfinger
- For Your Ice Only
- Freeze Witherspoon
- Grit-Tok
- Grit-Zilla
- Grita Thawberg
- Gritallica
- Griticle Mass
- Gritney Spears
- Gritt Scott!
- I Want To Break Freeze
- Icetalavista Baby
- Licence To Chill
- Lord Coldemort
- On Her Majesty’s Slippery Surface
- Salt Disney
- Salt Shaker
- Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
- Snow Connery
- Snowing Me, Snowing You
- Snowrassic Park
- Spready Gonzales
- The Meltonator
- William Wall-Ice
- Wizard of Ice
- You Only Grit Ice