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thieving_magpie
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A salt monopoly could spike car accidents in the M...
Where I used to live used crushed glass as part of a traction mix. They claimed there were no adverse effects on tires but there were many complaints from cyclists that their tires were popping regularly.
TuringNYC
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Seems if it sprays into the air and gets into people's eyes, that would be an even bigger problem.
jhickok
on March 16, 2021
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Or gets into your lungs. I believe this is how Spinoza died.
spoonjim
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Seriously. Sounds like a major public health crisis in a few decades.
sjg007
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Crushed glass is silica which is a component of sand.
ISL
on March 16, 2021
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Naturally-weathered sand and recently-crushed glass can have very different surface properties (i.e. glass can be sharp!).
cbsmith
on March 16, 2021
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The stuff they use for roads is not sharp.
volkk
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this sounds horrible. what if you walk on it and track it home? then you get to walk on crushed glass with your bare feet? yikes
cbsmith
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It's really not that different from walking on sand.
Faaak
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and it make the road so much noisier too.
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