Seattle would rather risk lives than use salt on the roads in the winter...

Enviro-wackos;

To hear the city’s spin, Seattle’s road crews are making “great progress” in clearing the ice-caked streets.

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.

“We’re trying to create a hard-packed surface,” said Alex Wiggins,
chief of staff for the Seattle Department of Transportation. “It
doesn’t look like anything you’d find in Chicago or New York.”

The city’s approach means crews clear the roads enough for all-wheel
and four-wheel-drive vehicles, or those with front-wheel drive cars as
long as they are using chains, Wiggins said.

The icy streets are the result of Seattle’s refusal to use salt, an
effective ice-buster used by the state Department of Transportation and
cities accustomed to dealing with heavy winter snows.