As the trucks work away to keep Scotland’s roads safe, their movements and progress are updated on an online map available for all to see. But a closer look at that map reveals something charming: A lot of the trucks have names
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Every winter, the roads of Scotland welcome a fleet of nearly 100 trucks that distribute salt and grit to melt heaps of snow and ice. The trucks are known locally as “gritters”
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Back in 2006, Transport for Scotland, which runs the online map, asked Scottish primary school children to come up with names for the new salt truck fleet. Among the winners were Gritty Gonzales, Sir Salter Scott, and Luke Snowalker
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Twelve years later, Gritty Gritty Bang Bang, Ice Queen, Sir Andy Flurry and the gang are still going strong. And you can track their updates in real time https://trib.al/uPNPe99
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Did not know that 'gritters' was only used here in Scotland! Do you know what other countries call them?
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South of Hadrian's wall they're still gritters.
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#Gritter! Let’s make this name stick for the salt/sand trucks, as in, “We followed the Gritter all the way home in the snow storm”.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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