When is it safe to drive after salt is on the roads?

[RaskyR1]

Re: When is it safe to drive after salt is on the roads?

Well the salt will be there till spring when it rains hard for a few days and they are just going to keep putting more of it down since winter has just begun. If your really worreid about the effects it has on the car and you have a 2nd vehicle I would wait till spring. You can't go a mile down the road without having white salt residue all over your car. I used to do it with my show car and have to do it with my motorcycle now...it ***** but to me it's worth it. I hate salting of the roads!

[sneek]

Re: When is it safe to drive after salt is on the roads?

I don't think that it would be super harmful, but it isn't exactly "good" for your car either. I was in your seat. I just got a new car and I didn't want to drive it until all the salt and rocks were gone, but it seems like I will have to. I hate screws. My 03 is sitting in my garage with a flat (screw in it) and I NEED to go to exams...so I drove it....It felt wrong.

[Bob2007GT]

Here is a question for those of you who live in the colder climates like I do. We have had snow and ice, and there has been a lot of salt put on the roads. But we finally have some decent sunny weather and the roads are dry, but you can still see the salt as a white haze over the roads.

In the past having only 1 car, this wasn't an issue since I had no choice. However, if I don't want to get salt on my new car, when is it safe to drive once winter has started? I do NOT want to wait until spring! Is it safe to drive if the streets are dry but you can still see the salt (he asked knowing the answer is probably no) on the roads? Only after it rains? Only after it rains multiple times?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.