Officials report slippery roads throughout Washtenaw County

Here's a reminder to my fellow Ann Arborites who don't seem to care if you run others off the road on an icy night... I94 and 23 are both 70 mph - not 85 mph - and its advised you drive slower than 70 when it's icy....and Platt Road is 35 mph - not 55 mph...and Packard is 35/25 not 55...and stop signs mean STOP, not hurry up and try to get out on the main road before the oncoming traffic blocks up your exit and makes you wait 15 seconds while you slam into them when you slide your Taurus on the ice...Use your brains please.

I second that---folks, there's more to life than going faster. Really. I mean it. Honestly. I wouldn't kid you about something like that! Take a deep breath and stop trying to intimidate to go faster on these roads. You tail me, I'll slow down even more. It ain't like it Springtime & Sunny. Look around, slow down, and stop stressing yourself and the rest of us out on the roads. We don't all own trucks or SUV's, some of us have little cars because that's what we can afford, so please have some courtesy and let us get where we need to go. Ok? Ok. Thanks.

Notice there are no reports of putting any salt down.

Want salt? Pay more taxes!

I already pay more. Have been paying more.

Certain comments above affirm my belief that the can't drive/junk car set rules Ann Arbor. These people elect (and get elected) to promote their agenda of obscene AATA funding and an utter lack of road maintenance. The general state of the streets and drivers here is the one truly annoying thing about an otherwise great town.

Also a word of advice, when your tires are spinning while accelerating, stomping on the gas DOESN'T give you better traction

Want road repairs? Pay taxes!

I do pay taxes. The roads still don't get repaired. Instead I get roundabouts. Which are fine but doesn't fix potholes.

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I am tired of Ann Arbor's 'do as I say not as I do' policy where they require people to shovel the sidewalks if ANY snow has fallen but they won't plow the streets until at least 4 inches has accumulated. As for potholes, it has been pointed out by a friend who works in the auto industry that the quality by which potholes are repaired ensures that those doing the repairs guarantee their own jobs (necessity to fix them again) the following year.

Obviously not enough, else the roads would be in better condition.

Your friend in the auto industry is a . . . . well, this will get deleted if I were to say.

The fact of the matter is that it takes far more money, and far more people would be employed, to fix the roads correctly. The patching of potholes is an expedient for a revenue-strapped state, nothing more.

When he ran for the Republican nominatiom for governor in 2002, then State Senator Joe Schwarz warned that the state's gas tax needed to be raised in order to be able to deal properlyu with the looming crisis in the condition of the state's roads and bridges. He was, of course, correct, but no one listened.

We have sowed the wind by allowing our state legislators to disinvest in our state. We are now reaping the whirlwind.

Want better roads? Vote for politicians who want to raise the gas tax? Don't want a higher gas tax? Then quit complaining!

Yes, the gas tax should be raised, but the money should go towards improving public transit. This country's low cost of gas makes us too dependent on our cars - cities should be designed so we either walk or take public transit.