People Are Just Realising What Scottish Gritters Are Called, And I'm Wheezing

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/673dc6542000003100be2b22.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="" data-caption="" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" /></div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/uk-snow/">Snow has fallen</a> across the UK, with parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the midlands, and even London enjoying glittery morning grass over the past couple of days.</p><p>That means gritters (grit and salt-spreading trucks which help to melt the snow and increase grip on main roads) are out in force. </p><p>But people on X are just realising that in Scotland, gritters are named in pretty creative ways. </p><p>That’s because in 2020 <a href="https://swtrunkroads.scot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">road safety company Amey</a> ran a competition to let the public name the all-important vehicles. </p><p><a href="https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Travel Scotland’s gritter tracker </a>shows which trucks are out at which times ― and people can’t stop laughing at some of the more, er,<em> inventive</em> choices. </p></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is the season to appreciate the names of Scottish gritters <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Scotland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Scotland</a><a href="https://t.co/AkoZy8PXQ5">pic.twitter.com/AkoZy8PXQ5</a></p>&mdash; Catherine Munro (@CatherineMMunro) <a href="https://twitter.com/CatherineMMunro/status