See what Milwaukee uses for road de-icing

There are a few different ways to make icy roads drivable, including spreading sand and salt on them. Here in Detroit, we use tons and tons (and tons) of rock salt on our crumbling roads in part because we're sitting on unbelievably massive salt deposits. Wisconsin is sitting on massive deposits, too -- of cheese brine.

A14 toll residents 'should be exempt'

RESIDENTS living near the UK's first proposed toll road in a decade should be exempt from payments, councillors have said. Drivers could be charged between £1 and £1.50 to travel along a new stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire, according to a consultation document published by the Highways Agency last month. The proposal comes after Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Autumn Statement that the Government would explore whether "in very limited circumstances" tolling could be used to fund significant new capacity on the country's roads.

New Subaru Legacy at Frankfurt

The new Subaru Legacy will get its European début at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month Update 10/09/09: Subaru has now released model and price detail for the 2010 Legacy Tourer in the UK. The current Legacy and Outlander should sell in droves – they really are very good. Well built, decent looking and more than half-decent to drive, they’re almost a secret.