Here, they use Magnesium chloride for de icing.. works ok If they can get it on the roads at the proper time... there is a corrosion thingie as well...

oh well either skate off the highly crowned roads here, or watch your body corrode.. sigh.. that's the problem of living in snow country... on the upside, with crappy tires that I have, couldn't even get it out of our icy driveway most of the winter...

Prolly a good thing Plan B vehicle is all wheel drive...