Sir David Attenbrrr, Ice Ice Maybe and Slip Not are among the names chosen for a council’s fleet of road gritters.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council asked residents to suggest “witty, wintry and wonderful” names for its fleet of 13 gritters.
The council said it received more than 1,000 suggestions to its naming challenge – Sir David Attenbrrr is already on duty – with names currently being added to the remaining 12 vehicles.
BCP’s gritter fleet looks after 780 miles (1,255 km) of roads across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole spreading a stock of about 4,000 tonnes of dry rock salt over the winter months.
David Plowie, Chr-ice-church, Gritty Gritty Bang Bang and Auntie Freeze are among the other names chosen for the fleet this year.
The council said sign offcuts that would otherwise have been sent to the skip were used to create the names for the vehicles to minimise costs.
During snow and icy conditions, a series of weather stations are used to monitor road temperatures across the BCP road networks so the gritters can target the areas affected.
