The McGritter Tracker is Back!

By 6:00 AM this morning, Skate Bush could already been seen trundling up that hill, and Sled Zeppelin was hard at work sanding the stairway to Leven.Yes, Traffic Scotland’s Gritter Tracker is back in action - your one-stop, salt-powered, pun-splattered window into the heroic world of gritters battling Scotland’s icy roads.

The Gritter Tracker map shows the live positions of Scotland's trunk-road gritter trucks. It also displays trails for each vehicle, so you can see which major roads have been recently gritted. This is obviously very useful for drivers in Scotland. However, the map is loved just as much for the gloriously ridiculous, heart-warmingly daft names Scotland has given its fleet.

Among the many puntastic trucks cruising Scotland's icy highways are Gritney Spears, Skate Bush, Sled Zeppelin, Gritty McGrit Face and Basil Salty. Zoom in on the Gritter Tracker and you’ll discover an entire blizzard of brilliantly named, salty humored, brave snow fighters.