Dangerous Very Slippery Street And Siewalks

For a country built around rules and safety Sapporo Hokkaido has amazingly icy, slippery streets and sidewalks. I watched a man take a hard tumble today. I have come close to falling 3 times. Sand and salt people!! Put. It on the roads and sidewalks. Cars and buses fly down the icy roads here, sometimes running red lights because they are going to fast to stop. Not sure how there are not more accidents. People do not seem to worry about the dangers of the ice, more of a running gag with them than a safety concern.