Black Ice--Multiple Midnight Crashes
Police and EMS have been called to multiple incidents of MVA's on bridges and roadways with black ice. Police TEMPORARILY CLOSED RT. 219 SOUTHBOUND IN BRADFORD CITY UNTIL SAND TRUCKS TREAT IT.
They are currently on scene of crashes on Rt. 59, west of Smethport, Johnsonburg Road in St. Marys, Route 219 Southbound near Forman St. Bridge, I-86 Eastbound by Exit 26, in front of the Chuckwagon Restaurant on Rt. 16, the Allegheny River Bridge on Main Street in Coudersport, and other locations.
PennDOT and NY DOT have been notified and are responding, but roads will remain slippery until treated. If you are on the road, use extreme caution, especially on bridges. If you are planning to travel, you might want to delay plans until roads have been treated.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
BLACK ICE CAUSING MULTIPLE CRASHES
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6 comments:
This was not a surprise winter storm, why were the roads not treated?
State police love the black ice... it allows them to write lots of tickets for traffic violations when people are out driving in it. If you are driving at all you are driving to fast for conditions so say the police
Well.....if you crash during winter weather, you were then obviously driving too fast for the road conditions. If you can't handle driving in the weather here, then move south or quit driving.
Black ice is tough to drive on...no matter how fast your going...everyone should be extra careful.
can wipe out on black ice going at 5 MPH and end up doing 35 MPH at the other end if the ice happens to be on a downhill grade... Been there, done that. (Miraculously, did not wreck, was able to *somewhat* steer and keep vehicle relatively straight, bounced off the berm a couple times when tires hit dirt helped a lot... and NEVER touch your brakes when on black ice. Great cardio workout, though!) - and black ice can happen anywhere, road crews cannot be expected to magically know where the ice is to treat roads. They were probably being treated according to established, normal routes, as well as needing to dispatch crews to reported icy spots.
Thank you 1:08!!!!
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