WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – Make sure you’re giving snow plows plenty of space to clean off our roadways, and allow yourself extra time wherever you’re going.
Drivers plow over 100,000 miles of snowy dangerous roads every year.
It takes a large truck with an even larger blade to accomplish that, so they need space.
Sargent Rhae Stertz with the Wisconsin State Patrol said, “You’re going to want to slow down and give them a lot of room, extra room so that you’re not going to be whited out by the snow coming up and over their blades or their plows and then, you’re going to need to leave if your on the interstate you’re going to need to leave 200 feet of distance between you and the plow so you can safely stop if necessary or if you know the plow slows down.”
if you have to drive in winter weather, you can head to 511wi.gov to find the latest road conditions.
