Heads up on a new PA traffic law
 

I know it is hard to keep track of all laws, especially the new ones. The new law is that in winter you have to take all snow and ice off of your vehicle. If you are driving, and snow or ice falling off of your car, van, or truck causes an accident you can be fined from $200 to $2000.

I don't know all implications for the big rigs. I don't really see how you can safely get off the snow and possible ice of the top of those trucks. I thought some of you might want to know just in case.

Drive safely, and happy trucking.

leave it up to PA :evil:

Probably from cleaning up wrecks caused by sheets of ice flying off trailers into traffic. :roll:

They aren't saying you have to clean it off, just if if the snow/ ice from your trailer causes a wreck, you are going to get a ticket,which would be the least of you worries if it is a serious accident. The plaintiffs lawyers will make that fine seem like nothing. :lol:

Yeah it is a real shame some fools have to follow so close to another vehicle to get hit by the snow and ice. :roll: :roll: :roll:

Uturn, tailgating isn't an issue here. Ice sheets will fly off a trailer with with such force that vehicles 50 -100 feet back will get nailed. So will oncoming traffic if the wind is right. Been on the receiving end of the flying ice before.:shock

Nice attempt on trying to pass it off on the 4 wheeler though. :roll: :

I wouldn't climb up there either, just now, a driver will get a ticket if flying ice or snow causes an accident.

I guess after a motorist got killed in PA last year by flying ice, the lawmakers decided to pass a feel good law to make it appear to the general public that they are doing something about a 1 in a million accident.

Feel good legislation - losing touch with reality.

I don't think PA could force a driver to clear the snow/ice from the top of their trailer. The reason, simple, the height. Because of the height of the trailer, OSHA requires safety restraints, as well as a chain around the edge to prevent you from falling.