Thursday, February 20, 2014

Drivers ticketed for failing to clear snow off vehicles under new 'ice missile' law

Drivers ticketed for failing to clear snow off vehicles under new 'ice missile' law | Mail Online:
"Drivers ticketed for failing to clear snow off their vehicles under new 'ice missile' law
New Connecticut law lets police cite motorists who drive with snow, ice piled atop their vehicles
Lawmaker began pushing law after a sheet of ice flew off a truck, struck his wife's windshield
The law highlights a problem for the trucking industry: 
How do you get ice off an 18-wheeler?"

.......At $120 per summons that amounts to $27,600 in tickets in a month and a half.
The fine is $75, plus $45 in various surcharges.

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