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Don’t Crowd the Plow: ODOT reminds motorists to give snowplows room to work During Ice and Snow…Take it Slow ODOT’s safety experts continue to see a number of crashes involving motorists striking state snowplows, often hitting the snowplow from behind.

Across the state this winter season, there have been 49 crashes with ODOT snowplows, including four fatalities. Motorists are urged to give snowplows room to work. Snowplows make sudden stops and travel much slower than posted speeds, especially as they approach bridges and overpasses. Snowplows spread deicing materials, which may distract drivers following too closely. Snowplows often create clouds as they clear roads and shoulders. These snow clouds can reduce driver’s ability to see. The best advice: Ice and Snow…Take it Slow.

With Ohio’s winter weather changing mile-by-mile and minute-to-minute, it is even more important to Know Before You Go. One tool that motorists can use to help prepare for winter driving conditions is www.BuckeyeTraffic.org, ODOT’s premier map-based website for winter road conditions, delays, and impacts to traffic. This website has seen more than 34 million hits this season.

ODOT has also been using Twitter, a widely-popular free social networking website, to send out instant information on winter conditions that may impact traffic along interstates and highways in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo. In less than two months since the initiation of the six ODOT Twitter accounts, nearly 4,700 followers have signed up to know before they go.

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State Route 97 Closing for Rock Slide Repairs
A project to correct an unstable roadside rock slide along State Route 97, west of its intersection with State Route 3, in Ashland County is set to begin with a road closure on Monday, February 15.  The posted detour route is SR-3 north to State Route 39, west on SR-39 to State Route 95, west on SR-95 to SR-97, and reverse for southbound motorists. The road will reopen approximately March 8, 2010. 
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