We still have lots of snow falling across our area today, and that means that the roads are still treacherous.
OPP Constable Martin Hachey tells us they’ve responded to quite a few collisions over the past 24 hours, but fortunately none of them have resulted in injuries.
He says drivers may not be ready for this kind of storm yet, and Hachey reminds you to keep lots of distance between your car, and the car ahead of you.
Hachey also tells us that they are limiting their patrolling as much as possible at this point, because even for them, driving is treacherous in these conditions.
Instead , he says they are responding to more collisions, and helping people that need assistance.
Hachey says closing the roads due to weather is an OPP decision, and tells us that you have to consider closing roads when the plows can’t keep up with the snowfall.
He says because the main issue in our area are snowsqualls, making the decision to close a road can be hard because the wind determines where the snow goes, and that can change quickly.
Once a road is closed, Hachey says drivers need to stay off, because it’s closed for a reason.
And he says if drivers do go on that road, you can be charged under the highway traffic act, and adds that insurance companies won’t cover you if you get into a collision on a closed road.
