February 16, 2007 3:29 PM
Clear the ice from your car before hitting the road!!
A warning from the Loudoun County Sheriff:
Loudoun County, Virginia- The Sheriff’s Office is reminding motorists to clear ice and snow from their vehicles before heading out onto area roadways. The agency has worked several incidents over the past several days where ice has flown off a vehicle and crashed through the windshield of a trailing motorist. Some of the injuries sustained in the incidents included lacerations from the glass and ice. The ice could also fall onto the roadway causing a traffic hazard for other drivers. If you have not cleared the ice and snow from your vehicle please take the extra time to scrape the possible projectiles from the roof, hood, trunk, turn signal lights, tail and headlights, windows, mirrors and fenders. Failing to do so will put other motorists in danger.
I've been hit by that flying ice in the past and even though it hasn't broken my windshield, it's very scary. With the unusual hardness and thickness of the ice this time around I can definitely see how it could break a windshield and injure another driver. We all need to be careful for each other.
Love,
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