I see that the Governor of Massachusetts banned all vehicles from the roads in the state yesterday as of 4:00 pm (a few hours before the worst of the blizzard hit last night) Penalties for violating the order were possible arrest, a minimum fine of $500 and possible jail time. What do you think? it at least allowed emergency crews to get around and probably prevented hundreds if not thousands of collisions.
That's a bit extreme. What about public transport, people who use personal vehicles to provide vital services, such as nurses?
Driving in the past couple of days got me thinking that Ontario should make it a law that a car will have EITHER winter tires or 4WD. I was shocked how many people with FWD cars were on the road on all-seasons, without a LSD or any electronics for traction...
Emergency vehicles (fire, police, ambulance) plus municipal cleanup crews plus media crew were allowed. As well, they had some way of identifying employees of hospitals and the like.
Only private vehicles operated by ordinary citizens not involved in the emergency somehow were banned. We made it back to the place we were staying by 4:15 PM. The roads were deserted.
On the plus side, the streets were CLEAN by the time the travel ban was lifted the next day. Impressive.
