Just how dangerous is winter driving? Snow and ice are the primary - TopicsExpress



          

Just how dangerous is winter driving? Snow and ice are the primary cause of highway pile-ups in bad weather, according to a USA Today analysis of accidents in 2013. How can atmospheric science help? Researchers are putting sensors on snowplows to help transportation officials clear roads more efficiently. Were also working on technology that will alert drivers to ice and other road hazards in their vicinity. Snowplow sensors: www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/news/10799/new-technology-targets-slick-winter-driving Toll of highway pileups: usatoday/story/news/nation/2014/01/30/huge-toll-of-highway-pileups/4840185 #winter #weather #RandD
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 15:00:57 +0000

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