Traffic & Transit
Massachusetts Driver Cited For Not Clearing Snow In Nor'easter
Lowell, Massachusetts, police said a Jeep driver on the road during a nor'easter disregarded a law requiring vehicles to be cleared of snow.
LOWELL, MA — Massachusetts law requires drivers to clear snow from their vehicles — something a Jeep driver in Lowell disregarded during Thursday's nor'easter. Lowell police said the driver was cited for impeded operation after an officer spotted him driving in the city Thursday morning during the height of the storm.
Police say not clearing snow from a vehicle presents multiple hazards, from obscuring the driver's view to having snow or ice fly off into other vehicles.
Thursday's nor'easter dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It knocked out power to more than 400,000 in both states. There was a fatal fire in Andover, Massachusetts, and a fatal crash in Lebanon, New Hampshire, during the storm.
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Photo: Lowell police said the driver of this Jeep was cited for not clearing snow from his vehicle March 8, 2018. (Credit: Lowell Police Department)
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