Well, Minnesota wants to give people a chance to...familiarize themselves with the snowplow machines. Recently, the Minnesota Department of Transportation put out a call for people to help name some of the Snowplow vehicles in use. There were more than 24,000 name nominations for these vehicles, according to Minnesota DOT officials.
The Iowa Department of Transportation Tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that SEVEN of their snowplows were hit by other motorists while they were clearing the roads. No injuries were involved in the accidents.
The Iowa DOT added:
If you MUST travel in a storm, PLEASE be aware that our plows move much slower than traffic...
The Iowa Department of Transportation’s snowplow tracking website, trackaplow.iowadot.gov, allows you to see where the state’s snowplows are currently located, the materials they are applying, and photos of the roads that they are operating on...