"She wasn't trying to get out," ... "She wasn't making any noise."
Probably busy on her damned smartphone and didn't even notice.
Posted on 02/28/2019 7:52:12 AM PST by ETL
A woman who authorities believe was living in her car was rescued after a snowplow inadvertently bumped into her vehicle, which was buried in snow.
South Lake Tahoe, California, city spokesman Chris Fiore highlighted the Feb. 17 incident in a Tuesday news release urging drivers to take safety precautions in winter weather.
He said the city has had problems with illegally parked vehicles, which slows snow removal.
Fiore said the snowplow driver bumped into the back of the car, which popped the vehicle's trunk open.
After that happened, workers from the plow truck started shoveling around the vehicle to prepare to tow it when the woman put her hand on the window from the inside.
"She wasn't trying to get out," he said Wednesday. "She wasn't making any noise."
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This last weekend I counted over 60 cars and trucks in the snow off I 80. The ice just turned the highway into a skating rink. I think the 20 semis I saw were caught trying to avoid hitting spinning cars. The trucks were on their side or jack knifed or ripped open by plows. The worst weather on a highway is 33 degrees and misty or raining. As night time comes and the temperature falls below freezing, the black ice is brutal and the cars start spinning. No matter how good a driver you are, it does not help if every other car around you is spinning out of control.
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