Mass bans vehicles at 4:00 p.m.; offenders face fine up to,$500, 1 year in jail

The Eagle Tribune ^ | 2-8-13 | Staff

[444Flyer]

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency for blizzard that could bring near 3 feet of snow.

Patrick signed an executive order banning all vehicles from roadways starting at 4 p.m. today. Ban applies to all roadways, including highways and secondary roads. Any one caught driving after 4 p.m. faces up to one year in jail and $500 fine.

[MrB]

Makes you wonder if they are “testing” to see how this works.

Snowstorm is the “emergency” of today, justifying a travel ban,

what could it be next year?

[civil unrest]

[Resolute Conservative]

What did we do before this storm? How did we survive all these years?

What’s next mandatory a/c purchases in hot summers?

[Paladin2]

This is unconstitutional (and retarded for those who own a 4x4 with chains).

What if you run a plowing business?

Get low on beer?

[cripplecreek]

LOL

[raccoonradio]

public transit shut off at 3:30

I work for postal service and our facility shut down for the first time in about 25 years.

[libertarian27]

A car just went by my house (4:05pm)
There’s 4” inches of the white stuff on the ground - crazy people!

I have taken a picture of the license plate and will text it to Dear Governor Mini-Me Zero

We the Proletariat

[SoFloFreeper]

Excuse me? Under WHAT legislation does the fascist admirer of the Kenyan Assclown purport to enforce this rule?

[zagger]

A year in jail sounds commensurate with the crime of driving on a snowy day! How about just tell everyone that if they go out and get stuck, no one will be sent to rescue them - at least that would encourage personal responsibility. If you are a conservative and live in Mass, what the hell is wrong with you?

[GraceG]

What happens if you are a farmer or rancher and have to take care of animals?

Sucks to be you i guess..

[Dr. Sivana]

Oh please...What is up with these people? I’m looking out my Massachusetts window right now...Color me unimpressed so far.

Here in Illinois/Wisconsin we heard snowmageddon thrown about, for what wouond up being a nasty batch of wintry mix (IL) and 16" of pwedy stuff, gracefully delivered (southern WI).

Hey folks. It's Wisconsin. It's winter. In the old days we called it a snow storm, and people prepared (chains, studded tires in the NE, stay at home, take your chances).

I lived in CT in my youth, and the ice storm in the early '70s (73?), the real deal in '78, a barrage of mid sized storms one after the other in '93-'94, all exceed most of what we had in recent years.

I think it is all about ratings, to get people to watch local news and weather stations, with their 4D-Meta-Doppler forecasts. The newspapers will find a big drift for the photo, and a story about an 80 year old who had a heart attack in her home and couldn't get help. Good grief, Buffalo gets this every year. It is New England; snow is no stranger to the Yankee.

[1rudeboy]

LOL at the newly-minted libertarians who would expect the gubmint to come rescue them the moment they got stuck in a drift.

[EEGator]

When your betters say so.

[raccoonradio]

medical-emergency, utility, media, first responders are excepted

[USMCPOP]

Geeze, I can remember my Dad driving us from New Jersey to Ohio on the PA Turnpike in a snow storm in the wee hours of the night. Probably 6” of snow, dark, no visibility but he was motivated. The trucks had all pulled over but Dad kept going. 2 wheel drive Chevy, probably a Bel-Air or Biscayne.

Screw these public nazis. Tell me I can’t do what I want to do.

[444Flyer]

"..There is about a QUARTER OF AN INCH TO A MAXIMUM OF JUST TWO - THREE INCHES OF SNOW..

What's up with up to 5000 National Guard troops being called in?

They're making it sound like Snowpocalyse.

[Diogenesis]

It is about Democrats and RINOs accumulating POWER ...
not the accumulation of snow.

[raccoonradio]

Maybe memories of what happened in Dec of 2007; then, a Fri afternoon, snow on the way; order given at 1 pm to send state workers etc home. MASSIVE traffic jams.

I was supposed to be at work by 6 pm. I left here at 3 pm
to travel 18 miles.

I got to work at 6:30 pm.

18 miles.

In better weather, I could get to Burlington VT (219 miles away) in that time. Anyway, schools let out. Work let out.
Malls (it was Dec., shoppers) etc.—massive traffic jam.

People remember...

[EEGator]

Drive in the snow...1 year in jail.
Steal $1,200,000,000.00 from MF Global...nothing

[soycd]

Unless you are a fecal faced leftist member of the elite media. sheesh...a year in jail?

[libertarian27]

‘It’s not Illegal to be an Illegal in Massachusetts’
~Martha Coakley~
But
It’s Illegal to drive when it’s snowing