NCSHP: You have to be vigilant no matter where you're traveling
LEGALLY.
>> SINCE MIDNIGHT, WE'VE
ALREADY SEEN A DOZEN CRASHES ON
THE MAJOR INTERSTATES. 6 ON
I-40 AND 4 ON I-95 IN JOHNSON
COUNTY. JOINING US NOW TO GIVE
US AN UPDATE IS FIRST SERGEANT
CHRISTOPHER KNOX WITH HIGHWAY
PATROL. THIS IS OUR FIRST
CHANCE TO TALK WITH YOU THIS
MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
I'M SURE IT'S A BUSY ONE.
FIRST, THE OVER A NEW VIEW.
HOW TREACHEROUS ARE THE
INTERSTATES AT THIS HOUR AND
HOW BUSY HAS IT BEEN FOR
TROOPERS?
>> WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE A
CONDITIONS NOT GREAT. WE
CONTINUE TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO
STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU
HAVE TO BE OUT. AS WE SAID
YESTERDAY AND AS WE CONTINUE
CONTINUALLY REPEAT DURING THE
STORMS, YOUR SPEED AND THE
SPACE TO GIVE BETWEEN THE
ACCUSER AND HE'S GOING TO BE
PARAMOUNT. IF YOU HAVE TO BE A.
>> AND SERGEANT KNOX AFTER
7.30, THIS MORNING ON I-40
EAST, THERE WERE 4 CRASHES IN
8 MINUTES. PEOPLE ARE GETTING
UP. THERE ARE VENTURING OUT.
WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO FOLKS
THIS MORNING?
>> THE JUST BECAUSE THE
MAJORITY OF THE SNOW IS GONE
DOESN'T MEAN THE ROADS ARE GOOD
YET. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED A
TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP IN AN
AREA RIGHT NOW. THE SCENE OF
ANOTHER LITTLE ROUND OF SNOW,
SIR. THE CONDITIONS MIGHT BE
BETTER WHEN WHEN YOU LOOK OUT.
BUT THE ROADS STILL HAVE A WAYS
TO GO. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BE
SAFE. BE CAREFUL AND SLOW YOUR
SPEED DOWN BECAUSE WE ARE STILL
SEEING ISSUES ON THE
INTERSTATES. OUR SECONDARY
ROADS. IT'S IT'S CONTINUING
TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THOSE THAT
ARE OUT THIS MORNING.
>> WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT A
TRACTOR TRAILER CRASH ON I-87
POSSIBLY IN EASTERN WAKE
COUNTY. DO YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT?
>> THEN YOU'RE RIGHT. IT 7,
THERE'S INCLUSION THERE.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE COLLISIONS
ON A 40 KIND OF BETWEEN THE 3
OR 3 MILE MARKER IN THE 3 MILE
MARKER SEVERAL 95. SO AGAIN,
AND YOU KNOW THAT THE
INTERSTATES ARE NOT COMPLETELY
CLEAR. WE STILL OF SLICK SPOTS
ON THEM IN, BUT THE SECONDARY
ROUTES ARE YOU KNOW, HAVING
ISSUES AS WELL, SIR, YOU CAN'T
REALLY GO OUT THIS MORNING.
EXPECT TO THE MAJOR ROADS TO BE
COMPLETELY CLEAR OR THE ROADS
AROUND YOUR HOUSE. SO YOU HAVE
TO BE VIGILANT. NO MATTER WHERE
YOU'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING.
>> AND THIS IS OUR 3RD
SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON.
WHAT'S BEEN ESPECIALLY
CHALLENGING THIS TIME AROUND?
YOU THINK?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT BEEN
A HUGE SNOW EVENT, BUT WE JUST
REALIZE THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE
MUCH AS WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE
TRIANGLE THAT, YOU KNOW, AN
INCH OF SNOW CAN REALLY CAUSE
SOME PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE THAT DON'T HEED THE
WARNINGS. IF YOU HAVE TO BE
ELSE SPEED IS GOING TO BE YOUR
BIGGEST ISSUE, IF YOU CAN SLOW
DOWN IF YOU PLAN AHEAD, GIVE
YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO GET
TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO GET TO
YOU CAN NAVIGATE IT, BUT IT'S
GOING TO DEPEND ON YOUR SPEED.
THOSE THAT HAVE MADE THE CHOICE
TO GO THE NORMAL SPEED LIMIT
OR PROBABLY GONNA PAY FOR THAT
DECISION BECAUSE YOU CAN GO
WITH THOSE NORMAL SPEEDS.
GOT TO DECREASE YOUR SPEED.
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE YOURSELF
ROOM AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE
TIME THAN USUAL TO GET YOUR
DESTINATION. OKAY. DRIVING
HOME. THAT MESSAGE OF SAFETY.
I ALSO SAW YOUR WINDOW. IS IT
SNOWING WHERE YOU ARE? YEAH.
LITTLE POCKET OF BEEN
THROUGHOUT.
>> THE TRIANGLE IN THE TRIAL
THIS MORNING
>> IT IS NOT THAT WE'VE GOT
JUST A LITTLE DUSTING JUST WEST
OF OF THE TRIANGLE, SIR.
IT'S NOT OVER. THE ROADS ARE
NOT CLEAR YET. IF YOU CAN
PLEASE DO SO TO HELP OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS O ALL RIGHT. SOME
AREAS ALREADY SEEING THAT
DUSTING THIS MORNING THAT OUR
METEOROLOGIST HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT AS ROUND 2.
>> NOT SO MUCH ADDED
PRECIPITATION, BUT NOT A
SURPRISE TO SEE THOSE FLURRIES.
RIGHT. FIRST SERGEANT
CHRISTOPHER KNOX WITH HIGHWAY
PATROL. WE APPRECIATE THE