Slick spots remain on back roads in Wake County 24 hours after snowfall
IMPACTS AND SOME ARE SMALLER
TOWNS AND THOSE SECONDARY
ROADS. BACK TO YOU. ALRIGHT,
THANK YOU TO AIR. AND SO THE
ICY ROADS. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SUCH
A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR DRIVERS.
ALL YESTERDAY. AND A LOT OF
TODAY'S WELL, MANY OF THEM
FINDING THEMSELVES.
>> SPINNING OUT THE WHEELS JUST
NOT CATCHING ON. SO MANY FOLKS
WE SAW HERE DRIVING ON POOLE
ROAD WITH AND WRAL'S CARLY
HAYNES BACK OUT TO THIS AREA
TO SEE IF PROGRESS HAS BEEN
MADE HERE. CARLY.
>> WHAT'S THE LATEST?
>> I CAN CONFIRM WE HAVE SEEN
SOME PROGRESS. CARS ARE MOVIN,
SOME
GOING SLOWER.
>> THEN PROBABLY THE USUAL
SPEED LIMIT HERE. I THINK THE
GOOD NEWS IS WE CAN ACTUALLY
SEE THE PAVEMENT NOW BEFORE IT
WAS JUST AS SHEET OF ICE.
STILL SOME SLICK SPOTS UP THAT
HILL. YOU CAN SEE THAT CAR
SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE IT. SO
WE'RE NOT TOTALLY IN THE CLEAR
YET. BUT WE'RE ATTRIBUTING THIS
PROGRESS OF THE SUN RAYS COMING
OUT A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN ALSO
THOSE DOT TRUCKS COMING BY
EARLIER IN THE DAY BECAUSE
EARLIER IN THE DAY IT DID NOT
LOOK LIKE THIS IS WRAL WAS HERE
WHEN CARS REALLY COULD NOT GET
UP THAT HILL.
>> WHEN THOSE TIRES WERE MOVING
BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET ANY
TRACTION. THERE WERE ABANDONED
CARS. THEY WERE SPINOUTS.
AND I THINK THAT JUST GOES TO
SHOW THAT IT MAY BE PART OF
YOUR DRIVE IS OKAY.
>> LIKELY NOT ALL OF IT WILL
BE. SO JUST EXTRA CAREFUL OUT
THERE ON THE ROADS. IF YOU'RE
DRIVING.
>> AND ALSO, THERE'S STILL SOME
MORE CONCERNS, RIGHT? BECAUSE
WE HAVE SOME OF THIS ICE MELT,
THAT WATER THAT'S LINGERING ON
THESE ROADS. AND THERE'S THAT
CONCERN THAT THIS COULD ONCE
AGAIN REEF FREEZE TONIGHT WHEN
THOSE TEMPERATURES DROP.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE THAT MUCH
MORE IMPORTANT TO BE ALERT AND