Road crews preparing for tomorrow's storm

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WMAR-2 NEWS' ERINMACPHERSON HAS MORE ON THESTATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION'PLAN AND WHAT YOU CAN DOPREPARE FOR TOMORROW.MOST OF US HAVEN'T BEENDRIVING AS MUCH THIS YEAR THANYOU WOULD IN A NORMAL YEAR SONOWS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE SUREYOUR CAR IS READY FOR TSNOW... MAKE SURE YOUR TIRESHAVE GOOD TREAD AND THE RIGHTAMOUNT OF AIR PRESSURE, YOURWINDSFIELD WIPER FLUID IS FULLAND IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEATO MAKE SURE YOUR BATTERY ISIN GOOD CONDITION.

AS FOR THEROADS - THE STATE HIGHWAYADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY'REPREPARED.

THEY HAVE SOME NEWEQUIPMENT TO HELP OUT - 80SENSORS AROUND THE STATE THATCAN TELL THEM ALMOST ANYTHINGWE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ROADCONDITIONS.

They can detectthe thickness of the snow, thewater, the ice, whatever it iswithin one millimeter ofaccuracy, which is prettyincredible I think.

It alsomeasures the surfacetemperatures, road conditions,freeze point, saltconcentration on the rosurface.

THEIR VEHICLES ALSOHAVE SENSORS ON THEM THAT FEEDINFORMATION RIGHT TP THE STATEHIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION WEBSITESO YOU CAN KNOW HOW MANYACTIVE VEHICLES ARE ON THEROAD AND WHAT ROADS HAVE BETREATED.

SO YOU CAN FIGURE OUTWHAT THE ROADS LOOK LIKE NEARYOU, WHAT THE SAFEST ROUTE ISTO TAKE OR IF IT'S SMART TOEVEN GO OUT AT ALL.

LIVE -EM