South Dakota DOT adds flashing blue lights to snowplows
December 23, 2020
PIERRE, S.D.–The South Dakota Department of Transportation has added flashing blue lights to 25 of its snowplows.
Interim Transportation Secretary Joel Jundt says the blue lights will add more visibility to ensure plows can clear roads while also improving safety for motorists and snowplow drivers.
He says when the blades are down, snowplows are traveling at 25 mph or less and the most common crash statistic for snowplows is being hit from behind.
Jundt says motorists are asked to slow down, stay eight car lengths behind the plow and never pass one in a snow cloud.
