Snow Emergency Route

Snow Emergency Route
I received a phone call this morning from number one son. He was waiting for the tow truck to come. We had just enough snow overnight to make the roads very slippery, and there were icy patches. His car went in the ditch. Fortunately, he and the car were both alright. He has the worst luck with accidents, I was just so thankful that another car was not involved this time and that he and the car were fine. But, the first words out of my mouth to him after I knew he was alright was “SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTE”…why didn’t you take the “snow emergency route” instead of your usual route to work that is a windy road with some hills! I reminded him why the city has certain streets that are designated as snow emergency, because those are the streets and roads that have high priority to keep sanded and plowed, and they are the first ones sanded and plowed. It’s nice that the city has these designated routes to handle our bad weather, and I always make sure when the weather is bad that I always stick to those streets, even if it seems out of the way. I know why he didn’t this morning…mostly out of habit, but also by taking that route, he has only one traffic light instead of several, and he thinks the traffic is less.

I reminded him when he left this morning that the streets would be slippery and to be sure to drive slowly and carefully. BUT, I forgot to remind him to take the SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTE! Next time I won’t forget to include that phrase in my “Motherly speech”!