Talk about putting the cart in front of the horse. New Jersey is proposing a law where drivers of motor vehicles must clear the snow and ice from their vehicles before they drive anywhere. The fines for not doing this will be from $25-75 and will not create points on your driving records. The fine money will then be used to build snow removal facilities for large commercial vehicles and of course other purposes. 
Truckers, you know the problem with this proposed law. The non-trucking citizens of America however may not realize the implications. What the law makers of New Jersey want us to do is climb on top of a 13'6" trailer on a daily basis to remove all accumulated snow and ice. Most trailers do not have a way of climbing up there, not safely anyway. Then clearing the ice? Isn't Ice rather slippery? How many drivers will have major injuries or even fall to their deaths while attempting this feet of acrobatics? This proposed law the way it is written is ludicrous. I propose that New Jersey first build the snow clearing facilities, then and only then enact this law. 
Below are links to the New Jersey Assembly bill S520 and to Land Line Magazine link to the story they wrote on the subject.

Please leave your comments on this topic also

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S1000/520_R3.HTM

 http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2009/Jan09/012609/012709-03.htm

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