{"id":114406,"date":"2017-01-11T10:52:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=114406"},"modified":"2017-01-11T15:53:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T21:53:33","slug":"ndhp-reminds-motorists-slow-down-snow-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=114406","title":{"rendered":"NDHP reminds motorists, slow down, snow fog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13707\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDHPpatch-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"NDHPpatch\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDHPpatch-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDHPpatch-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDHPpatch.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bismarck (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, \u00a0this week, two separate injury crashes occurred from snow fog and blowing snow. In both cases, motorists entered areas of reduced visibility and struck other vehicles and a pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p>If you encounter reduced visibility, slow down. Always buckle up and obey posted speed limits. Be aware of rapidly changing driving conditions. Remove any distractions and treat driving as a full-time responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Monday morning, a pickup entered blowing snow and struck another pickup and a pedestrian. The pedestrian suffered minor injuries and was transported for medical treatment. A few hours later, a Department of Transportation snow plow was rear-ended by a pickup. The driver entered snow fog and struck the plow. Both occupants in the pickup were injured and transported for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>These crashes may have been avoided or the severity lessened if the drivers would\u2019ve slowed immediately upon entering areas of reduced visibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, \u00a0this week, two separate injury crashes occurred from snow fog and blowing snow. In both cases, motorists entered areas of reduced visibility and struck other vehicles and a pedestrian. If you encounter reduced visibility, slow down. Always buckle up and obey posted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114443,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406\/revisions\/114443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}