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Podcast: Talkin Winter Ops
Episode: Episode 57: Keep your snowplow in service through defensive driving
Description: When a snowplow is involved in a crash there can be injuries to drivers and other motorists as well as damage to the snowplow that can take it out of service. In winter some agencies can experience up to 10% reductions in equipment and operators. To help address this Montana DOT advanced a project through Clear Roads Pooled Fund Project to look at the causes of crashes involving snowplows and develop a training program to help operators hone their defensive driving and safe driving skills when operating snowplows.Doug McBroom, Operations Manager for the Montana DOT discusses a pr...