BECAUSE HE CARES SO MUCH ABOUT. HIS RESIDENTS, HE WANTS TO MAKE. SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE. WHAT HAVE YOU WITNESSED? THE ROADS ARE GETTING WORSE, AS TIME GOES ON, THE SNOW IS.
GETTING HEAVIER, AND WE'VE ASKED. THE PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. SO THAT WE COULD KEEP PLOWING. AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT AS THE DAY HAS GONE ON, MORE.
AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT. AND I'VE JUST COME FROM -- DOWN. HERE THROUGH HACKENSACK, AND. WE'VE SEEN CARS GETTING STUCK, AND THE ROADS ARE GETTING SNOW.
COVERED, AND SLIPPERY, AND IT'S. MAKING IT JUST HARDER FOR THE. PLOW OPERATORS LIKE US, IN HERE, TO DO THEIR JOB, AS YOU CAN SEE. THE CAR IN FRONT OF US, YOU.
KNOW, WITH THEIR FLASHERS ON, BUT AGAIN, TAKES -- IT'S. DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE CARS. DRIVING ON THE ROAD. Reporter: FOR SURE.
THESE ARE. THE BACK ROADS, SUMMIT AVENUE. DRIVING THROUGH HACKENSACK AND. LOW VISIBILITY OUT HERE.
VERY LOW, AGAIN, ANOTHER. REASON WHY THE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T. BE OUT. LET US GET THE ROADS.
CLEARED, SO THAT THEY'RE SAFE TO. DRIVE AND COME BACK OUT AND DO. WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. BUT IT'S.
SNOWING HARD NOW, 2 INCHES AN. HOUR, EASY, 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON. THE GROUND NOW. AND DEPENDING.
ON THE RATE OF THE SNOW, WE. COULD END UP WITH A FOOT, WHICH. IS A CHALLENGE, WHEN YOU GET UP. AROUND A FOOT, THAT GIVES YOU A.
REAL CHALLENGE, AND IN REGARDS. TO PUSHING SNOW. Reporter: AND WHAT WE. WITNESSED ON THE ROADS, WE GOT.
ON THE ROAD AROUND 7:00 A.M. AND THAT'S WHEN IT SEEMED TO REALLY. PICK UP. WE TOOK ROUTE 3, FROM.
THE CITY, ON TO ROUTE 17, I. WITNESSED A FEW VEHICLES THAT. HAD SPUN OUT ON THE EXIT RAMPS. BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THE EXIT.
RAMPS WERE PLOWED YET. CORRECT. AND I'VE SHUT THE. RADIO OFF, BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO.
THE RADIO, YOU'LL HEAR THAT A. LOT OF THE HIGHWAY EXIT RAMPS. ARE BLOCKED, BUSES ARE GETTING. STUCK, TRACTOR-TRAILERS ARE.
GETTING STUCK. AND AGAIN, IF. THEY WOULD HAVE JUST STAYED OFF. THE ROAD FOR A FEW HOURS, WE'D.
BE ABLE TO GET THE ROADWAYS. CLEARED AND THEY WOULDN'T. GETTING STUCK. SO THIS IS A.
PLOWING OPERATION. THIS ISN'T A. SALTING OPERATION ANYMORE. SALT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ON THIS.
ROADWAY. YOU'VE JUST GOT TO. KEEP PLOWING THE STREETS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE ON SUMMIT AVENUE.
HERE IN HACKENSACK, WHICH IS ONE. OF THE MAIN ARTERIES TO GET TO. HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL. CENTER AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ON.
THIS ROAD. BECAUSE WE NEED TO. KEEP THIS ROAD OPEN, SO THAT. AMBULANCES AND OTHERS CAN GET TO.
THE HOSPITAL ALONG WITH OTHER. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, THAT'S WHAT. THE STORM IS ABOUT. KEEPING THE.
ROADWAYS OPEN SO THAT THE. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CAN GET TO. THE PLACES THEY NEED. Reporter: FOR SURE.
AND THEN, LET'S TALK ABOUT PUBLIC. TRANSPORTATION. YOU HAD SEEN A. FEW BUSES THAT WERE OUT? YEAH, NEW JERSEY TRANSIT.
BUSES THAT ARE STUCK AND AGAIN, WHEN THE SNOW GETS ABOVE 6 INCHES, THE TRACTION FOR BUSES. BECOMES -- YOU KNOW, AS. DIFFICULT IF NOT THE SAME AS. CARS, SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME NEW.
JERSEY TRANSIT WILL PULL THE. BUSES OFF THE ROADS BUT THE ONES. OUT THERE WILL HAVE TO GET HOME. Reporter: SURE, I ALSO NOTICED.
THAT IF YOUR CAR IS NOT EQUIPPED. FOR SNOW LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT IN A 4 WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE, LIKE WE ARE, IT'S HARD TO STOP. IT IS. THAT'S THE -- EVEN.
WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE, YOU NEED BE. CAREFUL. I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG. -- THIS IS A BIG TRUCK, I HAVE.
BALLASTS IN THE BACK SO IT GIVES. US WEIGHT IN THE BACK SO THAT WE. CAN STOP. BUT EVEN WITH 4 WHEEL.
DRIVE, WHEN YOU HAVE ICE. UNDERNEATH YOU, YOU KNOW, THE. VEHICLE WILL SKID WITH A TRUCK, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY DON'T COME. ON THE ROAD.
Reporter: FOR SURE. LESSON OF. THE DAY. STAY HOME, IT'S A SNOW..
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