Do snow plow drivers use maps?

Question

If everything is covered with a foot of snow, how do the snow plow drivers know where it road is?

hey......quit laughing....I'm serious.

Answer 1

Not laughing. Good question. I was a public works superintendent for 20 years. First of all you send drivers out in the trucks before it snows so they are familiar with the route. Have you ever seen little yellow reflectors mounted on skinny little poles along the shoulder of the road. They are called delineators and are installed to act as guideposts for snow plow trucks. And don't forget that visibility up in the cab of a big truck is much better than in your car.

Answer 2

A foot? That's nothing. Did you ever see the wands attached to fire hydrants? There are all sorts of tricks, and if they always worked then we wouldn't have street signs bent double every now and then. Hey, nobody's perfect. It usually works. I've had to navigate roads with my car in bad weather using landmarks like telephone poles and the lay of the road. You just have to know the road.

Answer 3

Those drivers have plowed the same roads for years and they know exactly where they are at all times just like you know how to find your driveway.

Answer 4

In places that get deep snow, they use tall markers on the side of the road.