Icy roads cause traffic congestion near workplace, Bay County MI
A driver reports icy road conditions causing traffic delays near Gratiot. A minor incident involving following another vehicle to work was mentioned. Roads are slippery despite plowing and salting.
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I'm bumper-to-pumper.
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I'm crash in seven cars and hit my daughter and following her into work.
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I'm sitting on the bus stop.
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Did you say your daughter got hit in a car accident?
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No, no. I was bringing her down a, what's called Snowbrush,
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and she got somebody to clean off her windows for her and she's on her way into work.
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I got her on the phone and I'm driving behind her a little bit further so I could drop off the snowbrush at her work so she has it for later because she forgot it.
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I had to find it this morning.
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He knew it was in the garage somewhere.
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I had one in the front room.
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I had one in the basement.
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I forgot where I found the other one.
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But yeah, then I got one in my truck.
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She forgot to put it in there yesterday.
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I'm bringing it to her shop, which is down on Gratiot.
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She's supposed to be at work, but she stuck in traffic, but I am trying to get to her destination.
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75 was pretty good, but all the road to get into it were pretty icy this morning still.
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The assault truck's out, but yeah, there's lots of ice on the ground.
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Yeah, she was slipping around here, you know, here and there, because she takes a specific way.
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But Gratiot is salted and plowed, but people are just stupid.
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Bay County, MI
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