Safety Issues continued  

IceChek Instruments Limited is involved in highway safety from the aspect of preventing skidding accidents related to ice. The importance of carrying out research and development work to prevent or reduce the number of skidding accidents is emphasized by the event described in the following report:

 

Icy Highway 417 Pileup (Excerpts from an article by Donna Casey and Megan Gillis, published in the Ottawa  Sun, Saturday Feb. 18, 2006)

 

"Russell County OPP Const. Diana Hampson said 38 vehicles -- including five tractor trailers -- collided in the eastbound lane. A total of 60 vehicles were involved ...


STORM BY THE NUMBERS

- 60-80: Number of vehicles in Hwy. 417 pileup near Embrun.

- 18: Millimetres of freezing rain that fell Thursday night.

- 8: Numbers of degrees that the temperature dropped between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. yesterday, from 1 C to -7 C.

- 32: Hours of freezing rain in a typical Ottawa winter.

- 72: Hours of freezing rain so far this winter in Ottawa. megan.gillis@ott.sunpub.com

 
 

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