{"id":118434,"date":"2026-01-31T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/118434\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:25:08","slug":"safety-alert-new-york-state-police-remind-drivers-to-clear-snow-and-ice-from-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/118434\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety alert: New York State Police remind drivers to clear snow and ice from cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOMER, N.Y. \u2014 New York State Police urged drivers to clear all snow and ice from their vehicles before hitting the road. Snow or ice left on the roof or hood can blow off at highway speeds and pose a serious danger.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" data-id=\"1002342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nysp-safety-alert-snow-off-cars1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1002342\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1002343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nysp-safety-alert-snow-off-cars3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1002343 lazyload\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tak a look at the photos posted by New York State Police. A slab of ice fell from a tractor trailer on I-81 in Homer on Friday, striking a pickup truck and smashing its windshield and driver\u2019s side window. The pickup driver was not seriously injured and was evaluated by EMS at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers are working to identify the tractor trailer\u2019s operator, who did not stop. Officials advised taking a few extra minutes to clear your vehicle to prevent serious injuries or worse.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/ice\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ice<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/homer\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">homer<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/new-york-state-police\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new york state police<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOMER, N.Y. \u2014 New York State Police urged drivers to clear all snow and ice from their vehicles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[45442,2035,9,11,10,49,51,50,747],"class_list":["post-118434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-homer","tag-ice","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}