Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVehicle restrictions will go into effect this weekend in Pennsylvania as a major winter storm is expected to hit the commonwealth.Tier 4 vehicle restrictionsStart time: Midnight on Saturday, January 24Restriction level: Tier 4 (full commercial vehicle restriction)Roadways Affected: All Pennsylvania interstates, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and all extensions.Vehicles Not Permitted During Tier 4 RestrictionsAll commercial vehiclesSchool busesCommercial buses and motor coachesMotorcyclesRVs and motorhomesPassenger vehicles towing trailers (including cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks)PEMA recommendations PEMA recommends avoiding unnecessary travel during the storm, having extra bottled water on hand, charging phones ahead of the weekend, and checking in on elderly neighbors.”The best time to protect yourself and your family is before the snow begins,” said Randy Padfield, Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA). “We encourage everyone to check the forecast often, adjust travel plans if needed, and to stock up on basic supplies like food, water, and medications, and make sure phones are charged and emergency kits are ready. Taking these simple steps ahead of time can reduce stress and prevent emergencies once the storm begins.”PennDOT plows PennDOT and the PA Turnpike are preparing for the storm, with crews working around the clock to treat and clear roads as conditions allow. Motorists should avoid unnecessary travel during the storm.Winter crashes: The dataPreliminary data from last winter in Pennsylvania shows 8,329 crashes, 29 fatalities, and 2,959 injuries on snowy, slushy, or ice-covered roads. Of those killed, 11 weren\u2019t wearing seat belts, and 17 deaths involved drivers going too fast for conditions and leaving their lane.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Vehicle restrictions will go into effect this weekend in Pennsylvania as a major winter storm is expected to hit the commonwealth.<\/p>\n
Tier 4 vehicle restrictions<\/p>\n
Start time: Midnight on Saturday, January 24Restriction level: Tier 4 (full commercial vehicle restriction)Roadways Affected: All Pennsylvania interstates, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and all extensions.Vehicles Not Permitted During Tier 4 RestrictionsAll commercial vehiclesSchool busesCommercial buses and motor coachesMotorcyclesRVs and motorhomesPassenger vehicles towing trailers (including cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks)<\/p>\n
PEMA recommendations <\/p>\n
PEMA recommends avoiding unnecessary travel during the storm, having extra bottled water on hand, charging phones ahead of the weekend, and checking in on elderly neighbors.<\/p>\n
“The best time to protect yourself and your family is before the snow begins,” said Randy Padfield, Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA). “We encourage everyone to check the forecast often, adjust travel plans if needed, and to stock up on basic supplies like food, water, and medications, and make sure phones are charged and emergency kits are ready. Taking these simple steps ahead of time can reduce stress and prevent emergencies once the storm begins.”<\/p>\n
PennDOT plows <\/p>\n
PennDOT and the PA Turnpike are preparing for the storm, with crews working around the clock to treat and clear roads as conditions allow. Motorists should avoid unnecessary travel during the storm.<\/p>\n
Winter crashes: The data<\/p>\n
Preliminary data from last winter in Pennsylvania shows 8,329 crashes, 29 fatalities, and 2,959 injuries on snowy, slushy, or ice-covered roads. Of those killed, 11 weren\u2019t wearing seat belts, and 17 deaths involved drivers going too fast for conditions and leaving their lane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUESTION. I\u2019M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT. BUT THANK YOU. YOU\u2019VE BEEN WATCHING A PRESS BRIEFING LIVE FROM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26560,46552,37042,46553,46554,46555,46556,46544,46557,45795,3431,46545,28,9552,30,46547,29,46546,46548,46558,46549,46559,46550,46551,46560,28734,46561,46562],"class_list":["post-94865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-511pa","tag-bus-restrictions","tag-commercial-vehicle-ban","tag-full-commercial-vehicle-restriction","tag-motor-coach-restrictions","tag-motorcycle-restrictions","tag-motorhome-restrictions","tag-pa-turnpike-extensions","tag-passenger-vehicles-towing-trailers","tag-pema","tag-penndot","tag-penndot-plows","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-emergency-management-agency","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-interstates-restrictions","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-turnpike-restrictions","tag-pennsylvania-vehicle-restrictions","tag-road-closures-pennsylvania","tag-rv-restrictions","tag-school-bus-restrictions","tag-tier-4-restrictions-pennsylvania","tag-tier-4-vehicle-restrictions","tag-trailer-towing-restrictions","tag-travel-restrictions","tag-truck-restrictions","tag-winter-storm-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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