Echelon Plowing
Snow Means Slow!!!
Brun-Way utilizes Echelon Plowing: the practice of staggered snowplows across ALL lanes of a roadway. Echelon plowing is the safest, and most efficient overall snow removal method for multi-lane highways.
Echelon Plowing passes a ridge of snow from the lead plow on the left side to the following plows on the right side and is capable of clearing all lanes of the highway at once. Due to contractual agreements all snow banks must be subsequently removed from guide rails with 72 hours and it is much safer to perform this task from the right side of the highway due to the wide shoulder, leaving both lanes open to traffic.
It is extremely dangerous to pass between or around snowplows during echelon plowing operations because of blowing snow (whiteout conditions) & the ridge of snow being passed between plows.
Snowplow operators will decide IF & WHEN it is safe to allow the traveling public to pass and will periodically open the distance between plows to facilitate traffic movement.
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It may not be safe to go around the snowplow... proceed with caution.