The Story Behind How The Jeep Really Got Stuck in the Snowbank
How did that Jeep get stuck so high into a snowbank? We now have the answer. It was done on purpose.
It happened Wednesday, February 3rd in Marion Pennsylvania, about 5 and a half hours from central New York, after winter storm Orlena hit the Northeast. Amy Pentz posted the phenomenon on Facebook and it s since gone viral, with many questioning whether or not it s real. It s real, said Pentz. Not sure how.
Photo Credit - Amy Pentz via Facebook
We know how and why. The Jeep is suppose to be in the snowbank. It s all part of a joke pulled off by Marion Auction in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. They ve actually done it every year after a big snow storm. It s usually accompanied with a Don t Text and Drive sign but an employee tells The Drive, they skipped that part this year. That could be why this is the first time it s gone viral.
CP file photo: Theo Schwarz A ghost bike memorial in 2015 marking the spot on Forbes Avenue where cyclist Susan Hicks was killed. On Oct. 23, 2015, Susan Hicks was riding her bike in Oakland the exact way Pennsylvania law required her to: as if she were driving a car. Back then, the configuration on Forbes Avenue was not friendly to cyclists, and Hicks, a 34-year-old University of Pittsburgh educator, pulled her bike behind an SUV and waited for a left-turn signal at a red light at Bigelow Boulevard. Then, a speeding driver slammed into a car behind her, causing a chain reaction that resulted in her death.
Weather restrictions issued on Pa. Turnpike, I-78
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
Posted Feb 07, 2021
As 1 to 3 inches of snow falls on the region, the Pennsylvania Turnpike has reduced speed limits from the Harrisburg East exit (pictured) to the New Jersey line. (Pennsylvania Turnpike traffic cameras).
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Weather restrictions are in place on some central Pennsylvania highways as snow falls on the region.
The speed limit has been reduced to 45 mph on the Pennsylvania Turnpike between the Harrisburg East exit and the New Jersey line. Commercial vehicles are restricted to the right lane.
And Pennsylvania Department of Transportation issued the restrictions on Interstate 78 from the I-81 split to the New Jersey line. Empty tandem trailers, empty trailer trucks, motorcycles, RVs, straight trailers and vehicles with tow-behinds are currently restricted.