Girard was able to capture photos of the incident as it unfolded before him. "He was driving fast and given the road conditions – even if the plows weren't there he should be slowing down and driving to road conditions." "I'm surprised he didn't go off the road or cause an accident, it was moderate to high scary," said Girard. He adds that the driver would have had difficulty driving through the snow left by the plow and would have had difficulty seeing through the blowing snow from the snow clearing blade. The plows were moving significant accumulations from off of the highway and were throwing quite a bit of snow, says Girard. There was moderate to heavy snow falling at the time of the incident and visibility was low. "He would have had to drive through the wind row and the discharge of the snow plow." "He passed the lead plow truck which had its wing plow down and was weaving between the plow trucks," said Mainroad North Island Contracting road manager Damian Girard. The pickup then passed the lead plow placing it between the two plows. While clearing Highway 19 south of Campbell River Monday afternoon, crews witnessed a pickup truck approach two snowplows working in tandem at a high rate of speed. A Vancouver Island road maintenance company is reminding motorists to approach snowplows with caution and to never pass on the right of a working plow after a truck was recorded weaving in between snow removal vehicles earlier this week.
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