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  Or they'll use high beams in fog or snow, which is usually worse for themselves and others than nothing at all.
context: I live in this area, can see the 'pike from my house, no traffic, still not moving.
  What a mess, scanner traffic was insane
  This section of the turnpike is insane in a winter storm, mostly flat open fields on both sides.
  From Sandusky to Toledo, it's all open flat area and the snow just swirls and rolls, whiteouts are common.
  Update 10am: 
  Ohio turnpike still closed between Exit 118 US  250/Sandusky Both directions, and eastbound at Exit 91/ SR 53/ Sandusky.
  I've lived here for 33 years and the 'pike is about 1/8 mile from my house, and this is only time I have never seen any traffic on it for this long.
  Also, diverted traffic is being rerouted to surface roads, as they are in equally bad shape.
  Kind of eerie.
  The real heroes of the day are anyone who is required to be out in this mess, LEO, EMS, tow trucks and very importantly, the road crews.
  Thank you to all. >
  
  Sandusky County has been in a level 3 snow emergency all day. No one is even allowed to be on the road unless it's a life threatening emergency that you need to be on the road for. It's not worth risking your life to get to Christmas parties or family today or even tomorrow. Christmas can always be celebrated at a later date.
  OHDOT really should have closed the turnpike for the weekend. Northern Plains states do all the time. >
  
  I would agree, but I think the OT is one of the heaviest traveled in the country, so I'm not so certain they would do it.
  Erie County also a level 3, since 6 AM,  I believe from monitoring scanner traffic that all the roads in the southern townships are impassable at this time, and what little I have heard from Sandusky county agencies, would indicate the same.
  Stay warm! >
  
  Doesn't matter if the turnpike is the most travelled. Ohio DOT has a responsibility to keep drivers safe and if that includes needing to shut I75, I71, I70, and the turnpike down for a few days then so be it. >
  
  Well this isn't the first major pileup between Sandusky -Toledo, so maybe they will. >
  
  Won't be the first and won't be the last either. You never hear Pile ups in Minnesota and the dakotas even though they have major highways going through because they shut them down. >
  
  "Follow the money" -- less commerce / through traffic in Minnesota and the Dakotas than Ohio? Just guessing. But it sure would fit the pattern of the US putting moneymaking ahead of saving US lives ... or maybe these past half-dozen years have just made me jaded 😣 >
  
  I80, I90 and I94 is a major thoroughway through the northern Plaines. Doesn't matter if there's no one living there since a lot of vehicles are using it. >
  
  (Not defending this, just trying to come up with a reason)
  Ohio is in the path of a lot of what I assume are very lucrative and busy routes. Pretty much anything in the north east to Chicago or LA go through Ohio. I don't think there's anything that would be that busy in the northern plains.
  I live here and don't ever remember highways getting shutdown like what happens out west. I was shocked driving through Kansas to see signs with flashing lights (I assume they flash as they were never on when I was there) saying if they're on, the highway is shut down. They even had gates in some places to prevent people from even getting on. >
  
  I80 and I70 were shut down in colorodo and Wyoming, just as busy of a thoroughway for trucks leaving the west coast to get to the east coast >
  
  "This weather won't bother me.  I can handle this"--most drivers everywhere. >
  
  "I drive a F-350. let me KEEP driving 50 miles over the limit!" >
  
  The speed limit--like, that's the loser minimum these people try to surpass most of the time.  It's scary that people will still believe that, in these conditions, they must get to the speed limit because that's what's posted.  "Officer, the limit is 65."  Or they will still tailgate, because they always tailgate. >
  
  Absolutely massive and not surprising given the way that nearly everyone drives plus the weather. >
  
  People should ask why were so many commercial vehicles driving in white out conditions. These companies often put their drivers lives at risk and because drivers only get paid per mile they have a huge incentive to drive >
  
  The county put out a no travel warning meaning the sheriff can haul your ass to jail if your traveling and it's not an absolute emergency. It's not fucking worth it to travel today or tomorrow. >
  
  Same up here in Canada. Vancouver and Toronto.  Police, governments, Weatherman, all say to STAY THE FUCK HOME. What does everyone do, go out and cause massive pileups. >
  
  “And the Turnpike's slick, the
  Snow's as thick as thieves…thank God for the man who put the white lines on the highway” >
  
  Perhaps it's time the US DOT considers requiring rear fog lights on American cars.  I drove for months in Europe and they certainly make a vehicle more visible in snow, fog, smoke, and heavy rain. >
  
  Americans can't even use front fog lights correctly. >
  
  A good chunk of people can’t be bothered turn on any lights in inclement weather. It’s shocking what I saw yesterday when I was driving home from just a dentist appointment