Sammie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 20, 1999
For all you DVCers traveling to WDW this week, this might be off interest to you. Be sure to have plenty of windshield fluid on hand.
The Florida Highway Patrol reminds motorists traveling along Floridas Turnpike during the holiday weekend to be alert for the seasonal swarming of love bugs in the interior sections of the Sunshine State.
Swarming love bugs spattered on a vehicles windshield can cause the same impairment to visibility as smog or smoke from wildfires, said Sergeant Jorge Delahoz, public information officer for Florida Highway Patrol Troop K.
Lines at the free windshield washers at the Turnpikes service plazas in Fort Pierce, Fort Drum and Canoe Creek have been exceptionally long for the past week, FHP reports.
Delahoz says the Turnpike is pleased to offer the free service to its customers, but warns that if the lines become too long and begin to affect traffic safety on the mainline roadway, they may be forced to shut down the washers intermittently through the heaviest travel periods.
To avoid the lines and prevent impaired visibility, before heading out for the holiday, FHP encourages motorists to make sure the washer fluid reservoirs on their vehicles are topped off. Motorists should carry extra washer fluid in their vehicles and a nylon scrubber or brush.
The University of Floridas Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Service says that love bugs, a type of small black fly, reach peak activity at 10 a.m. and stop flying at dusk.
The Florida Highway Patrol reminds motorists traveling along Floridas Turnpike during the holiday weekend to be alert for the seasonal swarming of love bugs in the interior sections of the Sunshine State.
Swarming love bugs spattered on a vehicles windshield can cause the same impairment to visibility as smog or smoke from wildfires, said Sergeant Jorge Delahoz, public information officer for Florida Highway Patrol Troop K.
Lines at the free windshield washers at the Turnpikes service plazas in Fort Pierce, Fort Drum and Canoe Creek have been exceptionally long for the past week, FHP reports.
Delahoz says the Turnpike is pleased to offer the free service to its customers, but warns that if the lines become too long and begin to affect traffic safety on the mainline roadway, they may be forced to shut down the washers intermittently through the heaviest travel periods.
To avoid the lines and prevent impaired visibility, before heading out for the holiday, FHP encourages motorists to make sure the washer fluid reservoirs on their vehicles are topped off. Motorists should carry extra washer fluid in their vehicles and a nylon scrubber or brush.
The University of Floridas Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Service says that love bugs, a type of small black fly, reach peak activity at 10 a.m. and stop flying at dusk.
