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stouffville suntribune thursday nov 24 2005 13 dont hit road without it part of being prepared for winter is having the right equipment handy if some thing goes wrong a well- stocked winter driving kit helps to handle any emer gency it should include properly fitting tire chains bag of sand salt or cat litter traction mats snow shovel and brush ice scraper booster cables warning devices such as flares or emergency lights fuel line deicer extra windshield wiper fluid appropriate for subfreezing temperatures roll of paper towels flashlight and a portable flashing light extra batteries blanket extra clothing including hat windproof pants and warm footwear first aid kit snack bars or other emergency food and water matches and emergency can dles only use with a window opened to prevent buildup of carbon monoxide and road maps plow drivers bear brunt of winter road rage by caroline grech staff writer sometimes its a silver tim hortons coffee travel mug that gets hurled at them other times its a shov el getting flipped the bird is almost expected with every shift as soon as the first few snowflakes fall on york regions roads snowplow drivers are the first ones out clearing away snow black ice and whatever other ele ments are on the regions streets paul brauweiler has been a snowplow driver for eight years and has been clearing roads for york region for just more than two it thankless were up at 2 am clearing the roads for people and we get coffee cups thrown at us mr brauweiler explained one morning while he was clearing snow someone threw a travel mug full of cof fee at him other times while clear ing a residential street he has had shovels thrown at him its brutal some morn- learn safety on trails iyprk regional police are working with local snowmo bile clubs to provide training for people planning to hit the trails this winter the georgina trailriders snowmobile club will train youth 12 to 16 years of age saturday at the georgina police station at 3527 baseline road training ses sions will also be held dec 17 and jan 14 for informa tion call jack wilkinson at 9054762024 or bob bedford at 9054762236 the holland landing snowmobile club is also running training sessions for youth saturday as well as on dec 10 and dec 28at the clubhouse at 61 cedar st in holland landing for infor mation call paul lynn at 9058531733 martin thorner at 9058951526 or visit wwwhlscorica the two clubs are offering an adult education seminar with the york regional police marine unit dec 11 at radical recreation 25426 hwy 48 in georgina for information contact lisa simpson at 9054768893 the best price h the best selection ings you just shake your head mr brauweiler said but having coffee cups and shovels thrown at them isnt the worst situation in which they can find them selves thats reserved for when a driver gets agitated and impatient with them doug job supervisor of roads for york region has had a collision with an irate driver who was trying to pass him ive been hit when were driving an echelon of cars want to get around ive had a car lose control and come in front of me mr job explained his car got plowed just like the snow luckily nobody got hurt but mr job stressed car colli sions happen when drivers get impatient were clearing the roads for their safety the public needs to know what were up against when were plowing the snow mr job said an average snow plow when extended is five metres wide arid 10 metres long with the driver at least six feet up it is the equivalent of driv ing an average size inground swimming pool manouevring a vehicle of this size means driving sig nificantly slower than the rest of traffic mr brauweiler said he never likes to go more than 60 kmh when plowing roads which will make drivers in a hurry more impatient the speed drops down to 40 kmh when they salt the roads its tough and its scary sometimes mr brauweiler said doug job regions roads supervisor has collided with cars that spun out passing his plow hear what you wanted 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