Ont. paramedic pleads with public to clear snow off cars

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Cheryl Santa Maria

Digital Reporter

Thursday, February 11, 2016, 4:29 PM - A paramedic from London, Ont. has taken to Twitter to plead with the public to clear snow off their cars prior to hitting the road.

Jay Loosley was riding in an ambulance Thursday morning when he spotted a van that had its back window completely covered in snow.

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He took a photo and posted it to Twitter.

**** This is very dangerous. Please make sure you can see out your windows. @lpsmediaoffice @CTVLondon pic.twitter.com/9KFWZlolzL — Middlesex-London EMS (@MLEMS911) February 11, 2016

"This is very dangerous," Loosley says in his tweet.

"Please make sure you can see out your windows."

According to CBC, that wasn't the only snow-covered vehicle Loosely saw Thursday.

"A lot of cars with snow-covered windows, brake lights, headlights, side windows, front windows," he told CBC.

"When it's snowy, people just don't take the time to clean off their cars," he added.

In late December, terrifying video emerged showing why it's so important to wipe snow and ice from your car:

While driving on Interstate 495 in Haverhill, Massachusetts on December 30, Jeff Cote's dashcam captured ice flying off an SUV and smashing his windshield.

Fortunately, nobody was injured.

"I'm upset that it happened, but I'm grateful it didn't do more damage or cause a bigger accident," Cote told WCVB Boston.

"Clear off your cars. It's easy and could save someone's life."

Source: CBC