I bet you are among the millions who can’t wait for this winter to be over! The snowy, icy, slip-sliding-away weather has created some major inconveniences for truckers needing to get from point A to point B in recent days, and we can only hope the worst is over.

“The second major snowstorm to hit the Mid-Atlantic region in a week is paralyzing traffic in Pennsylvania, a hub state for freight moving to and from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states,” reported The Journal of Commerce after blizzard take-deux struck on February 9^th, which occurred only a few days after the first whiteout of 2010 on February 5^th and 6^th.

Because of the dangerous road conditions, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell actually had to close some interstate highways. That shutdown included a long stretch of I-81, a major truck artery, from I-80 to the Pennsylvania-Maryland border.

While some truckers decided to stay off the snow-covered highways on their own accord, others thought they could still plow through. "Even though I can safely work my way down the road, Pennsylvania will give me a several hundred dollar ticket if I do," one driver stuck in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania told WNEP News. 

Tell us: how are you coping with the wintry weather?