As overnight temperatures begin dipping below freezing, please remind the residents in your communities to turn off their sprinkler systems or have them set with automatic timers. Sprinkler systems operating in freezing temperatures create hazardous, black ice conditions for motorists the next morning. Every year around our state, there are traffic incidents caused by these icy spots formed when water from sprinklers creeps onto the roadway. Please take a moment to turn off sprinklers during forecasted cold evenings. Also, during sub-freezing temperatures, motorists should remain alert and observant for icy patches or black ice, especially during the early morning hours. Black ice is a thin, often invisible sheet of ice that forms on the roadway, especially on bridges and overpasses and low lying areas. It can form at any time when temperatures drop below freezing and there is any form of moisture, from sprinklers, run-off or precipitation on the roadway.
Let’s make this winter a safe one for all of us.
Stay safe!
Officer Anwar Sillah
Community Outreach / Public Information Officer
Dunwoody Police Department
4800 Ashford Dunwoody Road
Dunwoody, GA 30338
