ITD looks to 'green light' snow plows

A few snowplows in North Idaho are taking part in a preliminary testing program to assess the efficiency of increasing visibility on plows to reduce the number of strikes each winter, Idaho Transportation Department officials said.

These ultra-bright, LED lights are being tested not only to measure how effective they are but also how well they stand up to the abuse of being attached to one of the hardest working members of a snow fighting team — the wing plow.

Science has proven that green and yellow are some of the most highly visible, detectable, and recognizable colors on the spectrum to the human eye, both day and night, which is why green and amber have been selected as the colors for testing, ITD officials said in the news release.