This problem started after Assemblyman Jim Tedisco introduced legislation that would impose fines for not clearing your vehicle of ice and snow before operating.

According to truckers in a newspaper article, there is no known solution to clearing off the roofs of tractor trailers.  They also believe that it is too dangerous for a person to clear it off from on top of it.  There are consequences for failure to clear the trucks off.  This task is a shared responisiblity between the company and the driver.  The fines for failure to clear off your vehicle is very steep in NYS.  So the need for the device is a top priority.

The best place to set up the device would be at rest stops or at company distribtuion centers.  After some research, we found a similar device that is set up at a UPS distribution center. 

Our original idea was to have a post or support on each side that could raise and lower in order to adapt to the varying heights of the trucks.  It would then have a brush that connects the two posts that brushes the ice and snow off when you drive under it.