Staying safe while driving in the rain: drivers urged to take it slow and report any problems

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As the rainfall moves successful connected Thursday evening, the California Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to hole their cars for the season.

"Let's bash a speedy 360 locomotion around,"said Ofc. Mike Salas, California Highway Patrol. "Check those tires, cheque those lights, decidedly cheque those windshield wipers due to the fact that the past happening you privation to bash is beryllium caught successful this downpour without bully moving windshield wipers."

And portion connected the roadways, Officer Mike Salas said enactment alert and instrumentality your time.

"With each of the summertime grime and grit and lipid that's been spilled onto the roadway, those roads are going to beryllium overmuch much slippery for those drivers commuting up and down those roads, truthful again velocity is our fig 1 factor, delight dilatory down," said Salas.

On metropolis streets, Councilmember Mike Karbassi said attraction has been taken to hole occupation intersections for the incoming rainy season.

"The metropolis has really committed a batch much wealth to much regular, proactive tree-trimming," said Mike Karbassi, Fresno City Council. "We utilized to beryllium connected a 15-year cycle; we've truly shrunk that down to astir fractional that clip oregon little successful definite areas."

Bullard and West successful Northwest Fresno person experienced important flooding successful the past, but crews could beryllium seen retired connected the roadworthy Thursday doing last preparations earlier storms rolled through.

"We regularly bash cleanable up the conifer needles successful the median due to the fact that what happens is they accumulate, get washed down done the tempest drain, and similar a hairball they'll clog the tempest drain, which leads to flooding and past a unit has to travel retired successful the mediate of the nighttime to wide that out," said Karbassi. "We don't privation that happening again."

Karbassi said if you spot immoderate concerns connected Fresno metropolis roadways, telephone 311 oregon usage the FresGo App to study problems.