TOLEDO, Ohio — A common bone of contention in our area, grass clippings, are making their way into the roadway.
While it's not a state law to keep your mowed grass off of the road, it is illegal in many local municipalities, including Fremont, all of Wood County and the City of Toledo.
For motorcyclists it makes driving on regular pavement slick as if they were driving on ice, and with the lessened amount of surface area they have, can cause accidents that are easily preventable.
It also clogs sewer drains and can lead to worse algal bloom problems in Lake Erie.
"This is one of those situations that can probably be best addressed by people using a little common sense. You know, when I mow my lawn, and I mulch it, there are clippings that scoot out into my driveway and I have a shared driveway with my neighbor, and sometimes they go out in the street as well. I take a broom and I dedicate five additional minutes to my chores, and I just sweep those clippings back into my yard. It's not that hard to do, and I just encourage people to be a little more respectful," said Mayor of Toledo, Wade Kapszukiewicz.
While it's rare for tickets to be issued for this kind of carelessness, police do have the authority to do so.
Typically, those citations start at about $75 for the first infraction.
