VDOT and Emergency Response
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is a public safety agency. We respond to various emergencies on the roads to keep the public safe and to keep Virginia moving.
It is critically important to be ready in case of bad weather, natural disaster or other emergency situation. For more on what you and your family or business can do to prepare, visit ReadyVirginia.gov.
Here's how VDOT keeps the commonwealth's transportation system operating, and how you can stay safe and be prepared:
Hurricanes and Floods
Video- Hurricane evacuation preparation (2.1 MB, 1:19), transcript (95 KB)
- Interstate 64 lane-reversal drill (5 MB, 1:32), transcript (PDF, 98 KB)
- Repairing roads after floods (3.5 MB, 1:03), transcript (PDF, 95 KB)
- Driving in the rain (2 MB, :54), transcript (95 KB)
Also:
- I-64 lane-reversal exercise, May 20, 2007
- All about hurricane evacuation
- VDOT's hurricane evacuation guide: English (PDF, 2.1 MB) , Español (PDF, 3.8 MB)
Snow and Ice 
Videos
- How VDOT clears snow (3 MB, 1:41), transcript (PDF, 96 KB)
- How VDOT deals with ice (3.7 MB, 1:12), transcript (PDF, 96 KB)
- Clearing roads in 48 hours (1 MB, :30)
- Interstates and primary roads first (1 MB, :30)
- Keeping Virginia moving (1.75 MB, :60), transcripts (PDF, 10 KB)
- Driving in snow (2.5 MB, :54), transcript (PDF, 95 KB)
- Driving on ice (3.6 MB, 1:08), transcript (PDF, 95 KB)
Potholes
Videos- The Pothole Killer (3.3 MB, :60), transcript (PDF, 87 KB)
- How to get a pothole fixed (5 MB, 1:40), transcript (PDF, 87 KB)
Help on the Highways 
Videos
- Smart Traffic Centers (4.1 MB, 1:13), transcript (PDF, 98 KB)
- Safety Service Patrol (2.3 MB, 1:01), transcript (PDF, 98 KB)
- Incident response (3.6 MB, 1:01), transcript (PDF, 100 KB)
Web pages
Videos require the free Windows Media Player. Download it here.
Transcripts and some other files are PDFs. 
For information about how to prepare for all types of emergencies, visit ReadyVirginia.gov.
Page last modified: Monday, May 12, 2008
