Military police enforce driving ban in snow-stricken Buffalo

They do not have any authority to stop or arrest people,unless under martial law

Fizzbit,a curfew,but you cannot stop the movement of American,if it not state of emergency

They do not have any authority to stop or arrest people,unless under martial law

Driving isn't a right. The police have the authority to prohibit driving in areas subject to a natural disaster. The state is not saying you cannot go anywhere, just that you cannot drive a motor vehicle inside the city of Buffalo temporarily during this emergency. I have seen identical driving prohibitions in the aftermath of major snow storms many times in my life. The highway patrol shut down certain major highways whenever there is enough snow to make it dangerous for big trucks on steep grades. All quite legal. In the winter I carry extra warm clothing, water, food, TP, paper towels and extra coats in case the highway patrol shuts down a road or there is a crash that shuts it down and we end up stuck.

It’s the New York National Guard.. It’s not federal troops.

There are people who prepared for this by buying winter tires, chains, 4wd SUVs and full insurance

Winter tires and chains even on a 4WD car won't get you through a meter or more of snow unless you are driving something like a Unimog or a military vehicle. Don't be ridiculous. They have snow up to the bottoms of the windows of cars, even deeper in drifts. You are not driving through that in any car or even a 4WD pickup. All you are going to do is get stuck and add to the workload of emergency responders who now have yet one more idiot stuck somewhere to find, dig out and take somewhere warm until the emergency crews can plow the roads and get the stuck vehicles moved out of the way.

DT,do not under underestimate the power of Chevy Silverado,I saw personally Silverado were able get up an hill ,while the Dodge Ram was pass by three Silverado,me and brother where at the graveyard,they had a path for cars in the cemetery,my brother truck ,was spinning in the mud ,he put in 4 wheel drive and became unstuck Google Silverado 4Wheel Drive

There are people who prepared for this by buying winter tires, chains, 4wd SUVs and full insurance.

All for nothing, because America is a "free country"

In the end that is the only thing that matters.

Bass4,in Colorado in the mountains ,it mandatory by law to have chains,New York do not have this law

DT,I assume you a truck man,do you own a Silverado

Yes, they have to be state National Guard MP’s and the governor can certainly give them the power to arrest. I used to be an MP.

I also grew up in the Buffalo area and lake effect snow is real. We woke up one day about 60 years ago and couldn’t get out of the house from the drifts over the door. It took days before plows came through. That was the day my father announced that we were moving south.

People knew this was coming and should have stockpiled a few days of food. being on the road for anything but an emergency is just plain dumb.

DT,I assume you a truck man,do you own a Silverado.

I've driven everything from a 1974 Datsun pick up with a transmission that buzzed louder than swarming bees to a 12,500 gallon gasoline "super tanker" (four axle tank truck pulling a four axle tank wagon trailer) in Las Vegas where the trucks are larger than most states allow. We're talking a 14 liter Cummins turbodiesel and a 13 speed Fuller Roadranger gearbox. Driving tankers all night is how I paid for grad school. I HATE driving trucks. I like small sporty sedans, the lighter and more agile the better.

I drove stuff like this"

https://d2uhsaoc6ysewq.cloudfront.net/184/Fuel-Trailers-Heil-2018-KENWORTH-WHEIL-TRUCK-MOUNT-AND-4-AXLE-PULL-11159740.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7c/10/b1/7c10b128721ccd6cae4d902a0b563172.jpg

This is funny. I drove for these guys for a while. It was a small company so I have probably pulled that very same trailer many a night.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NBesJH2dxxs/maxresdefault.jpg

All for nothing, because America is a "free country”

That’s “free”, not “snow-free”. I would bet that your native land, Bronco, is neither free nor snow-free and alcohol consumption is so high as to be lowering male longevity.

All for nothing, because America is a "free country”

Only if your idea of freedom doesn't include being able to go about day to day life without a risk of being shot in one of the hundreds and hundreds of mass shootings per year.