Somewhere under all the snow was Doris Miller's car. It had been parked on a city street for almost 36 hours and she knew it needed to be moved so the plow could clear the street. After about twenty minutes she had cleared one side off with a broom.
"It stopped snowing and I figured I'd come out and move it since the plow just came through," said Miller.
She also knew if she didn't move the car soon, the city might move it for her with a tow truck.
So far this week the city has towed about 20 illegally parked cars that were blocking plow routes. Captain Shannon Trice said towing has been a last resort if officers couldn't find the cars owner.
"Sometimes we'll turn our red lights on or hit our siren and alert people we are there and hopefully they'll see the plow and the police car and their illegally parked car and come out and move it," said Trice.
Syracuse police officer Lonnie Dotson was out inspiring drivers to make sure they were parked on the right side of the street on Wednesday night.
"A lot of the side streets are the narrowest streets." said Dotson. "If there are vehicles that are illegally parked and you have vehicles that are parked on the proper side of the street - it makes the roadway even narrower."
Syracuse police officers have been knocking on doors to find owners of illegally parked cars but Captain Trice warned that the department would likely be more aggressive about ticketing and towing this weekend.
