These terms are the agreement between you and Coderize (“we”, “us”), which runs ThawWatch. By creating an account or using thawwatch.com you agree to them.
Important: confirm with the road agency
ThawWatch statuses come from public road agency sources: county road agency notices and feeds, MDOT bulletins, and MnDOT and WisDOT zone data. They may be late, incomplete or wrong, and an agency can change its restrictions at any time. ThawWatch is an alert service, not the authority on any road. Always confirm with the road agency before you travel.
You are responsible for following the weight, speed and permit rules on every road you drive. ThawWatch is not liable for any fine, citation, permit fee, damage or other cost that follows from a status we showed or sent, or from an alert that was late or never arrived. Text and email delivery depends on carriers and email providers we don’t control.
The service
ThawWatch reads seasonal weight restriction (frost law) notices published by road agencies and alerts you by text and email when the status of a place you follow changes. We may add, change or remove features, places and sources over time.
Your account
- Give us a real email address and keep your sign-in link to yourself.
- Only add phone numbers you are allowed to add. Each phone confirms for itself before it gets texts, and can reply STOP at any time. See the SMS terms.
- Don’t misuse the service: no reselling the feed, scraping, or attempts to break or overload it.
Plans and billing
- ThawWatch is sold as a season pass. A season runs from December 1 to May 31, and a pass covers one season of alerts.
- Driver: $29 a season, text alerts to one phone.
- Fleet: $149 a season, alerts to the office and up to 10 drivers’ phones.
- A pass bought before February 1 for the season ahead is at the early-bird price: $24 for Driver and $119 for Fleet.
- A pass is paid for in full, in advance, through Stripe, and renews each year for the next season until you cancel. Prices are in US dollars and do not include any taxes that apply.
- You can cancel any time before your pass renews. Your pass keeps working until the end of the season you have paid for, and is not refunded for the part of the season left.
- We will tell you by email at least 30 days before a price change.
Ending the service
You can close your account at any time by emailing support@thawwatch.com. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms or goes unpaid.
No warranty
ThawWatch is provided “as is” and “as available”. We work to keep it accurate and running, but we do not promise that it is error-free, complete, timely or always available.
Limit of liability
To the extent the law allows, our total liability to you for anything to do with ThawWatch is limited to the amount you paid us in the three months before the claim, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including fines, lost loads, lost work or lost profit.
Changes to these terms
If we change these terms we will update the date above and tell account holders by email before a significant change takes effect. Using ThawWatch after that means you accept the new terms.
Law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, and any dispute will be settled in the courts of Michigan.