Police urge all motorists to drive carefully Saturday morning after a traffic accident several places in the country.
“Østre Aker vei by Haavard Martinsens way, northbound, traffic accident, police and rescue is underway. ”
This tweet sent Oslo police out 6:00 this morning. Now they encourage all motorists to be very careful.
– We have had several series of small accidents now in the morning with motorists who have slipped undramatic road, said operations at the Oslo police, Vidar Pedersen.
The police in Asker and warns very slippery roads in the district. In South Trøndelag have been several descents in the morning hours Saturday.
In 07.20 hrs on Saturday notified police in Trøndelag Police two descents in the Trondheim area.
Winter means smoother roads
Now ask police all motorists remember that this is winter, meaning different driving conditions than it is in summer.
– There is no question that we encourage motorists to stay away from the roads, but pay attention to the conditions and adjust speed especially emphasizes Pedersen.
snowploughs for the road has already been on the roads for several hours, and according to traffic operator Thomas Eriksen looks traffic currently good.
– Now it helps that it’s Saturday unless traffic so early, compared to a Monday morning, he points out.
He seems motorists have generally become better at following driving conditions.
– The exceptions which tend to have a bit pressed for time and have high speed into the turns, often end up spending much more time than planned, he said.
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Freezing rain in northern
At the Norwegian Meteorological Institute they can tell that the night’s snowfall in Oslo already on track to decline, and that there’s more than five to six centimeters of snow that has fallen so far.
– Now it’s enough to create slippery conditions, and I even had a few problems with my little electric car this morning, said state meteorologist Anita Ager- Wick.
After a prolonged period of severe cold has now been considerably milder in the country.
She can report that not only is is Oslo who have had rain that night, west coast that has become accustomed to their part be experiencing a good mix of rain, sleet and snow also here can provide traffic challenges.
– Now people in that part of the country experienced bad weather before, so this I think they are looking at that very undramatic, says Ager- Wick.
She points out that people in Trøndelag and Nordland should be more aware than western Norway, as in this instance expired obs forecast for rain that freezes in it hits the ground, which really leads to problems.
Already have a car driven into the ditch on the E6 about 500 meters south of Sandmoen. Upper Okstad Bakken is also a car in the ditch, according to Adresseavisen.
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