Drivers, as every year, do not regret complaints about the condition of roads, which were particularly numerous yesterday and today, when winter attacked with redoubled power. Winter road maintenance coordinators respond – we have our finger on the pulse.
Winter did not surprise road builders. The services were at the ready
– All roads were sprinkled already in the morning. Between 16.30 and 17.30 it became glazed, temperatures became negative, fortunately all the cars we had in the area. Of course, we can not do everything at once. Particularly persistent situation took place in Cory on UL. Woodsiness, where the truck blocked all traffic towards Wooziness; there was a cork there and in addition we had problems to get there. Everything moved only when someone was sent to the place to direct the traffic – explains Adam Zionism, Contractor of Winter Maintenance of Urban Roads.
Gołoledź, as the services indicate, was liquidated quickly, because the condition of the roads was taken care of already in the morning. However, due to the fact that the services were not able to reach everywhere at the same time and due to traffic jams and heavy cars blocking traffic, the situation was difficult and road maintenance, usually taking about 2 hours, absorbed an hour longer.
Yesterday, during the worst aura, all forces were thrown to help in maintaining the roads in Cory: 4 salt grinders, 9 tractors with salt, dealing with side roads, and a small and large tractor that deal with pavements and parking lots.
In the first place, the services focus on maintaining DK81, beltway and provincial roads.
The police are calling: drivers, carefully!
The winter period is a difficult time, spending more than one night’s sleep on many drivers. Conditions on the road require the owners of “four wheels” to have more reflexes and imagination. The snowfall that accompanies us in the last hours makes it difficult to drive a car. It is very slippery on roads, and the weather forecasts for the coming days do not fill us with optimism.
Remember to adjust the car’s speed to the conditions on the road! It is the maladjustment of speed to road conditions that is the reason for the occurrence of the largest number of serious traffic incidents. Slippery road surface significantly extends the section on which the vehicle will stop. It is worth remembering that at 50 km / h, the car travels about 14 meters within 1 second. The stopping distance at this speed on a dry surface is 26 meters, on a wet road 30 and on a slippery road 46 meters. However, at a speed of 90 km / h within 1 second the car travels a distance of 25 meters. The road stop at this speed on a dry surface is 70 meters, on a wet road 90, and on a slippery road 140 meters.
Faster collapsing darkness also adversely affects the comfort and safety of traveling and our psychoanalytical fitness. On an unlit road, drivers mainly see strong lights of vehicles approaching from the opposite direction and horizontal signs painted on the road. The silhouettes of pedestrians and cyclists are noticed at the last minute, usually at a distance of 30-40 meters. In bad weather, visibility gets worse. If the pedestrian is equipped with a reflective vest reflecting the lights of the car, the driver will notice it already from a distance of 130 – 150 meters, which is about 5 times before! It can save a living life! Unprotected road users are very often under the illusion that if they see an oncoming vehicle, then the driver sees them. This is an error, the consequences of which can be tragic.
All this speaks for the widespread use of reflective tape for clothing regardless of their age. Correctly worn reflections should be placed on the front and back of the garment in a way that allows them to be seen in the lights directing oncoming traffic from both directions. Every child moving on the road should use the vest with reflective fabric, regardless of which part of the road is moving – the sidewalk, road side or roadway.
The problem in the near future may be not only the aura, or the technical condition of the car, but also snow and ice lying on the body and panes. It happens that all windows are frosted, and the front is cleared of snow only in the part where the driver can see anything in front of him. Whatever, because his field of view is practically nil. The driver of such a vehicle is not able to see a pedestrian, even in full light, he does not see other vehicles too well. Moves on the feeling of threatening all road users.