Traffic accident near Istra
There were many accidents on Novorizhskoye Highway near Istra during the day. 20 vehicles were damaged. As the Moscow regional police stated, it all started with two major accidents that occurred on December 3 at around 12.20 on the 51st kilometer of the M-9 Baltia highway.
According to preliminary information, the driver of the Datsun passenger car lost control of the steering and collided with the Audi that was passing in front. 5 vehicles were damaged in the accident. At the same time, on the same stretch of road, the Suzuki driver lost control and crashed into a Ford truck driving ahead. Two more vehicles were involved in the accident.
With data Mash caused a traffic jam of 5 kilometers due to the accident. A few hours later it became known that 17 cars were damaged and traffic along the Novorizhskoye Highway towards Moscow was paralyzed. According to RIA Novosti, in the evening of the same day, law enforcement officials calculated that a total of nine accidents involving 20 vehicles occurred on the highway in the Istra region. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.
The source of the agency said, “First of all, the cause of the incident was the slippery road and snowfall.”
The police announced that traffic police officers were transferred to an increased working regime due to difficult weather conditions. Traffic inspectors monitor traffic conditions, regulate traffic, prevent accidents and assist drivers who find themselves in difficult situations.
“The State Traffic Inspectorate urges drivers to take into account difficult weather conditions and stop driving, especially over long distances,” the ministry said to drivers.
Accident on M-2 “Crimea”
Another major accident occurred in the Moscow region at the 55th kilometer of the M-2 “Crimea” highway, where 6 cars and 1 truck collided. reported TASS agency. One kilometer from the accident, another heavy truck hit a bump and flew into the ditch.
While the cause of the accident was stated to be slippery road and snowfall, the incident caused traffic jam on the highway.
“Oliver”
The cause of the bad weather was the powerful hurricane “Oliver”. said Evgeny Tishkovets, leading expert of the Phobos weather center, on the Telegram channel.
“This “Genoa” is a rare tropical atmospheric vortex that appeared in distant Liguria just two days ago,” Tishkovets wrote on Sunday morning.
25-30% of monthly precipitation fell during the day.
The depth of snow cover in the capital reached “unprecedented levels” on Monday morning, the meteorologist said.
“Moreover, such a snow cover either never existed in the entire history of measurement, or there was a repeat of the records of 71 and 19 years ago (1952 and 2004), when the snow measuring scale fell to a depth of 30 cm,” he calculated.
Be confident
According to the traffic police, accidents in most cases occurred because drivers misjudged the situation on the roads. Defensive driving experts warn that you should not trust electronic assistants in such a situation. When faced with an emergency on a slippery road, the driver should remember:
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) can only help at low speeds.
The system comes into play when the driver has already made a mistake and tries to mitigate its consequences, said Earlier, socialbites.ca, head of the MasterClass Emergency Driver Training Center, Alexey Kolontai.
To prevent skidding, the driver must actively work on the steering wheel. It also explains that the stability control system will brake the wheels and distribute braking forces depending on which wheels have the best grip.
“If the vehicle hits an unstable surface,
For example, from asphalt to freshly fallen snow, the car’s electronic systems can cause driver intervention.
When braking on such a road, a layer of snow will slide from under the wheel along the asphalt. The electronics will assume that the wheel is stopped and will try to increase the braking distance by reducing the braking force,” warns Kolontai.
Za Rulem magazine experts say that the car may skid when you press the gas pedal hard or brake hard, so you should use the pedals gently.
If a front-wheel drive car skids, you need to use gas to stabilize it.
However, when turning, you should press the gas pedal more carefully as the car may drift into the opposite lane. To prevent this from happening, you need to release the gas before turning, and then add more, and the trajectory of movement should be such that you do not need to turn the steering wheel when turning.
“Even if you have a crossover or SUV, it is better not to climb into deep snow and, if possible, go around snowdrifts. Experts say you can underestimate the depth of the snow and get stuck, or you can mix old, frozen snow with fresh, loose snow and damage your car.