According to the traffic information portal Eismoinfo.lt, drivers should drive especially carefully due to the snow and snow in the middle of Lithuania, as well as in Biržai, Molėtai and Plungė districts.
In Marijampolė, Kėdainiai, Raseiniai and Biržai districts, the main roads of the country are covered in places with a layer of loose snow up to 10 cm thick.
In many of the remaining districts of the country, the roads of state importance are slippery, in some places ruttered, only in Klaipėda, Kretinga, Vilnius, Švenčionys, Zarasai, Vilkaviškis, Šilalė, Lazdijai districts the main roads are wet and in some places dry.
AB “Kelių Paslaugos” spreads slippery road sections, but drivers are asked to take into account the condition of the road surface and choose a safe speed instead of the maximum speed.
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Snow in most parts of the country, only on the seashore without significant rainfall. Air temperature from 0 to 5 degrees cold, at the seaside – up to 6 degrees heat.
During the day, traffic conditions will be aggravated by scalding, drizzle and rainfall.
According to the Hydrometeorological Service, precipitation, snow and sleet in places during the day. In many places it is flaky, in some places weak lijundra is possible. The highest air temperature is from 0 to 5, at the seaside – up to 7 degrees.
How to behave drivers
Traffic safety experts warn that the first rule that drivers must follow when changing traffic conditions and driving on slippery roads is to keep a safe distance. If you are not sure what it should be – take a look at the speedometer and divide its readings in half: both meters must be between you and the other car.
The second rule is to choose a safe speed instead of a speed limit. Drivers should evaluate their car’s capabilities, tire condition, tread depth. Those who have ridden a car this year with winter, but outdated, tires with tread depths only the minimum required by law should drive with extreme caution.
The third rule states that sudden movements on the road should be avoided: no sudden turns of the steering wheel, sudden stops or accelerations, as this could cause the car to slip and become particularly difficult to control.
Congestion is forming
It should also be taken into account that traffic will move slower than usual in such weather conditions throughout the day. Congestion on Geležinio Vilko Street in the capital began to form 7 hours before the morning.
UAB “Grinda” started spreading the streets of the capital after midnight. According to the announcement, there are 25 snow blowers on duty in Vilnius, two of them are new salt sprayers for high-traffic streets, such as the Vilnius Western Bypass, Geležinio Vilko Street and so on.
The company has announced that priority is given to streets on public transport, so drivers should take real traffic conditions into account when choosing a speed.
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