A motorist recounts his hours spent on the road, between Vignory and Provencheres-sur-Marne. Without anger, but without understanding why neither he nor his companions in misfortune were ever informed of what was happening. However, the feeling of being taken into consideration would have been welcome. Testimony.
“Thursday, November 21, it is 9:15 p.m. After driving cautiously from Bologna in the direction of Saint-Dizier on the RD 520 (former RN 67), we are stuck near Vignory, between the two radars.
Patience, we tell ourselves. The road must be clear, it's a simple incident, everything has been planned, right, all the weather forecasts have been announcing this snowy episode since Sunday, it's impossible not to be aware.
Well, to believe that if…
We were stuck for 1 hour 30 minutes without the slightest information; we saw a salting truck pass by. Once, twice, three times, he goes back and forth in the left lane… On the horizon, not a vehicle equipped with a luminous triangle or a screen at the rear, one of those which does not miss these lately. There were still six of them following the one who drew the white line on the dual carriageway near Gudmont so that users did not drive on the wet paint.
Motorists are showing impatience, they are getting behind the salt spreader. And now “it starts”… Slowly, we climb the Vignory hill – there are usually two routes to climb.
We are now descending into Provencheres-sur-Marne, without incident, the road is clear, we are all vigilant.
But here we are stopped at the roundabout, where an endless line of heavy goods vehicles are stopped, they were coming from Saint-Dizier and were going towards Chaumont. Their cohort reaches the Tip-Top restaurant on the Gudmont dual carriageway. We wonder about the reason for this situation.
Finally, for us, “it works” and from this four-lane, we drive correctly, the road is well cleared of snow.
The fact remains that we continue to wonder why key points – Provencheres, Vignory – were not “salted” as a priority? The trucks to do it appeared while “it was rolling”.
If the traffic conditions were exceptional, if patience was naturally required, even if it was cold, we would have experienced this episode more calmly by being informed. And knowing that the Department, which took over the management of the RD 520 (former RN 67), was taking care of us would have been welcome. “
Comments collected by Fabienne Ausserre
