The snow is here, the first blockages for motorists too but not only that

Thus, 32 departments of France are placed on orange snow and ice alert. Which is already having effects in some of them. A few centimeters of snow fell in Marne, Haute-Marne or Champagne-Ardenne, reports France 3. In Mayenne, France Bleu reports, citing Météo-France, that the snow was expected to reach 5 to 10 centimeters in places.

Enough to make motorists struggle, if the roads are not clear. In the meantime, in Mayenne, we are not taking any risks. The authorities have decided to prohibit, since 6 a.m., the circulation of trucks weighing more than 7.5 tonnes on the RN12. This in both directions of traffic.

They also suspended school transport in the area. Similar situation and consequence in the Normandy region. As of Wednesday, school transport was suspended in the departments of Calvados, Manche, Orne and Eure. Commercial transport is also suspended on the roads, reports Ouest-France.

And traffic is expected to be difficult, while some accidents are already occurring. On the A84, at the Verson exit, a car skidded and ended up in the ditch. Sébastien Jallet, prefect of Orne, already reported four accidents on the roads of the department, to BFMTV.

General slowdown in Île-de-France

On the Île-de-France side, we also expect difficulties a little later, around 11 a.m. The authorities took the initiative to avoid problems. This by lowering the maximum authorized speed by no less than 20 km/h from 11 a.m. This is part of the activation of level 2 of the snow and ice plan for the region, by the police headquarters.

The snow event is expected to last from late morning until early evening. Be careful not to be fooled, with this reduction in speed. It remains to be seen how this will evolve.

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