because of the snow, nearly 2,500 trucks blocked on the A36, truck drivers singled out

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Mayhem on the roads. The snowfall on Thursday, November 21, 2024, caused by storm Caetano, caused complications on the roads. In the Doubs, on the A36, up to 2,500 trucks are still stuck on the highwayannounces the prefecture of Franche-Comté this Thursday, November 22 around 10 a.m.

“But one lane of traffic remains clear for light vehicles,” said l'AFP this Friday, November 22, Saadia Tamelikecht, chief of staff of the prefect of Doubs, who advised motorists not to venture onto the A36.

I strongly recommend not taking your vehicle this morning in the Doubs, it is dangerous. It was the plunge in temperatures between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. that trapped many truckers

Call for good citizenship from motorists

The movement of heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes was also prohibited on the A36 motorway in both directions between Mulhouse and Saint-Vit until 10 a.m. However, this non-compliance ban would have resulted in the blocking of the vehicles involved.

Banning measures “taken at the right time, neither too late nor too early, simply, there are clearly a certain number of heavy goods vehicle drivers who have not respected these instructions, the police have planned zones storage so that most of the axes are clear”, according to the Minister of Transport François Durovray, who calls for civic behavior from everyone on BFMTV.

Last night, these truck drivers were stuck with 20 cm of snow on the ground.

The situation is therefore still very complicated this Friday morning.

With AFP

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