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12:30 p.m. news – Storm Caetano: truckers spent the night on the highway, without help or communication

Traffic is slowly resuming on the A36, but it is not yet back to normal. Thousands of trucks found themselves stranded on this highway during the night of Thursday November 21 to Friday November 22, covered in snow. The situation therefore remains complicated on site.

At the level of access ramp No. 7, gendarmes and employees of the motorway company are gently organizing the departures of heavy goods vehicles on one lane, like that of Iliès, which is the next to be authorized to drive: “I’ve been here since 8 p.m. Thursday. We found ourselves suddenly stopped, without explanation, without anything“.

“I saw two vehicles pass, but no one stopped. I slept, I am equipped, I have something to eat and drink, so I’m still okay. But I don't know why they didn't anticipate“, he regrets, after spending the night in his truck.

Although he will arrive safely in Mâcon in the afternoon, some will still have to wait. The cabins and trailers are so buried in the snow that the intervention of repairers is essential. Franck is one of them: “It’s just that they [les camionneurs, NDLR] have tires that are not not adapted to the climatic conditions, and they are all mired”he explains.

“It fell too quickly and in too large a quantity, we were ready to intervene, that’s what we did, but there were too many heavyweights who did not respect the instructions not to driving on the snow, not getting into the left lane, so they made huge traffic jams“, points out the repairer. In the eastern departments, no order prohibiting the circulation of heavy goods vehicles was communicated Thursday evening.

Some trucks are still experiencing difficulties upstream, on the highway, but also at rest areas.

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