Affected by snowfall for many consecutive days, snow and ice have appeared on roads in various places, making the roads slippery and easily causing traffic accidents. How should drivers drive their cars in this weather?
Zhou Jianhua, instructor of the Highway 1 Team of the Traffic Police Detachment of Hefei Municipal Public Security Bureau: Keep a distance between vehicles while driving, do not change lanes at will, drive carefully, and pay attention to driving safety.
In response to rainy and snowy weather, the Hefei Expressway Traffic Police launched an emergency support plan, prohibiting hazardous chemical vehicles and "three-over-all" vehicles from entering the expressway, and imposing a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour on the expressway. At the same time, the patrol density of highways has been increased. Once congestion or traffic accidents are discovered, road patrol police will be promptly notified to rush to the scene to deal with them.
Near the Yiwu East Expressway exit of the G1512 Yongjin Expressway is Yiwu International Trade City. Since the Spring Festival travel rush, the average daily traffic flow at the expressway has increased by more than 20% compared with usual times. In response to the persistent rainfall during this year's Spring Festival, highway traffic police reminded drivers to drive carefully, reduce speed, and control the distance between the front and rear cars. If you encounter an emergency, you must "drive the car onto the hard shoulder, move people out of the guardrail, and stay away from the parking spot" and dial "12122" to call the police for help.
Wang Feng, instructor of the First Squadron of the Fourth Brigade of the Jinhua Public Security Bureau Highway Traffic Police Detachment: Here we remind drivers and passengers that before getting on the expressway, the first thing to do is to set up the navigation properly and avoid congested sections in time. Second, when driving on the highway, if you encounter such rainy and foggy weather, you should still be reminded to control the speed and distance between vehicles if it is raining. If you encounter foggy weather and visibility is indeed poor, affecting driving, we recommend that drivers and passengers should exit the highway at the nearest intersection, including in the coming ice and snow weather.
Snowy weather will cause snow and slippery roads, reducing highway capacity and visibility. Traffic police remind drivers that when driving in such road conditions, in addition to maintaining a safe distance between vehicles, vehicles should not change lanes at will and do not occupy the emergency lane.
Ma Zhaolong, deputy captain of the Second Brigade of the Heze Expressway Traffic Police: When driving, do not change directions quickly, drive at a constant speed, do not brake suddenly, and do not slam on the accelerator to prevent the vehicle from deflecting due to speed changes and direction changes. When driving, drive along the track of the vehicle in front or the cleared part of the road, and do not overtake. Another point is to pay attention to the joints of roads and bridges. When you find a bridge, you need to slow down in advance, because the road surface temperature is high, and the bridge deck will produce ice due to the cross wind, resulting in inconsistent friction coefficients, which can easily cause vehicle deflection, steering rollover, etc. ACCIDENT.
Pan Xinwei, a police officer from Licheng No. 1 Brigade, Traffic Police Detachment 5, Shandong Provincial Public Security Department: In ice and snow weather, a layer of water film will form between our tires and the road. The tires and the road are not in direct contact, which will reduce the friction of the tires and affect the vehicle. The stability is very easy to cause slipping and rollover, so we can add anti-skid chains to the tires when necessary.
In addition, traffic police remind drivers to drive slowly, turn slowly, brake slowly, and lift the clutch slowly on icy and snowy roads. At the same time, it is necessary to activate some "life-saving" functions on the car, such as the TCS system to prevent the vehicle's driving wheels from slipping, the electronic body stability system to prevent the vehicle from slipping and stabilize the body, and use the anti-lock braking system correctly.
Pan Xinwei, a police officer from the Licheng No. 1 Brigade of the Traffic Police Corps of the Shandong Provincial Public Security Department: When emergency braking occurs, we must step on the brakes to the bottom to activate the ABS system. This can ensure the stability of the braking direction of our vehicle and prevent Slippage and deviation.
At the turn of winter and spring, there is also frequent foggy weather. When driving at high speed, you should turn on your flashers, low beams, and position lights, choose the nearest road exit and drive out slowly, or enter a nearby service area to take shelter temporarily. Drivers and passengers driving out are reminded to bring some essential items, such as snow shovels, boots and some necessary clothes, blankets, flashlights, hot water and some high-calorie foods. In this way, if a large-scale traffic accident unfortunately occurs, the vehicle breaks down, or is trapped in wind and snow, you can keep warm and save precious time while waiting for rescue. (CCTV reporter Xu Jingyun, Anhui TV, Hefei TV, Shandong TV, Zhejiang TV)