Black series for Vinci Autoroutes: a third salt spreader hit, in the Tarn-et-Garonne
Through Quentin Marais
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The snow fell insistently in the Occitanie region, and even in Toulouse, during the second half of January 2023. The white powder did not spare the highways. To ensure security on these, Vinci Highways deployed its spreaders. three of them were struck in just a few days.
Two in a few hours…
The fourth weekend of January 2023 will have been eventful for Vinci Autoroutes equipment. In a first press release, the service state of two accidents : shortly before 10 p.m., Friday, a salt spreader was hit by a motorist, on the A89, in Correze. A few hours later, on Saturday morning, bis repeated on the A62in the Lot et Garonne. The (bad) playoff law continued until Sunday evening.
A third Sunday evening
Solicited by Toulouse news this Monday morning, Vinci Autoroutes reported… of a third similar fact. He also performed on the A62, but this time in the Tarn and Garonne, between Castelsarrasin and Valence-D’agen, Sunday evening, around 10 p.m.
The three accidents were “fortunately not serious. But beyond the chronology of events, the common point is the loss of control of the vehicle and the lack of vigilance,” laments Vinci Autoroute.
A winter week
While the start of the second half of January was marked by the return of the snow, the rest will be punctuated by negative temperatures in a large part of Occitania. “We are in winter weather conditions, suddenly, out comes the salting machinesin general, it is rather at night or in the morning, ”recalls Vinci Autoroutes.
“The machine is salting the road to prevent the risk of ice, and suddenly, it is driving at reduced speed. There is the blue flashing light which is supposed to alert. The road is being salted so that people can continue to drive with adhesion. Salting is preventive.”
“Common Sense Rules”
Vinci Autoroutes also recalls ” common sense rules » at the dawn of the glacial days, namely « lengthen the safety distances, adapt the speed. You don’t drive in winter like you drive in spring. We adapt our routes, possibly the tires, and as soon as we approach the machines in intervention, we remain vigilant and we move away“.
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