Several motorists in Eastern Norway noticed the slippery road when the weather suddenly changed on Saturday evening. On Sunday, the driving conditions are still demanding, reports Vegtrafikksentralen south. – There has been some rain and it has been cold. This morning, it is especially in the districts where there are sometimes difficult driving conditions. At E18, measures have been initiated since this morning, such as plowing, says Løvaas. – We see that things can turn around quite quickly, he says. E18 closed in one lane On Sunday morning, the emergency services responded to a traffic accident on the E18 in the southbound direction, after a car had driven into the guardrail on the stretch of Tollerød and the Bolstad Tunnel. A man in his 30s is being examined by an ambulance, but does not appear to be injured, according to the police. One lane is blocked and there is a reduced speed on the spot. Bilberger has collected the car and the road is now open again, reports Sør-East police district. Expecting a lot of traffic from the mountain South-East police district asks people to drive carefully. – We have received messages from our patrols around the police district, from Kragerø in the south, to the border towards Oslo and Bergen. There are demanding driving conditions right now and rainfall, says operations manager Espen Reite. The police believe there will be some traffic on the road throughout Sunday. – This weekend we have registered that there are quite a few people in the mountains, and we expect quite a bit of traffic on the way home from the mountains eventually. As always, I would encourage the public to drive according to the conditions, says the operations manager. In some places, very locally According to the Norwegian Road Traffic Center south, it varies where it is difficult to drive. – It turns out again that it is in some places very local where it becomes demanding. Among other things, from Larvik to Porsgrunn it was white in both driving conditions this morning, says Løvaas. The slippery conditions will continue throughout the day and evening on Sunday. – It is winter and now it has settled down again. For the time being, things are going well, but people have to drive according to the conditions and adapt to the circumstances that are. You have to follow the weather forecast and be prepared that it can be demanding, he says. Mountain crossings open On Saturday evening, National Highway 7 over Hardangervidda and E134 over Haukelifjell were closed due to heavy snow and strong winds. All the major mountain crossings are now open again, reports Vegtrafikksentralen south. – As of now, all mountain crossings are open, except Fv45 Rotmo Dalen, which is closed due to a landslide, says Løvaas. Fv 450 Rotemo-Dalen will be closed until further notice and a new assessment will be made on Monday, reports Vegtrafikksentralen south. – Somewhat unsightly conditions State Meteorologist Eldbjørg Moxnes confirms that the weather will present challenges on Sunday. – The temperature is around zero in many places and rainfall. It’s calmer now, but can probably pick up again with rainfall again this afternoon. There will be no stay until tonight, she says. Even if there are not large amounts of rainfall in store, it can create difficult driving conditions, she points out. – There is not much that needs to be done before it can settle down. I have received reports from several places that it is slippery, both from places on Romerike and Buskerud. It’s probably a bit of an ugly relationship, yes, she says. Monday is expected to be sunny and colder. Then the precipitation that comes today can freeze. – Then there is a possibility that it will be slippery in many places, especially in the first part of the day, she says.
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