The matter in summary: Many motorists have been fined for poor visibility in traffic in January, almost as many as in the whole of December last year. The police and Trygg Trafikk encourage you to remove all snow and ice from the car before driving to avoid dangerous situations in traffic. In serious cases, you can risk being reported, having your driver’s license confiscated and being fined. More snow is expected in several places in the country this week, and low temperatures mean that ice and snow can easily stick to the car. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Many people woke up enough that the car had to be scraped and cleaned at the start of this week. This will also be the case in the east and west in the coming days, according to the weather report. But not everyone picks up a brush and scraper and removes snow and ice. UP leader in district East, Kai Voldengen, says the police are very attentive to whether snow and ice are removed from cars. Photo: Simon Skjelvik Brandseth / news – The main rule is that you must remove all snow and ice from the car before you drive, so that you have sufficient visibility first and foremost and also do not disturb or create dangerous situations for other traffic, says UP- head of district east, Kai Voldengen. In less serious cases, the police give guidance if there is snow and ice on the car. If it is more serious, you can risk being reported, having your driver’s license confiscated and being fined. Last Monday, a driver had his driver’s license confiscated after being stopped in Sandvika in Bærum. The driver had scratched 20×20 centimeters off the windscreen. The driver had scratched 20×20 cm off the windscreen. Photo: The police – Remove all snow and ice – We are very attentive to this here. And then there are sometimes quite a few people who we see doing this, so there is something about capacity. But then we stop what is most serious, says Voldengen. Figures from the police show that 60 motorists in the country have received simplified warnings so far in January for not having good enough visibility. 10 of these in the East police district. There are almost as many as in the whole of December last year. Then there were 67 motorists who were fined for this. – It’s quite simple advice, as it turns out to be difficult to follow, it seems. But that means removing all snow and ice on the roof, bonnet and the entire car, and on all routes. Then you will have a good view and the rest of the traffic will not be hit by an accident such as large chunks of snow falling from the cars. Voldengen says it is also important to remove snow from the sign on the car and the headlights. Snow on the car can fall down, create drifts or hit other road users. Photo: Caroline Bergli Tolfsen / news – It is important to pull together Safe Trafikk also asks people to be careful. Amounts of snow on the roof can be dangerous. – Amounts can fall from the car when you drive which can hit pedestrians or other cars, so it is very dangerous, says regional manager of Trygg Trafikk Østfold, Paal Gunnar Mathisen. Regional manager of Trygg Trafikk Østfold, Paal Gunnar Mathisen. Photo: Caroline Bergli Tolfsen / news – You must be sufficiently well shod and there must be visibility in traffic, so that you do not cause damage to others. It is important to pull yourself together. If you drive without scraping the windows, it can have serious consequences. – This can result in you not seeing other road users. Pedestrians, for example. In the worst case, we are talking about a death in traffic. Yellow danger warning in east and west More snow is expected in several places in the country this week and low temperatures. For coastal parts of Austlandet, there is a yellow warning for snow squalls from Tuesday due to snowy weather and wind. Meteorological Institute write on X that it may result in reduced visibility. There is also a yellow warning for snow in Western Norway from Tuesday, including in Bergen. Locally, 10–25 cm of snow can fall within 24 hours, they write further. Mathisen has a clear encouragement. – Prepare by starting up and warming up the car. Remove ice and snow from the car before you start driving. There is a yellow warning for snow storms in several places in Austlandet this week. The picture shows snow plows in Borgeveien in Fredrikstad earlier in January. Photo: Caroline Bergli Tolfsen / news
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