Events on the route Moscow - St. Petersburg (23 pics + video)

30.11-02.12. 2012 Russia. For the third day in the country's main road connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg, hundreds of cars are in traffic, which, as reported Vesti.ru, stretched for 200 km. "No food, fuel ends. People do not see any aid, which allegedly proves. Condition of the driver close to mental collapse, "- said one of the drivers that are on the highway M-10. Volunteers from Tver search group "Owl" engaged in the collection of water and food for the drivers stuck in a traffic jam on the highway "Russia", according to Lenta.ru.



Winter just started and what happened is a good lesson for the leaders of the relevant services. And managers of road services have to work on the tracks and in warm conditions are not in their offices & quot ;, - the head of Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov and asked "to draw conclusions and provide cover the track." He said the problem on the part of the road service, traffic management and driver software products, medical support, and the lack of warning about the prospects for movement.



By the way, the police received from the Minister of flattering assessment. "I want to express my appreciation to the staff of the Interior and the traffic police for the work they have done on the road" - quoted Puchkova "Interfax". - Very quickly all the cars, all the buses taken out of the congestion and accompanying traffic police cars, fire and rescue vehicles on an opposite promptly organized a movement & quot ;.

In a traffic jam blamed the drivers themselves

If the Minister in the state of emergency on "Russia" spotted guilty officials, officials blamed the incident set of circumstances, and even those who are in this situation had all the harder.



"For three days had the monthly rainfall, road service work in emergency mode and to cope until the accident occurred, - the head of the Federal Road Agency Novel Starovoit at today's meeting. - Conclusions do early. At my current assessment, the main problem in raskoordinirovannosti services activity ... It is necessary to check once again the willingness of road services. We heroically overcome difficulties and no one talking about it. It is necessary to provide advance information to the public, to suggest ways of diversion and to work actively with the media and the traffic police ».



But the head of PKU management road "Russia" Dmitry Volkov believes in traffic on M-10 drivers are guilty. "The reason to the banality of the same: lack of preparation for winter drivers - bald tires, and if stopped, then in a small rise can not get up - he said" the Newspaper ". - We did the easiest thing you can do ... Drivers who begin to go round stream aggravate the problem and make it impossible to go any traffic police or road services ».



Interestingly, the official said partially confirmed by some witnesses themselves. "Very saddened by the behavior of 80% of road users - says the group" Plug M-10 "in" VKontakte "one of the volunteers who helped truckers food and water. - Complete lack of respect for others and respect for basic things. All blamed others instead to ask yourself: "And the something I'm doing on the conscience and as it should be?". This is not only on the road, the chaos - all over ».



"Our driver is the 4th day since Friday»



With regard to the situation on the track at around noon, Dec. 3, the motorists still report difficulties in motion a number of sectors. "At 11:18 this situation from Mednovskaya bypass M-10 toward Torzhok huge traffic jam, they say on the radio that the accident in Torzhok, a passenger wagon! .. Our driver is the 4th day since Friday, with Emmaus has butted, now stands in a traffic jam in Dumanova, on the radio say that aside from Torzhok Peter movement in a while there, but very weak ... barely crawling trucks, and basically everything stand as standing. So what. going on! "- says a user in the" Plug M-10 "" Vkontakte ».



Note that, according to the "Yandex", as of 12:00 difficulty in movement on the M-10 almost none. Yellow and red marked only few and small areas in the vicinity of the most high near Torzhok Volochek and the direction in the Leningrad Region. In the Moscow region small congestion near Klin and Solnechnogorsk.



Meteorologists meanwhile promise Tver region new snowfall. According to the forecast of the Hydrometeorological Center of the morning and in the afternoon on December 4 throughout the region snow is expected in some places snowstorm and frost down to minus five degrees.



In the meantime, motorists are moving away from the previous snowfall. Those who are after hours, or even days, finally managed to get out of the road in captivity social networks share their impressions of the experience. Tales participants in these events are full of emotion, and some even find the strength to joke: "Then a get together, sit in a circle and say," My name is Bob, and I was in a jam ".