Those castaway from the cold. During the night from Monday to Tuesday, many Ile-de-France residents were blocked on the A12 and A13 motorways due to the snow that fell in the evening. At 8:30 a.m., Clément Beaune, the Minister of Transport, indicated some “400 vehicles” still immobilized.
Sonia and a colleague were returning from a company party and had a hard time getting home. A VTC picked them up at 12:30 a.m. in Beaugrenelle, in the 15th arrondissement, “direction Louveciennes and Poissy”, indicates Sonia, who also tweeted their mishap. “Three and a half hours to Paris-Poissy”, towns about thirty kilometers apart.
Abandoned vehicles and hiking in the cold
“Arriving on the A13, four accidents were reported on Waze and the traffic jams were immediate,” says the Francilienne. All the heavy goods vehicles they passed were stopped on the emergency lane and all the rear-wheel drive cars were standing still, impossible to move forward. »
Faced with traffic difficulties, motorists have chosen to “leave their vehicles and two-wheelers where they are and leave on foot behind the safety guardrail”. At 2:30 a.m., salting of the highway was announced but “still so many traffic jams,” notes Sonia.
The young woman finally arrived at 4:30 a.m. in Poissy. By way of goodbye, the VTC driver admitted “never having experienced that”.