The public company "Roads of Serbia" appealed to all participants in traffic to be especially careful and to adjust the speed to the road conditions, because on Tuesday and Wednesday, on Christmas Day, a snow cover is expected to form in the greater part Of Serbia, while in the wider area of western and southwestern Serbia, Belgrade, in southern Banat, Šumadija, Pomoravlje and in eastern Serbia, it will rain and freeze to the ground.
They indicate that on Wednesday, rain is expected in the morning, afternoon and evening hours in western and southwestern Serbia, and in the afternoon and evening, intense snowfall and an increase in the height of the snow cover by 10 to 15 centimeters are expected, locally and more in the area Belgrade, northern, western, central and southwestern Serbia.
"We appeal to road users to use winter tires, not to go on the road without winter equipment and chains, drive carefully, respect speed limits and adjust the speed to the road conditions," the statement of JP "Roads of Serbia" emphasizes.
In addition, they call on road users to exercise maximum caution when driving and to adjust their speed due to the presence of fog that reduces visibility on the roads, especially on sections that extend along river courses, valleys, gorges, as well as on road facilities across rivers.
Due to the possible low temperatures in the morning and evening hours, there is a possibility of occasional ice on the roads, especially on sections that extend along river courses, valleys, gorges, as well as on road facilities across rivers.
From JP "Roads of Serbia" they state that due to Christmas they expect an increased intensity of traffic towards all winter tourist centers and appeal to all traffic participants to adjust their speed to road conditions and respect traffic regulations.
There are no vehicle detentions at the toll stations on the highways in Serbia, and according to information from the Border Police Administration at 1:15 p.m., there are no detentions for all categories of vehicles at the border crossings in Serbia.
As far as service information is concerned, bans for tow trucks and trucks with trailers are in force on the road routes Šabac - Koceljeva - Valjevo - Podbukovi, Šabac - Volujac - Zavlaka - Banja Badanja - Krupanj - Gračanica, Krst - Korenita - Krupanj, Pričević - Pecka, Valjevo - Poćuta - Debelo brdo, Mionica - Brežđe - Divčibare - Kaona, Raška - Kuti - Odvraćenica, Novi Pazar – Deževa – Šaronje – Odvraćenica, Drenska gorge (Drenje) – Grčak, Stanišinci – Grčak, Dobre vode – Goč – Stanišinci, Jošanička Banja – Kopaonik – Šipačina, Šipačina – Rudnica, Brzeće – Kopaonik (Jaram), Kopaonik – Jaram and Valjevo – Lelić – Mravinjci.
Highways, state roads of the first and second order passable for traffic
Highways and all state roads of the first and second order, as well as the approaches to border crossings and mountain centers are passable for traffic, it was announced from "Roads of Serbia".
The snow is wet in some places up to five centimeters in the territory of Požega, Užice, Valjevo, the press release states, adding that the ban on the movement of tow trucks is in force in the territory of Kruševac, Valjevo and Novi Pazar.
"Roads of Serbia" points out that all available machinery and road crews are on the ground and are ready to respond as needed, as well as that the company has sufficient quantities of salt, stone aggregate and paddy.
They appeal to all road users not to go on the road without mandatory winter equipment, because, as they say, today and tomorrow in western and southwestern Serbia and the wider area of Belgrade, in southern Banat, Šumadija, Pomoravlje and in eastern Serbia, local occurrence of rain that will freeze to the ground is expected.
Those who go on the road are advised to be especially careful, to respect the speed limits and adapt their driving to road conditions.
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