They say that the flow of travelers has changed over our country. The holidays are usually chosen for weeks and not for fortnights, as before. Therefore, it is Fridays and on Sundays the days that are usually registered on roads in summer.
But this year we have a particularity. This Friday is August 1, the day that was traditionally used to go on vacation. One more reason for the DGT issue that the roads become a hell this weekend.
The usual summer traffic between Friday and Sunday must be added that it begins (or ends) the fortnight, so a huge flow of workers who go out to enjoy their vacations or begin to return to them is expected.
These movements, the DGT estimates, will add some 6.88 million journeys Between yesterday, Thursday, July 31, and Sunday, August 3. During all this time the Operation of August 1 will be activated. A campaign that gives the starting gun to a month in which they are expected to count about 52.87 million displacements.
These are the recommendations of the DGT.
Better with full tank
What can we expect from an operation holiday? Traffic. A lot of traffic.
That is why the DGT already advances that the most complicated hours will be condensed in the August 1 (starting at 3:00 p.m.), throughout the morning of Saturday, August 2 and, of course, on the afternoon of August 3 (between 4:00 p.m. and 23:00 hours) when they are expected to meet both those who go out to spend the day and those who have lengthened the entire weekend and, of course, those who return on vacation.
What remains in our hands? The DGT gives a series of recommendations. The most basic is that we move outside these schedules, whenever possible. Thus we will reduce the risk of seeing ourselves wrapped in a jam. But, in addition, they ask for a certain forecast:
- Prepare the trip: check the car components well, such as tire pressure, brakes or lights, thinking that you will demand much more than usual. In addition, have an eye on the browser to avoid possible jams and be aware of the possible accidents or breakdowns of other vehicles.
- During the trip the DGT emphasizes an “circulates with the full fuel tank. It will be of great help if you are faced with any anomalous situation such as unforeseen accidents, accidents or inclement weather.” This recommendation is usually given in winter where the fuel tank is key to keeping the car heating alive but it is always a good idea because, in case it is complicated and the night is echoed, we can have problems finding an open gas station or facing an alternative route if, for example, a road has been cut by a fire.
- Food and drink: always carries water inside the car and avoids heavy meals since they can sleep. Of course, try to sleep as well as possible before and drive rested.
- And the DGT ends with a sentence: “Do not take the mobile and avoid any other distraction. Its only task is to drive.”
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