Snow drifts on the roads: rules of conduct in the way

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The Abundant precipitation in the form of snow for an extended period of time, followed by the wind speed exceeds 12 m/s, classified as hydro-meteorological disaster. In such conditions inevitably formed snow drifts.

Heavy snow

Snow drifts, or drifts, are bizarre objects of snow formed by the wind. Snow mounds resemble sand dunes and are formed on the same principle. Wind gusts moves a lot of snow that accumulates in the place of slowing the air flow. Snow drifts usually acquire bizarre shapes of the ridges and slopes.

Snow

Rules of conduct during a snowstorm

If you live in a country with a severe climate, where winter Blizzard is no surprise, you know the rules of conduct during a snowstorm, including on the road if heavy snow, including those assisted by the wind, caught in the path.

Rescuers do not recommend to leave the house during a snowstorm, especially if there is a tendency to its strengthening. Only in case of emergency go. On your route, inform relatives or neighbors. It is desirable even in a short travel not to go in alone.

Move by car during a Blizzard valid only on larger roads and highways. But even there you can be trapped. Snow on the road can be very unpleasant and difficult-to-overcome obstacle.

snow on road

If needed stop, not very far from the machine, it should always be in sight. During a snowstorm it is easy to lose targets because of lower visibility.

When a forced stop in the road signal post sign of trouble — intermittent beeps clear to any participant of traffic. Wait for help in the car. Snow drifts, blizzards very tricky. Often people overestimate their own strength, trying own foot to get out of the skid. The journey can only be the case if it is known the direction of movement or visible landmark - the light of the settlement. And you can stay in the car with the engine running, opening the window slightly to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.

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The Forest as the protection of roads from snow drifts

To the road in heavy snow to make it safer for motorists, it is very important to take the necessary measures to prevent the formation of snow drifts. Effective means of protecting the roads of snow — green spaces along the roads. Trees and shrubs reduce wind speed, resulting from downwind, close spaces formed by the snow, the edges of which are canopies. Its proximity to the road surface, as a rule, the thickness of the snow cover is minimal. Planting trees is more effective than shrubs, because they are stronger than extinguish wind speed.

snow Blizzard

Fixed boom

Often, instead of green space use special stationary snow fence. Such structures can be made of different materials, often using wood. Stationary boom - a rather expensive construction. But it justifies itself, because considerable resources can be saved by a one-time installation, no need to spend money on annual transportation to place of installation of the barrier and dismantling. These structures set in the area where in the winter you need protection from snow drifts, and in other times of the year - from sand storms. A feature of the design is that it not only dampens the wind speed, but also changes its direction, thus "taking" of snow from the roadway. To do this, in the upper part of the barrier fabric provides a smooth rounding.

Temporary protective structures

In places where there are no plantations along the roads and it is impractical to install a fixed protective structure with the onset of the season of snowfall installing temporary fences. Their task is not only to prevent the formation of snow drifts on the roads, but also to retain snow on the fields, which subsequently a positive impact on yield.

protection from snow

Defensive structures are a lattice of wooden boards inclined on special supports. Modular boom - the only way out if necessary to protect from snow road running among slopes. In such cases individual modules are placed on the slope in rows.

With the development of technology instead of the wooden boards are increasingly used high-strength polymer mesh. They have a number of advantages in comparison with wooden structures:

  • More resistant to corrosive environmental community;
  • Convenient to store - the mesh is stored in coils;
  • Simple Assembly and disassembly, since the grid one long canvas is attached to the installed supports.

Snow drifts on the roads cause a lot of inconvenience to motorists and have a negative impact on vehicle traffic. Their effect on transport may be more significant than the snowfall.

Basics of control of educationsnow drifts

Snow barriers affect the transport traffic. Knowledge of the principles of the formation of drifts allows to control this process or at least to adjust. However, to avoid their formation will fail if the snowfall is accompanied by gusts of wind. Somewhere, the weight will accumulate.

Control the formation of snow drifts:

  • Define the direction of the wind;
  • Install the barrier, stopping air flow or slowing them down in the place where the occurrence of snow is considered valid.

heavy snowfall

There is another way of eliminating snow drifts — with a shovel. But this method is very time consuming and inefficient. They should rely on only in the extreme case, when the time for preventive action is missed.


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