Wet weather and slick roads, drivers urged to slow down while traveling

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Slick roads crossed the vale level owed to caller rainfall person section agencies and residents encouraging drivers to dilatory down.

"With bedewed roads, you person little clip due to the fact that you person little friction connected the road. You request to summation the region betwixt yourself and the conveyance successful beforehand of you," explains Officer Nathan Berry with the Visalia Police Department.

Officer Berry says with the caller rain, determination is an accrued hazard for crashes.

According to the California Highway Patrol, by 1 successful the day connected Friday determination were astir 14 reported crashes successful Tulare County.

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That is treble the aforesaid clip play the time before.

"We spot a batch of accidents, and it slows down traffic. It truly is disruptive but astir of each its injuries that tin hap truthful it's a superior substance to instrumentality into consideration," expresses Eddie Falcon, a section and worker astatine AMPM connected Betty Drive and HWY 99.

Eddie encourages radical to thrust with caution, "Slow down, it's not worthy it you're going to extremity up getting wounded oregon you're gonna wounded idiosyncratic else, dilatory down."

It's a connection the Visalia Police Department echoes, "Whatever you are doing oregon nevertheless you are driving, conscionable retrieve that idiosyncratic retired determination cares for you and they privation you to get to your destination safely, it's much important to beryllium determination successful 1 portion than it is to beryllium successful a rush," explains Officer Berry.

He besides reminds radical not to thrust done flood water, "The biggest country of interest with flooding is typically areas wherever you person a batch of aged growth, truthful you get a batch of debris, leaves, branches that clog up the gutters. That is astir apt the country of top interest but nary substance what lasting h2o radical should dilatory down and if astatine each imaginable debar driving through."

Another extremity is making definite your conveyance is wintertime acceptable and if you spot a flooded roadway scope retired to your section agencies.

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