Cologne - Cologne, the barometer showed on Monday at 100 percent congestion. For everything came together: Many sites, rain and all this on a Monday. Since nothing was more around Cologne.
Who was sitting in the car on Monday and listened to the pelting rain on the roof of the car, had to bring the nerve. For queues lengths of over 120 kilometers were read on radio.
"In the WDR transport staff had been decided on Monday to read only from ten kilometers of traffic jams. Otherwise the speaker would have been for the many messages taken too long, "said WDR spokesman Uwe Lindner.
And: "Who wants to listen to such a Stautag all messages that can be done on WDR medium 722 or 747 Khz. Since every little jam is reported. "
Several small bagatelle accidents were responsible for utter chaos. As on the road between Kerkrader Bruhl and Wesseling. There, a truck had touched a car and had slid into the ditch. Episode: 12 kilometers jam.
Also a cause for sheet Avalanche: Many cyclists who switched on the car. "Among them are many drivers who move frequently or her vehicle. In steady rain, they go so over-cautious and slow the flow of traffic in addition, "said a traffic expert for the police.
