Poor visibility can cost you your license – Moss Avis

Road Traffic Act is quite clear. Whoever runs must have sufficient visibility to all sides. That means snow, ice, fog or another should not prevent or reduce visibility and road safety.

– It does not matter if you are just going for a walk in the store. A car full of snow and ice could cost you tag, says communications manager Heidi Tofterå Slettemoen in Frende Forsikring in a statement. She reminds us that not only is the car you can hurt, you put also the lives of others in danger.

– Nothing is so urgent that you can not take the time to scratch. It takes after all no more than a few minutes, she says.

Stand for ice and dew

According to Mobile Police are simplified procedures the most common reaction when people do not take the trouble to scrape routes properly. The fine is usually 2,000 kroner, but you also risk losing the patch at the site.

– The less you see, the greater the risk of losing your license, says UP chief Runar Karlsen.

A minimum requirement for not getting fines, is that wiper area should be scraped.

– And it helps not to scrape the windshield of ice, if you have zero visibility because it is dew on the inside, says Karlsen. Of course you also have a view to the sides and mirrors and rear window must be in order.

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If visibility however ahead and to the sides are severely restricted will be reviewed.

– When we make an assessment of how rough this was, you can get a regular fine of 5,000 kroner and up. Additionally determined often a loss of leading court of three months or more, says Karlsen.

If the lack of visibility is the cause of a serious traffic accident, shall be considered to prosecute before the courts. It will for example be the case if the driver that vehicles with highly restricted visibility causing a fatal accident.

– Crashes you, and there is a connection between the accident and careless with scraping, it will of course be able to provide reduced insurance payout, says Heidi Tofterå Slettemoen in Frende.

Late parents

In many cases we are talking about parents who drive their children to school, without taking the time to scrape the windows first. Laziness can be fatal.

– On the roads around schools and in residential areas, it is especially important to have good visibility in all directions, says UP chief Runar Karlsen.

Frost and frost on Bilruter is because the water vapor in the air freezes to ice crystals. Is it moist indoor air quality in your car, you also get ice on the inside of the panes.

According to 2015 statistics from the State Collection Agency wrote UP out 93 fines to drivers of vehicles who had an inadequate term last year . In addition, a number of reviews for the gravest cases.