Drivers are asked to show extra caution due to ice and slick patches on roads around Iceland. Krýsuvíkurvegur road on Reykjanes peninsula is dangerously slippery and conditions on the Ring Road on Hellisheiði heath, which separates Reykjavík from South Iceland, are challenging due to icy patches, snow and sleet.
Show caution
The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration has issued a warning to drivers, urging them to show caution as icy and slick patches have been reported along the entire Ring Road. Conditions are worse further inland as well as on heaths or mountain passes. Drivers are urged to show extra caution as sleet and snow make icy patches more dangerous as well as reducing visibility.
The wintry conditions have caught many travellers unprepared. A number of travellers who arrived with their cars on the ferry Norröna from Denmark to the town of Seyðisfjörður in East Iceland found themselves stuck in the town, as their cars were not equipped for winter travel in Iceland.
The National Broadcasting Service reports that travellers driving cars with summer tires got stuck trying to cross Fjarðarheiði heath, which separates Seyðisfjörður from the Ring Road. The IRCA has plowed the heath, but people are asked ensure their cars are equipped with y have winter or snow tires.
The heath was closed to larger vehicles earlier today after the driver semi-trailer truck skidded off the road. The road has been re-opened to all traffic.
Drivers are asked to show extra caution due to ice and slick patches on roads around Iceland. Krýsuvíkurvegur road on Reykjanes peninsula is dangerously slippery and conditions on the Ring Road on Hellisheiði heath, which separates Reykjavík from South Iceland, are challenging due to icy patches, snow and sleet.
Show caution
The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration has issued a warning to drivers, urging them to show caution as icy and slick patches have been reported along the entire Ring Road. Conditions are worse further inland as well as on heaths or mountain passes. Drivers are urged to show extra caution as sleet and snow make icy patches more dangerous as well as reducing visibility.
The wintry conditions have caught many travellers unprepared. A number of travellers who arrived with their cars on the ferry Norröna from Denmark to the town of Seyðisfjörður in East Iceland found themselves stuck in the town, as their cars were not equipped for winter travel in Iceland.
The National Broadcasting Service reports that travellers driving cars with summer tires got stuck trying to cross Fjarðarheiði heath, which separates Seyðisfjörður from the Ring Road. The IRCA has plowed the heath, but people are asked ensure their cars are equipped with y have winter or snow tires.
The heath was closed to larger vehicles earlier today after the driver semi-trailer truck skidded off the road. The road has been re-opened to all traffic.
