Snow day
Tags: traffic snow
It's snowing today, actually right now it's around lunch time and the screenshot from (http://route.tomtom.com) shows that a big part of the neverlands has essentially turned into a parking lot:
This morning when I was on my way to the office it had been snowing a little (<1") and it already took me an hour to get to the highway that runs around Amsterdam, so I decided to turn around and work from home instead.
After about a decade of mild winters with hardly any snow to speak of (especially in the western, most heavily populated part), the majority of dutch drivers can't deal with even the smallest amounts of snow and slow to a crawl, even the ones with winter/snow tires.
At the moment it's been steadily snowing for a few hours which has the above result on traffic.
By the time people head home it's probably going to be a lot worse.
For those stuck in it be careful
It's snowing today, actually right now it's around lunch time and the screenshot from (http://route.tomtom.com) shows that a big part of the neverlands has essentially turned into a parking lot:
This morning when I was on my way to the office it had been snowing a little (<1") and it already took me an hour to get to the highway that runs around Amsterdam, so I decided to turn around and work from home instead.
After about a decade of mild winters with hardly any snow to speak of (especially in the western, most heavily populated part), the majority of dutch drivers can't deal with even the smallest amounts of snow and slow to a crawl, even the ones with winter/snow tires.
At the moment it's been steadily snowing for a few hours which has the above result on traffic.
By the time people head home it's probably going to be a lot worse.
For those stuck in it be careful
