today, 22. December, and the days up to christmas are considered to be the worst bulkedagene in the year in Norway.
Perhaps the urgency you around to find those last gifts? Perhaps you have forgotten to buy into julemiddagen? Or do you have everything under control and there are some others that hit you? You are not the only – and the impact can cost you dearly.
Home for the holidays? Avoid these days
– In the week up to christmas, the risk to dent very big, ” says Arne Voll, head of communications in the Mutual, to Dagbladet.
He tells us that he was a round of the shopping malls in the day, and that it was full up with cars.
One of the reasons that we dents before christmas, is that we are not finished with christmas shopping. When so many cars are gathered in the small places, it goes quickly wrong. Today is an extremely big day.
1600 times every day
Mutual wrote in a press release earlier this week that last year narrowly 1600 times each day before christmas. They claim that there is an increase of 40 per cent in relation to what is normal.
Voll says that a lot is about varying weather conditions.
– this year, christmas eve is on a Monday, and then it will be natural to point out day today and tomorrow as the days with the greatest risk to dent.
22. December in 2017, it was reported in the whole of 1986, the damage to the insurance industry, with payouts of over 37 million, according to Mutual.
– Strung men get blamed
And according to NTB, it is strung men who get blamed for to dent the most.
Absolutely at the top of the headliner, men aged 35 to 50 years. Then comes men between 50 and 64 years of age and in third place they are even older.
– There is no particularly good christmas present, but the positive about it is that you actually can arrange the material damage caused, ” says Voll.
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Operasjonsleder in Inland police, Expensive Antonsen, confirms that there have been some clashes today, without that he can give an accurate number.
at the same time sign neither Oslo or the South-East police about abnormally many clashes today.
Operasjonsleder in the South-East police district, Erik Gunnerød, says to Dagbladet that there have been a few more accidents than normal.
– It was worse last night. About all modulates the speed for the conditions and it shall go well, ” he says.
I have been in as well as no messages on it today, ” says operasjonsleder in Oslo, norway, Vidar Pedersen.
not Vegtrafikksentralen can notify about events beyond the ordinary in the day.
Advice for drivers
Ms. Voll in the Mutual still has some advice to motorists who go around before christmas.
– the Stress down, breath with your belly, back and parks a bit away from the entrance are great tips to avoid injuries. It can save you thousands of dollars.
He says that most of the people have blame in it even though it damage.
– we Often see that people have impatient kids, that a lot has happened in the traffic situation, or that there are poor weather conditions.
at christmas In goes the number of injuries on the other hand sharply down, and the number of enrolled injuries to the insurance companies is reduced. Christmas day is historically one of the days with the fewest injuries, according to Mutual.
the Newspaper has in addition to the Mutual been in contact with Tryg insurance. The insurance companies could so far not provide updated figures for how it has gone today.
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