Oudenaarde, A driver on the smooth surface of the Heurnestraat in Oudenaarde steering control lost, is at the intersection with the Hill against a brick garden wall crashed. “The fifteenth time, that we are here, debris must clean up”, sigh Gerda De Smet to the dangerous verkeerspunt lives. “We complain about the situation for years. The city imposed a verkeersremmer, but that is a real ramp. The situation has only gotten worse. I’m this tired and my insurer in the meantime,” sighs the woman.

Many drivers have Thursday to be surprised by the first smooth roads. In the Spring district of Heurne had an accident in the Heurnestraat. The driver of a car which drove in the direction of Zingem, lost control of the wheel at the height of the level crossing, where the road turns. The car ended up on top of a brick garden wall and is ready for the scrap. A kerststalletje the top of the wall was blown off. “The road surface was slippery. It was clearly not thrown”, thought the driver.

The scene of the accident on the level of road safety has a bad reputation: the brick wall on the corner of the Heurnestraat and Hill was many times hit by a car.