Traffic jam chaos in Wismar: risk of accidents on the A14 increases drastically!

Traffic jam chaos in Wismar: risk of accidents on the A14 increases drastically!

On January 7, 2025, the Ostsee-Zeitung reported on the current traffic information in northwest Mecklenburg, especially for Wismar, Grevesmühlen and the direction of Lübeck. The OZ traffic jam detector provides real-time information about traffic jams, construction sites, accidents and traffic delays on the A14 and A20 motorways as well as the B105, B106, B192 and B208 federal highways.

Particularly noteworthy is the Wismar-Mitte junction, which has become an accident hotspot despite a speed limit of 60 km/h. The data for the traffic jam warning comes from TomTom, which uses GPS coordinates from millions of devices. In addition, automatic data from around 80 million mobile devices and several million official road sensors are used for traffic information.

Current information and other sources of information

The information is updated every five minutes to provide quick information about current events. Further current traffic information is also available via Google Maps, Apple Maps and Garmin, as the Ostsee-Zeitung further reports.

In addition, the website staumelder-karte.de offers a real-time traffic jam map for Germany and Europe. Users can get traffic jam information by zooming on the map. The sources for this information include Google, Microsoft (Bing Maps) and a proprietary data source that is under development. The most common traffic jams on highways are often caused by tailgating and abrupt braking, known as the “accordion effect.”

Another aspect is the increased risk of traffic jams during holiday periods, due to the overlapping school holidays in several federal states. In the event of a traffic jam, an emergency lane should definitely be created to allow emergency vehicles access. If there are two lanes, the left lane is cleared to the left and the right lane to the right; if there are three or more lanes, the same arrangement occurs, while the other lanes are cleared to the right.

For a less stressful journey, it is recommended to plan early and, if necessary, consider alternative routes in order to minimize traffic jam times, as is also described in detail on the website staumelder-karte.de.

– Submitted by West-East media