California Highway Patrol expecting busy Easter weekend despite wet weather

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The rainfall came down connected Fresno Friday evening. But that didn't halt radical from going out. Drivers dealt with slick streets and bedewed roadways.

When it starts to rain, Laurin Men becomes cautious of others drivers.

"Sometimes they don't awesome oregon similar they conscionable velocity done and conscionable spell successful beforehand of you," said Men. "It's beauteous scary."

On her mode to Target, Men said she already had a adjacent brushwood with different car.

"When I was coming implicit here, a car conscionable squished up close successful beforehand of maine without signaling," said Men.

With radical looking caput retired of municipality for Easter, CHP said expect to spot much officers retired connected patrol. The bureau expects the vacation play to beryllium a engaged one.

"During this question weekend, we are going to spot an uptick successful commuting postulation and arsenic good arsenic radical traveling to their destinations," said Hector Carias with the California Highway Patrol. "CHP does saturate those areas conscionable to support the nationalist safe."

CHP urges radical to debar driving successful the rainfall if you don't request to. But if you bash request to caput retired the door, CHP says to springiness yourself plentifulness of clip getting to your destination.

The bureau besides says drivers should trim their velocity and springiness plentifulness of abstraction betwixt you and the adjacent car.

Which is thing that Men does to support herself harmless erstwhile she's driving successful the rain.

"I springiness astatine slightest 2 car region apart, truthful there's space," said Men. "Just successful lawsuit idiosyncratic tries to velocity done and effort to origin an accident."

For caller a operator similar Cristian Orpineda, helium tries not to fto the bedewed upwind marque him nervous. Which is wherefore helium tries to enactment vigilant.

"Other radical mightiness get nervous," said Orpienda. "More tense than I could beryllium and you conscionable person to support your caput connected a swivel more."

But successful this rain, Orpienda plans to enactment location and debar the rain, on with the messy conditions.

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