STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF PEAT FIRE ON THE INTEGRATED SAFETY OF ROAD TRAFFIC
The relationship between air pollution by peat fire pollutants and dangerous factors of their impact on road users has been studied. It has been established that the smoke content of air from a fire can reach critical values of pollutant concentrations in relation to reflex reactions and weakening of the visibility range for drivers. These composite hazard indicators for road traffic lead to an increase in road traffic accidents. The effect of smoke smog from a burning peat bog is especially dangerous due to the weakening of reflex reactions to the traffic situation in older drivers suffering from respiratory and cardiovascular chronic diseases of the heart and lungs, and when the visibility range is reduced to less than 50 m. Under prolonged critically unfavorable meteorological anomalous conditions (lack of wind load, surface temperature inversions along the vertical), like optically dense fogs, aerosol smog from a burning peat bog can paralyze the movement of cars on the roads - lead to «transport collapses» and tangible economic and social damages.