Check on which days in 2018 there are traffic bans for trucks in Switzerland and Austria.
Switzerland
Traffic restrictions in Switzerland apply to trucks with GVW over 3.5t., semi-trailer trucks with semitrailers and trucks with trailers of GVW over 5 t.
Night ban
On all roads during the whole year there is a traffic ban on trucks between 10 PM and 5 AM.
Sundays and holidays
On all Sundays and public holidays trucks may not drive on the Swiss roads for 24 hours a day.
The days when traffic ban on trucks is in force in Switzerland:
– 29 March, from 10 PM to 31 March until 5 AM,
– 31 March from 10 PM to 3 April until 5 AM,
– 9 May from 10 PM to 11 May until 5 AM,
– 19 May from 10 PM to 23 May until 5 AM,
– 31 July from 10 PM to 2 August until 5 AM,
– 24 December from 10 PM to 27 December until 5 AM,
– 31 December from 10 PM to 3 January 2019 until 5 AM,
Exceptions from the bans
The possible permissions are granted all over the Switzerland territory by the authorities of the relevant cantons or in the border canton, where the road subject to the obligation of obtaining the permission starts.
The permissions to drive for foreign vehicles are issued by:
L’Office Fédéral des Routes
Centre d’intervention Gothard
CH – 6487 GÖSCHENEN
Phone: +41 41 885 03 20
Fax: (+41 41) 885 03 21
E-mail address: sonderbewilligung@astra.admin.ch
Austria
In Austria traffic ban applies to tractors with trailers with GVW of the tractor or the trailer over 3.5 tonnes, trucks, articulated vehicles with GVW exceeding 7.5 tonnes.
The restrictions apply all over the country except for the driving being part of the combined transport within the radius of 65 km from the following shipment stations: Brennersee, Graz-Ostbahnhof, Salzburg-Hauptbahnhof, Wels-Verschiebebahnhof, Villach-Fürnitz, Wien-Südbahnhof, Wien-Nordwestbahnhof, Wörg, Hall in Tirol CCT, Bludenz CCT, Wolfurt CCT.
Night ban
On the Austrian roads there is a traffic ban on trucks between 10 PM and 5 AM.
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
In Austria trucks are subject to restrictions also on:
– Saturdays from 3PM to 0:00
– on Sundays and holidays from 0:00 to 10 PM.
In addition, in Austria traffic bans for trucks are in force on the following days:
– 31 March from 3 PM to 3 April until 5 AM,
– 1 May from 0:00 to 2 May until 5 AM,
– 10 May from 0:00 to 11 May until 5 AM,
– 21 May from 0:00 to 22 May until 5 AM,
– 31 May from 0:00 to 1 June until 5 AM,
– 15 August from 0:00 to 16 August until 5 AM,
– 26 October from 0:00 to 27 October until 5 AM,
– 1 November from 0:00 to 2 November until 5 AM,
– 8 December from 0:00 to 9 November until 5 AM,
– 24 December from 0:00 to 27 December until 5 AM,
– 31 December from 0:00 to 2 January 2019 until 5 AM,
A useful app
Traffic bans for Christmas time, which are applied almost everywhere in Europe, look differently in every country. In addition, there are restrictions associated with the national holidays and periodic bans. It is impossible to remember them all. The truckers who drive throughout Europe every day may therefore find the application Bans For Trucks useful. It is the only application that works offline, without Internet connection. It informs about periodic restrictions and traffic bans for trucks in 38 countries, in 15 languages.
When users are in the network ranger – the database of bans is automatically updated.
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