Check out on which days the Christmas and New Year’s Day traffic bans for trucks are effective in Poland and other European countries.
Poland
Vehicles and vehicle combinations with total allowed weight exceeding 12 tonnes, with the exception of the buses, cannot move on the roads in Poland at the following dates:
– 25 December 2017 (Christmas) from 8:00 to 22:00,
– 26 December 2017 (the second Day of Christmas) from 8:00 to 22:00,
– 1 January 2018 (New Year’s Day) from 8:00 to 22:00.
Please remember that on the days before Christmas and the New Year’s Day evening bans are not in force.
The list of vehicles to which the restrictions do not apply can be found in the regulation of 31 July 2007 of the Minister of Transport.
France
In France traffic ban for trucks applies to vehicles with GVW over 7.5 tonnes. They will not be allowed to move on the French road:
– 23 December from 22:00 to 24:00,
– 24 December from 00:00 to 24:00,
– 25 December from 0:00 to 22:00,
– 30 December from 22:00 to 24:00,
– 31 December from 0:00 to 22:00,
– 1 January from 0:00 to 22:00.
Austria
In Austria traffic bans apply to tractors with trailers with GVW of the tractor or the trailer over 3.5 tonnes and the trucks with GVW exceeding 7.5 tonnes. Christmas restrictions apply on:
– 23 December from 15 to 24 throughout the country, and from 10 to 14 on the A12 and A13 highways towards the south
– 24 December from 0:00 to 22:00,
– 25 December from 0:00 to 22:00,
– 1 January from 0:00 to 22:00.
Germany
Trucks with GVW exceeding 7.5 tonne, and trucks with trailers are not allowed to drive on the German roads during Christmas. The restrictions for the time of Christmas and the New Year’s Day apply there on:
– 24 December from 0:00 to 22:00,
– 25 December from 0:00 to 22:00,
– 26 December from 0:00 to 22:00,
– 31 December from 0:00 to 22:00,
– 1 January from 0:00 to 22:00.
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