Truck bans during the holiday weekend and in November

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30.10.2020

This Sunday, All Saints’ Day is celebrated in many European countries. Here’s where restrictions will apply on 1st November and other days of the month.

31st October (Saturday)

Slovenia – (Reformation Day) – from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. In Slovenia, the traffic ban applies to heavy goods vehicles and vehicle combinations with GVW exceeding 7.5 t.

Germany – (Reformation Day) – from midnight to 10 p.m. The traffic ban applies to heavy goods vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 7.5 tonnes and heavy goods vehicles with trailers regardless of weight.

The holiday is only celebrated in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

1st November (Sunday, All Saints’ Day)

Austria – from midnight to 10 p.m. The 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 t.

Croatia – from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.

France – from midnight to 10 p.m. In France, the traffic ban for trucks covers vehicles with a GVW exceeding 7.5 tonnes.

Luxemburg – from midnight to 9:45 p.m. Restrictions apply to vehicles with GVW over 7.5 t, with or without trailer.

Germany – from midnight to 10 p.m. The holiday is only celebrated in the following federal states: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

In the case of the two public holidays celebrated only in part of Germany, i.e. Reformation Day and All Saints’ Day, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony have come to an agreement to limit traffic bans. As agreed by the authorities, the duration of the ban on heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes will be limited on these days to between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. (on a public holiday in the federal state concerned).

In addition, both federal states grant the right to drive trucks on important transit routes A1, A2, A30, A31 and A33 between 6 a. m. and 10 p.m. This regulation is also to apply if the Reformation Day or All Saints’ Day falls on a Sunday.

Poland – from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The ban applies to heavy goods vehicles with a GVW above 12 t.

Slovakia – from midnight to 10 p.m. it will not be possible to drive trucks with GVW over 7.5 t and trucks with GVW over 3.5 t with a trailer or semi-trailer.

Slovenia – from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. In Slovenia, the traffic ban applies to heavy goods vehicles and vehicle combinations with GVW exceeding 7.5 t.

Hungary – from midnight to 10 p.m.  The traffic ban for trucks in Hungary applies to heavy goods vehicles with a GVW exceeding 7.5 t. It covers the entire road network and motorways.

Italy – from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., heavy goods vehicles and vehicle combinations with a GVW exceeding 7.5 t will be banned.

10th November

France – from 10 p.m. to midnight

Poland – from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

11th November

France – from midnight to 10 p.m. (Remembrance Day).

Luxemburg – from midnight to 9:45 p.m. The ban applies to vehicles heading for France.

Poland – from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Independence Day).

17th November

Czech Republic – from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day).

Slovakia – from midnight to 10 p.m. (Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day).

Block clearance

We also remind you of the November block clearance that will be carried out at the Neu Kufstein border crossing by Austria. As part of the clearance, from the morning hours, trucks are passing through the border in groups of 250-300 vehicles. Since March of this year, an automatic traffic dosing system has been used for this purpose. Most often they cause kilometre-long queues on the German-Austrian border.

Here are the dates for the November block clearance: 

3 November (Tuesday),

5 November (Thursday),

12 November (Thursday),

19 November (Thursday),

26 November (Thursday).

Bans for trucks

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