Driving Restrictions, Goods Transport
HungaryVehicles concerned goods vehicles, agricultural tractors and their trailers of over 7.5t MPW
Region throughout the road and motorway network
Restriction from 1 July to 31 August:
from Saturday 15h00 to Sunday 22h00;
from 22h00 on the eve of a public holiday to 22h00 on the day of the
holiday
from 1 September to 30 June:
from 22h00 on the eve of Sundays and public holidays to 22h00 on
Sundays and public holidays
NB: when a public holiday precedes a Saturday or Sunday within the
periods specified above, the driving restrictions apply nonstop from
08h00 on the first day to 22h00 on the last day.
During the winter period from 4 November to 1 March, the
abovementioned restrictions do not apply to vehicles of EURO 3 standard
or higher operating in international transport.
Exceptions · vehicles operated by the armed forces, police, national security
services, prison authorities, fire brigade, civil defence, customs
authorities, National Transport Authority, emergency vehicles;
· in the case of combined transport, according to the agreement between
the European Community and the Republic of Hungary on the
conditions of road transport and the promotion of combined transport
- vehicles travelling between the combined transport terminal and the
place of loading or unloading, or
- vehicles travelling between the combined transport terminal nearest
to the border crossing point and the border crossing point;
· vehicles used for prevention or assistance in cases of disaster;
· vehicles used in cases of accident or breakdown;
· humanitarian consignments (with the appropriate documentation);
· transport of fresh flowers or plants to the exclusion of all else;
· postal services, newspapers;
· vehicles involved in community work (including town/village cleaning
services, waste removal, public utilities repair services);
· vehicles of EURO 3 standard or higher transporting liquid gas;
· vehicles used in the construction, maintenance, repair or cleaning of
roads, railways and public utilities;
· vehicles used for the transport of harvested crops or fodder or for the
relocation of agricultural machines or slow vehicles;
· vehicles transporting livestock, fresh milk, fresh dairy produce, fresh
and deep-frozen meat and meat products, vegetables, eggs, fresh
bakery products or other perishable foodstuffs, and vehicles travelling
empty in connection with such transport;
· vehicles travelling from the Hungarian border to the nearest parking
area designated by the transport authorities for this purpose;
· during the summer driving restrictions, vehicles travelling from the
border to their premises in Hungary or to the first unloading place;
· vehicles used for the transport of equipment or animals necessary for
cultural, business or sports events (including transport in connection
with radio, television or cinema recordings);
· removals of private individuals;
· vehicles involved in the transport to and from railway stations, river
ports or airports (between the premises of the consignor/consignee and
Driving Restrictions, Goods Transport
Austria1. GENERAL DRIVING RESTRICTIONS
Vehicles concerned Trucks with trailers, if the maximum authorised total weight of the motor
vehicle or the trailer exceeds 3.5t; trucks, articulated vehicles and selfpropelled
industrial machines with an authorised total weight of more than
7.5t.
Area Nationwide, with the exception of journeys made exclusively as part of a
combined transport operation within a radius of 65km of the following
transloading stations: Brennersee; Graz-Ostbahnhof; Salzburg-
Hauptbahnhof; Wels-Verschiebebahnhof; Villach-Fürnitz; Wien-
Südbahnhof; Wien-Nordwestbahnhof; Wörg; Hall in Tirol CCT; Bludenz
CCT; Wolfurt CCT.
Prohibition Saturdays from 15h00 to 24h00; Sundays and public holidays from 00h00
to 22h00
Public holidays 2012 1 January New Year‟s Day*
6 January Epiphany
9 April Easter Monday
1 May Labour Day
17 May Ascension
28 May Whit Monday
7 June Corpus Christi
15 August Assumption
26 October National holiday
1 November All Saints‟ Day
8 December Immaculate Conception (Saturday)
25 December Christmas Day
26 December Boxing Day
* Sunday
Exceptions concerning trucks with trailers exceeding 3.5t
· vehicles transporting milk;
concerning vehicles with an authorised total weight of more than 7.5t
· vehicles carrying meat or livestock for slaughter (but not the transport
of heavy livestock on motorways);
· perishable foodstuffs (but not deep frozen goods) which are
as follows: fresh fruits and fresh vegetables, fresh milk and fresh dairy
products, fresh meat and fresh meat products, fresh fish and fresh fish
products, live fish, eggs, fresh mushrooms, fresh bakery products and
fresh cakes and pastry, fresh herbs as potted plant or cut and ready-toeat
food preparations, as well as empty transports linked to the
transports of the above mentioned goods or return journeys for
carriage of transport facilities and wrapping of the above mentioned
goods (a CMR (a consignment note) needs to be carried onboard and
presented in case of inspection). The status of the load (amount) must
be clearly documented at the start and during the transport. The
exception is only valid if ONLY perishable goods (from the list) are
transported. Furthermore, foodstuffs which are tinned, stored in jars,
plastic containers or have (thin) cardboard packaging and which have a
Driving Restrictions, Goods Transport
GermanyVehicles concerned trucks with a total permissible weight of over 7.5t, as well as trucks with
trailers.
Area throughout the road and motorway network
Prohibition Sundays and public holidays from 00h00 to 22h00
Additional restrictions (summer)
Area the following stretches of motorway and trunk roads:
A1 from the Köln-west via Wuppertal, the Kamen intersection and
Münster to the Cloppenburg junction and from the Oyten
junction to the Horst intersection
A2 from the Oberhausen intersection to the Bad Oeynhausen
intersection
A3 from the Oberhausen intersection to the Cologne-east
intersection, from the Mönchhof intersection via the Frankfurt
intersection to the Nürnberg intersection
A4/E40 from the Herleshausen junction to the Nossen intersection
A5 from the Darmstadt intersection via Karlsruhe to the Neuenburg
intersection
A6 from the Schwetzingen-Hockenheim junction to the Nürnbergsouth
intersection
A7 from the Schleswig/Jagel junction to the Hamburg-Schnelsennorth
junction, from the Soltau-East junction to the Göttingennorth
junction; from the Schweinfurt/Werneck intersection, the
Biebelried intersection, the Ulm/Elchingen intersection and the
Allgäu intersection to the state border at Füssen
A8 from the Karlsruhe intersection to the Munich-west junction and
from the Munich-Ramersdorf junction to the Bad Reichenhall
junction
A9/E51 Berlin ringroad (Leipzig branch road/Potsdam intersection) to
the Munich-Schwabing junction
A10 Berlin ringroad, with the exception of the section from the Berlin-
Spandau junction via the Havelland intersection to the
Oranienburg intersection and the section between the Spreeau
intersection and the Werder intersection
A45 from the Dortmund-south junction via the Westhof intersection
and the Gambach intersection to the Seligenstadt intersection
A61 from the Meckenheim intersection via the Koblenz intersection
to the Hockenheim intersection
A81 from the Weinsberg intersection to the Gärtringen junction
A92 from the Munich-Feldmoching intersection to the
Oberschleissheim junction and from the Neufahrn intersection to
the Erding junction
A93 from the Inntal intersection to the Reischenhart junction
A99 from the Munich-south-west intersection via the intersections at
Munich-west, Munich-Allach, Munich Feldmoching, Munichnorth,
Munich-east, Munich-south and Munich/Eschenried
A215 from the Bordesholm intersection to the Blumenthal junction
A831 from the Stuttgart-Vaihingen junction to the Stuttgart motorway
intersection
A980 from the Allgäu intersection to the Waltenhofen junction
A995 from the Sauerlach junction to the Munich-south intersection
B31 from the Stockach-east junction of the A98 to the Sigmarszell
junction of the A96
B96/E251 from Neubrandenburg ringroad to Berlin
Prohibition Saturdays between 1 July and 31 August from 07h00 to 20h00
Exceptions (apply to both of the above prohibitions)
· Combined rail/road goods transport from the shipper to the nearest loading railway station or
from the nearest designated unloading railway station to the consignee up to a distance of
200km (no limitation on distance during the additional summer restrictions); also combined
sea/road goods transport between the place of loading or unloading and a port situated within a
radius of 150km maximum (delivery or loading).
· Deliveries of fresh milk and other dairy produce, fresh meat and its fresh derivatives, fresh fish,
live fish and their fresh derivatives, perishable foodstuffs (fruit and vegetables).
· Empty vehicles, in connection with the transport operations mentioned under the preceding item.
· Transport operations using vehicles subject to the Federal Law on the obligations of service; the
relevant authorisation must be carried on board and produced for inspection on request.
Also exempted from the prohibition are vehicles belonging to the police and federal border guard,
fire brigades and emergency services, the federal armed services and allied troops.
For operations which are not covered by the above-mentioned exceptions, authorisations must be
obtained. These, however, will be issued only in the event of an emergency, when delivery by
other means of transport is not possible.
Night driving restrictions
There exist a certain number of night driving restrictions on specific routes. These are indicated by
road signs.
Public holidays 2012 1 January New Year’s Day (*)
6 April Good Friday
9 April Easter Monday
1 May Labour Day
17 May Ascension
28 May Whit Monday
7 June Corpus Christi (only in Baden-Wurtemberg,
Bavaria, Hessen, North Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-
Palatinate and Saar)
3 October German Unification Day
31 October Reformation Day (only in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)
1 November All Saints’ Day (only in Baden-Wurtemberg, Bavaria,
North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and
Saar)
25 December Christmas Day
26 December St Stephen’s Day
(*) Sunday
Source: BGL, December 2011
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Driving Restrictions, Goods Transport
DenmarkThere are no driving restrictions on goods traffic at weekends or on public holidays.
Local driving restrictions
There are, however, local driving restrictions in the centre of Copenhagen for goods vehicles of
over 18t MPW. The area concerned is bordered by the following streets: Nørre- and Vester
Voldgade, Stormgade, Holmens Kanal and Gothersgade. The route via Chr.IX’s Gade - Kr.
Bernikowsgade - Bremerholm is authorised.
Furthermore, vehicles of over 3.5t MPW are forbidden to cross Amagertorv and the surrounding
pedestrianised streets.
In exceptional cases, exemptions may be granted. Applications should be made to -
Københavns Politi - Trafikafdelingen
(Copenhagen Police - Traffic Department)
Anker Heegaardsgade 1,1
DK - 1572 Copenhagen V
Tel: (+45) 33 14 14 48
Oresund Bridge
Transport of Dangerous Goods
The transport of dangerous goods is forbidden on the bridge between 06h00 and 23h00 (category
E) and between 23h00 and 06h00 (category B). Further information is available on the following
webpage:
http://uk.oresundsbron.com/page/88Abnormal Load Transport
Special prices and conditions (limited time periods for crossing) apply for abnormal load transport
on the Oresund Bridge. Authorisation must be obtained from the Danish police authorities and the
Oresund Bridge Traffic Centre must be notified at least two hours before the vehicle crosses the
bridge at the following phone number: +45 33 41 65 91. The authorisation, the size of the vehicle
as well as the time slot, must be given at the toll gate.
Further information is available on the following webpage:
http://uk.oresundsbron.com/page/81Great Belt Bridge
Abnormal load transport must obtain prior authorisation in order to cross the bridge. Vehicles over
2.8m in length need authorisation by phone from the Observation Room (tel: +45 58 30 30 51) at
least two hours before crossing the bridge.
Vehicles between 100t and 350t, or over 4.5m in width or driving at a speed of less than 45 km/h
need prior written approval. Authorisation from the police and a class certificate must be sent to the
following fax number +45 58 30 30 03 at least three days before crossing the bridge.
Summer Driving Restrictions
Between 15 June and 31 August, if temperatures reach 25 degrees Celsius and over, a driving ban
may be enforced from 12h00 to 18h00 for heavy vehicles transporting abnormal loads