HGV Driving Bans in Germany

Introduction

The following information relates to commercial vehicle driving bans on specific days within Germany.

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Days driving bans are enforced
Vehicles affected
Affected areas/roads
Vehicle/load exemptions
Additional Driving Bans

Days driving bans are enforced

The following days and times on those days which are are applicable include;

Sundays and Public Holidays from midnight to 10pm.

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Vehicles affected

Vehicles Affected: Truck over 7.5 tonne GVW. Total weight as well as truck with trailer (independent of the weight).

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Affected areas/roads

Area Affected: Entire federal territory

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Vehicle/load exemptions

The following exemption are applicable to the above;

Intermodal road/rail transports from the shipper to the nearest suitable loading rail station or from the nearest suitable unloading rail station to the consignee, but only up to a distance of 200km;
Transportation of fresh milk and fresh dairy products, fresh meat and fresh meat products, fresh fish, live fish and fresh fish products, perishable fruit and vegetables;
Saddle vehicles (independent of weight) that are exclusively used to pull other vehicles;
Saddle vehicles with a legal maximum weight of up to 7.5 tonne (these are classified as trucks without trailers);
Vehicles where the weight bearing applied is no more than 0.4 times the truck's legal maximum weight;
Vehicles where the load is part of the vehicle`s inventory (e.g. exhibition and film set units)

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Additional Driving Bans

The following information concerns additional driving bans and Holiday Regulations affecting commercial vehicles;

Driving ban on Saturdays during the periods from 1st July - 31st August between the hours of 7am and 8pm

These additional bans are applicable to all Trucks with a legal maximum weight over 7.5 tonne plus trailer independent of weight.

The affected area includes the following important motorways and national roads;

A1 - From motorway junction Leverkusen-West via Wuppertal, Kamener Kreuz, Münster to junction Cloppenburg and from Bremer Kreuz to junction Rade, from junction Buchholzer Dreieck to junction Horster Dreieck.
A2 - From motorway junction Oberhausen to Berlin (exit Madgeburg/junction Werder).
A3 - From junction Oberhausener Kreuz via junction Heumar to junction Köln-Königsforst, from junction Mönchhof via Frankfurter Kreuz to intersection Nürnberg.
A4 - From intersection Köln-West to junction Heumar and from junction Kirchheim to Dresden (exit Dresden/AD Dresden).
A5 - From motorway junction Hattenbach via Frankfurt, Karlsruhe to exit Offenburg.
A6 - From exit Schwetzingen-Hockenheim to intersection Weinsberg, from exit Schnelldorf to intersection Nürnberg-Sout.
A7 - From exit Tarp to exit Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord, from junction A250 (north of inersection Horster Dreieck) via Horster Dreieck, Hannover, Kassel, junction Hattenbach, intersection Biebelried, intersection Ulm/Elchingen and junction Allgäu to B 309.
A8 - From junction Karlsruhe to exit München-West and from exit München-Ramersdorf to exit Bad Reichenhall.
A9 - From Berliner Ring (junction Leipzig/junction Potsdam) to exit München-Schwabing.
A10 - Berliner Ring.
A13 - Exit Lübbenau to exit Dresden/junction Dresden. Also A13 - Intersection Schönefeld to exit Lübbenau/junction Lübbenau.
A45 - From junction Dortmund-South via intersection Westhofen and intersection Gambach to junction Seligenstadt.
A61 - From intersection Meckenheim via intersection Koblenz to junction Hockenheim.
A81 - From intersection Weinsberg to intersection Herrenberg.
A92 - From junction München-Feldmoching to exit Oberschleißheim.
A93 - From junction Inntal to exit Reischenhart.
A99 - From junction München-Feldmoching via intersection München-North to intersection München-Brunnthal.
A215 - From junction Bordesholm to exit Blumenthal.
A831 - From exit Stuttgart-Vaihingen to intersection Stuttgart.
A980 - From intersection Allgäu to exit Waltenhofen.
A995 - From exit Sauerlach to intersection München Brunnthal.

Also affected are the German Federal highways outside of closed localities in both driving directions, including;

B18 - From connection to the A96 with Aitrach to the connection with the A96 Schwatzen (exit Lindau).
B31 - From AS Stockach from the A98 east to Ortseingangstafel Lindau.
B105 - From Stralsund to Selmsdorf.
B96 - From Greifswald to Berlin.

Exceptions to these include;

Intermodal road/rail transports from the shipper to the nearest suitable loading rail station or from the nearest suitable unloading rail station to the consignee, but only up to a distance of 200km;
Transportation of fresh milk and fresh dairy products, fresh meat and fresh meat products, fresh fish, live fish and fresh fish products perishable fruit and vegetables.

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Whereas the information above and other information relating to vehicle driving bans throughout the European continent detailed within this section is considered up to date - things change. We would therefore recommend that if you are contemplating operating your vehicles within any of the countries mentioned herein, you confirm with the destination countries embassy or Transport Ministry that the situation on local or national bans are as we've indicated.
If you find any information that differs from what we've outlined here, please let us know to enable us to update these pages in the best interest of other operators/drivers.

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