Stopping (road traffic)

Under arrest , also Wait (Germany) or holding (Switzerland) is understood in the road , the stopping of a vehicle when the traffic flow or other traffic associated events require.

Definitions

A short definition is given, for example, by the Austrian Road Traffic Act  (StVO):

"Stopping: the bringing of a vehicle to a standstill due to the traffic situation or other important circumstances;"

- Section 2 (1) line 26 of the 1960 Road Traffic Act

The German Road Traffic Regulations  (StVO) and their administrative regulations  (StVO-VWV) differentiate even more specifically:

• Wait : If the journey is interrupted due to an order or the traffic situation, for purposes of traffic is not held but waiting , "Who is delayed by congestion or by an arrangement of waiting" ( to § 5 overtaking and § 6 passing , traffic regulations -VWV; nevertheless, there is a stop for the matter, for example in § 37 (2) 1 StVo on alternating light signals: "After stopping, turning to the right is allowed even when red, ..." or in the text for sign 206 Stop. Give way  : " ... must stop ", sign 131 Traffic lights :" ... that stopping in time is possible without any problems ", and other signs;). Waiting "is added to the interrupted traffic process of flowing traffic ".
• Stopping : Also especially for instructions from police officers (Section 36 (5) StVO)
• Section 34 (2) 1 StVo requires those involved in a traffic accident to "stop immediately"
• Broken down : Can a vehicle not continue its journey for technical reasons (lack of fuel, technical damage, § 15 StVO)

The Swiss Road Traffic Act  (SVG) and the associated ordinances (VRV, SSV) - as well as the corresponding Liechtenstein regulations - use stopping, waiting, stopping (except for the special case of stopping and parking ) largely interchangeably.

Examples

Stopping is required in road traffic, for example (in brackets examples of special regulations of the traffic regulations):

• Right of way / priority / giving way (waiting) : unregulated intersection / right before left (§ 19 (1) ÖStVO, Art. 36 (2) chSVG), regulated intersection / red traffic light  , stop sign of a traffic post (§ 36 (2)) dStVO, § 37 (1) öStVO), stop sign (stop)  ; if necessary: negative priority (subordinated)  , classifying blank of local buses from maintenance bays (§ 20 (5) dStVO, § 26a (2) öStVO, Article 17 (5) chVRV.) at crosswalks  (§ 26 (1) dStVO, § 9 (2) ÖStVO, Art. 33 (2) chSVG) and cyclists  crossing (§ 9 (2) ÖStVO)
• wait due to a traffic obstruction: stopping the person driving in front of you when driving behind each other (especially traffic jams ), closed barriers , level crossings 
• Official acts ( stopping  in the sense of the word )  : driver or vehicle control , traffic surveys , customs control , if necessary , tolls
• In the event of traffic accidents, those involved in security, assistance and recording the accident (§ 34 (1) dStVO, § 4 ÖStVO, Art. 51 (1) chSVG)
• in adverse circumstances when the general road safety requires: possible before blind spots (Art. 32 (1) chSVG), no driving (due to very poor visibility, excessive water on the road), ailments of the link (no driving ability given more)
• for technical reasons ( breaking down ): lack of fuel , technical damage (§ 15 dStVO)
• If necessary, when special consideration is necessary: children cross the street (§ 29a (1) ÖStVO), driving past public transport, which passengers get off and on (§ 20 (2,4) dStVO, § 17 (2) ÖStVO) if evasive action is not possible due to insufficient space (§ 10 (2) ÖStVO, Art. 45 (1) chSVG), slow vehicles to allow others to overtake (§ 5 (6) dStVO)

See also

• Stopping distance
• Stop line , the marking on the floor where to stop

References and comments

1. ↑ § 2 and § 23 of the Federal Act of July 6, 1960, with which regulations on the road police are enacted (Road Traffic Act 1960 - StVO. 1960) (as amended online, ris.bka ).
2. ↑ StVO-VWV, 2nd sentence (administrative regulations-im-internet.de)
3. ↑ Judgment of the Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe of May 20, 2003, file number: 2 Ss 216/01  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (with reference to BGHSt 14, 149; OLG Düsseldorf NZV 1989, 81 f; Rainer Heß in: Franz-Joachim Jagow, Michael Burmann, Horst Janiszewski: Straßenverkehrsrecht . 17th revised and expanded edition. Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 978 -3-406-49694-3 , § 12 marginal note 3 f .; Peter Hentschel: Straßenverkehrsrecht . 37th revised edition. Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-406-50216-3 , § 12 marginal note 42 )  
4. ↑ But this does not correspond to the three-minute hold because it is necessary
5. ^ Road Traffic Act of December 19, 1958 (SVG) , SR 741.01 (as amended online, admin.ch ).
6. ↑ Traffic Rules Ordinance (VRV), SR 741.11 (as amended online, admin.ch).
7. ↑ Signalisationsverordnung (SSV) , SR 741.21 (as amended online, admin.ch).
8. ↑ Road Traffic Act (SVG) of June 30, 1978 , LGBl 18/1978, 741.01
   Traffic Rules Ordinance (VRV) of August 1, 1978 , LGBl 19/1978, 741.11
   Road Signalization Ordinance (SSV) of December 27, 1979 , LGBl 65/1980, 741.21
   ( all currently online, Lilex ).
9. ↑ While this only applies to those involved in Germany, in Austria also have “witnesses, insofar as it is reasonable” and “persons who perceive the consequences of a traffic accident at the location, unless, according to the circumstances at the accident location, their own assistance or the procurement of outside help is obviously no longer necessary ”and to give Switzerland“ bystanders, insofar as it is reasonable for them ”to provide assistance

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