Night driving ban
The night driving ban is a traffic control measure that prohibits certain road users from using roads at a certain time during the night. In addition to night driving bans for trucks, there are also corresponding bans for motorcycles .
A night driving ban is primarily aimed at ensuring the night's sleep for residents of the affected streets (mostly main roads or trunk roads ).
Germany
Legal
According to the Basic Law, the implementation of the road traffic regulations and thus also the imposition of night driving bans is the task of the federal states or their road traffic authorities. The violation of the night driving ban constitutes an administrative offense according to § 24 of the Road Traffic Act and is punished according to the catalog of fines No. 164 with a standard rate of 60 euros and one point in the register of fitness to drive .
Motor vehicles, motorway tolls and night driving bans
Since the introduction of the motorway toll for trucks on January 1, 2005 in Germany, many professional drivers have switched to federal, state and district roads. With the 15th ordinance amending the road traffic regulations at the end of 2005, the legal basis for the night-time blocking of federal highways for through traffic over 12 tons was resolved, which has since been repealed by the Hessian administrative court. The closure of regional roads as part of the so -called alternative toll traffic is controlled by the Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG), but it has still been implemented at the state level if residents are annoyed beyond what is justifiable and above all by truck traffic at risk, as well as for environmental reasons. Which driving bans should apply where falls within the jurisdiction of the federal states.
Only in exceptional cases, for example when the main traffic axes are completely closed, can the police temporarily lift the night driving ban in consultation with the Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) due to the obligation to report.
Rail vehicles
According to the coalition agreement, a night driving ban for freight wagons is planned for Germany if at least 50% of the freight wagons have not been converted to whisper brakes by 2016. Of the 172,500 freight wagons, only around 20% of the wagons have whisper brakes. The conversion of all freight wagons to whisper brakes is planned by 2020. According to reports, both a local time limit and a speed limit are compatible with EU law.
Austria
The Austrian government issued a night driving ban from December 1, 1989, in order to protect the population and nature from the consequences of the Alpine transit traffic caused by the many trucks. Exceptions apply to low-noise vehicles .
For the time from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., it affects trucks with over 7.5 tonnes and more than 80 dB of driving noise. As early as 1994, the night driving ban was extended to quieter trucks. Here, the problematic increase in freight traffic on the roads should be slowed down because between 1970 and 1991, almost 600 percent of rail traffic in Austria had declined. As a result of the introduction of the night driving ban, truck traffic fell by 10 percent and the number of cross-border truck night trips was reduced considerably. In the first year of the night driving ban, the proportion of quiet trucks increased from 7 percent (1989) to 55 percent (1990).
In Tyrol, from November 1, 2004, a section of the A12 Inntal motorway or the A13 Brenner motorway was extended for 46 kilometers on working days, a year-round night driving ban from seven to nine hours. H. between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. In the winter months, the night driving ban also applies from 8:00 p.m. from November 1st to April 30th. Exceptions are, among other things, transports with perishable food with a shelf life of just a few days. In connection with food, the same requirements apply here as for the German holiday travel regulations .
Since November 1, 2012, only Euro 5 trucks are allowed to drive on the Inntal motorway between Kufstein and Zirl at night. Euro 6 trucks will remain exempt from the sectoral night driving ban in Tyrol at least until the end of 2020.
Switzerland
A night driving ban came into force in Switzerland as early as July 1, 1934. It was introduced to improve road safety in order to prevent overtired driving. For heavy commercial vehicles over 3.5 tons, a year-round night driving ban applies according to Art. 2 Para. H. There is a general driving ban between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Exceptions for unavoidable night trips will only be granted for urgent special cases. Exceptional permits must be submitted to the canton in which the journey requiring authorization begins. For journeys from abroad, journeys that require authorization must be submitted to the canton of entry.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ § 1 BKatV in connection with the appendix serial no. 164; Section 40 FeV in conjunction with Annex 13 serial no. 3.2.22
- ↑ BGBl. 2005 I p. 3714 (PDF, 406 kB)
- ↑ Truck driving bans on federal highways in Northern Hesse lifted (May 30, 2008 6:39 a.m.)
- ↑ http://www.eurailpress.de/news/politik/single-view/news/eu-hat-keine-einwaende-gegen-nachtfahrverbot-fuer-gueterzuege.html
- ^ Tyrol: night driving ban extended to Euro 5 trucks
- ↑ Night driving ban in Tyrol with Euro 6 trucks will be spared until 2021
- ↑ Swiss Federal Council (Ed.): Ordinance on the working and rest hours of professional motor vehicle drivers of December 4, 1933 . 4th December 1933.
- ↑ Source: Verkehr-schweiz.ch/..Transporteure ( Memento from June 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
