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Signup for freeCountry | Driving bans from | General driving bans (with time) | Special driving bans | Additional information |
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Austria | 7,5 t, Truck+trailer >3,5 t | Day before Sundays and public holidays 15.00-24.00, Sundays and public holidays 00.00-22.00, Daily night driving bans 22.00-05.00 | Route bans | → More about A |
Belarus | - | - | Weather conditions (seasonal) | → More about BY |
Belgium | - | - | Special transports | → More about BL |
Bulgaria | 12 t | Day before several holidays 16.00-20.00, Holidays 00.00-24.00, Last of several holidays 14.00-20.00 | Holiday travel ban, Special transports, Route bans | → More about BG |
Croatia | - | - | Route bans | → More about HR |
Czech Republic | 7.5 t | - | Route bans, Holiday travel bans | → More about CZ |
Denmark | - | - | Route bans, Special transports | → More about DK |
France | 7,5 t | Day before Sundays and public holidays 22.00-24.00, Sundays and public holidays 00.00-22.00, Sat (if public holiday) & Sun (before public holiday) 00.00-24.00 | Holiday travel ban, Regional driving bans | → More about F |
Germany | 7,5 t, Truck+Trailer | Sundays and public holidays 00.00-22.00 | Holiday travel ban, Regional nighttime driving bans | → More about D |
Greece | - | - | Route bans, Weather conditions, Seasonal driving bans | → More about GR |
Great Britain | - | - | Route bans | → More about GB |
Hungary | 7,5 t | Day before Sundays and public holidays 22.00-24.00, Sundays and public holidays 00.00-22.00 | Seasonal driving bans, Holiday travel ban | → More about H |
Italy | 7,5 t | - | Seasonal driving bans | → More about I |
Latvia | - | - | Route bans | → More about LV |
Liechtenstein | 3.5 t | Sundays and public holidays 00.00-24.00, Daily night driving bans 22.00-05.00 | - | - |
Luxembourg | 7.5 t | - | Route bans | → More about L |
Montenegro | - | - | Holiday travel ban, Route bans | → More about MNE |
Netherlands | - | - | Special transports | → More about NL |
Poland | 12 t | Day before Sundays and public holidays 18.00-22.00, Sundays and public holidays 08.00-22.00 | Holiday travel ban, Route bans, Weather conditions | → More about PL |
Portugal | - | - | Route bans, Special transports | → More about P |
Romania | - | - | Special transports, Route bans, Weather conditions | → More about RO |
Russia | - | Route bans | → More about RUS | |
Sweden | 3,10 m Width (incl. cargo) | Mo.-Th. 15.00-20.00, Mo.-Fr. 06.00-09.00, Fridays 15.00-00.00, Days before Sundays and public holidays 10.00-18.00, Sundays and public holidays 12.00-20.00 | - | - |
Switzerland | 3,5 t, Truck+Trailer >5 t | Sundays and public holidays 00.00-24.00, Daily After-driving bans 22.00-05.00 | Regional holiday driving bans | → More about CH |
Slovakia | - | - | Route bans | → More about SK |
Slovenia | 7,5 t | - | Seasonal driving bans, Route bans, Weather conditions | → More about SLO |
Spain | - | - | Special transports, Route bans | → More about E |
Turkey | - | - | Special transports, Route bans | → More about TR |
Ukraine | - | - | Route bans, Weather conditions | → More about UA |
No driving bans known in: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malta, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Serbia, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Belarus, driving bans for motor vehicles >6 t single axle load apply on certain motorways from 21 May to 31 August between 11.00 and 08.00 o'clock with an outside temperature of over 25 °C. Vehicles which use the toll road network, which transport live animals, medicine or perishable food, which are active in connection with emergency operations, as well as vehicles in passenger traffic are exempted from this driving ban.
In Belgium there are no general driving bans for lorries, but there is a driving ban for special transports with a width of more than 4 metres and a length of more than 30 metres on certain motorways (daily from 06.00 to 21.00). For special transports with more than 60 tons MAM, 3.50 meters width and 27 meters length a daily driving ban applies from 07.00 to 09.00 o'clock, as well as from 16.00 to 18.00 o'clock. In visibility below 200 meters, as well as in icy conditions and darkness, it is also forbidden for vehicles with oversize/-weight to drive on Belgian roads.
The holiday travel ban applies in the period from 01. June to 15. September on all Fridays from 17.00 to 20.00 o'clock and Sundays from 14.00 to 20.00 o'clock.
In Croatia, driving bans apply to trucks >7.5 t or >14 m + slower than 40 km/h on certain state and country road sections on public holidays between 14.00 and 23.00, on days before public holidays between 15.00 and 23.00. Additionally on Sundays from 12:00 to 23:00 if the national holiday or the last day of several consecutive national holidays falls on a Friday or Saturday; on Fridays from 15:00 to 23:00 if the national holiday falls on a Sunday or Monday. In addition, during the period from 15 June to 15 September, a driving ban applies on the main roads from 04:00 to 14:00 on Saturdays and from 12:00 to 23:00 on Sundays.
In the Czech Republic there are no general driving bans on Sundays and public holidays, but from 13.00 to 22.00 o'clock for trucks >7.5 t on motorways, international roads and national roads of the 1st order.
For trucks >7.5 t MAM there is a holiday travel ban on motorways, international roads and national roads of 1st order in the period from 01 July to 31 August:
There is an exception to the Sunday and public holiday driving ban, the so-called "Corridor de Ghyvelde", for access to and departure from the Calais ferry port. This only includes the A16 from Calais to Belgium (border crossing: De Panne) and vice versa (attention: the A26 and A27 are excluded). Transport of dangerous goods is excluded from this derogation. The exemption applies in both directions to motor vehicles travelling between Great Britain and Belgium (international traffic which actually uses the ferry). In addition, as in Germany, a special regulation applies if the goods in question are live or perishable.
The holiday driving bans apply on the following days:
Date | Holiday | Area of validity |
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January 01, 2021 | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
April 19, 2021 | Good Friday | Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Moselle |
April 01, 2021 | Easter Monday | Nationwide |
May 01, 2021 | Labor Day | Nationwide |
May 08, 2021 | Victory Day 1945 | Nationwide |
May 13, 2021 | Ascension Day | Nationwide |
June 24, 2021 | Whit Monday | Nationwide |
July 14, 2021 | National Day | Nationwide |
August 15, 2021 | Assumption Day | Nationwide |
November 01, 2021 | All Saints' Day | Nationwide |
November 11, 2021 | L'Armistice | Nationwide |
December 25, 2021 | Christmas | Nationwide |
December 26, 2021 | St. Étienne | Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Moselle |
The holiday travel ban applies on all Saturdays in the period from 1 July to 31 August in the period from 07.00 o'clock to 19.00 o'clock. In addition on following Sundays from 00:00 to 22:00 o'clock (It may be driven between 19.00 and 24.00 o'clock!).
In addition to the driving bans on Sundays and public holidays, a holiday travel ban and regional night driving bans also apply.
The holiday driving bans apply on the following days:
Date | Holiday | Scope of validity |
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January 01, 2021 | New Year | Nationwide |
April 02, 2021 | Good Friday | Nationwide |
April 05, 2021 | Easter Monday | Nationwide |
May 01, 2021 | Labor Day | Nationwide |
May 13, 2021 | Ascension Day | Nationwide |
May 24, 2021 | Whit Monday | Nationwide |
June 03, 2021 | Corpus Christi | Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
October 03, 2021 | German Unit Day | Nationwide |
October 31, 2021 | Reformation Day | Nationwide |
November 01, 2021 | All Saints' Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saarland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate |
December 25, 2021 | 1st Christmas Day | Nationwide |
December 26, 2021 | 2nd Christmas Day | Nationwide |
More detailed information on the ban on driving on Sundays and public holidays can be found at Bundesamt für Güterverkehr.
The holiday travel ban applies on all Saturdays in the period from 01 July to 31 August in the period from 07.00 o'clock to 20.00 o'clock for certain loaded route sections. More detailed information can be obtained from Bundesamt für Justiz.
For trucks >7.5 t MAM from 01 July to 31 August an driving ban is valid from Saturday 15:00 o'clock to Sunday 22:00 o'clock, this driving ban is valid for all roads. The general driving ban (see table) does not apply to international truck traffic from emissions standards Euro-3 (or better) between 04 November and 01 March.
Driving bans apply to trucks from 7.5 t on Saturdays in the summer months from start of July to end of August 2021 between 08:00 and 16:00 o'clock (or 22:00 o'clock). The Sunday driving ban applies to trucks with more than 7.5 tons MAM in Italy generally from 09:00 to 22:00 o'clock. On Sundays in June, July, August and September the driving ban is valid from 07:00 to 22:00. For transport of dangerous good of class 1 (explosives and objects containing explosives), the driving ban applies between June and September on Saturdays from 08:00 to 24:00 on Sundays. In addition, as in Germany and France, a special regulation applies to live or perishable goods.
Driving bans in Latvia apply to trucks >5 t on certain roads and bridges in Riga between Monday and Friday from 07.00 o'clock to 10.00 o'clock, and from 16.00 o'clock to 19.00 o'clock.
Driving bans for transports (>7.5 t) from Belgium or Germany to France are available on Saturdays from 21.30 to 24.00, on Sundays and public holidays from 00.00 to 21.45 o'clock. Transports in the opposite direction to Germany are valid driving bans on Saturdays and days before a public holiday at 23.30 o'clock to Sundays or public holidays at 21.45 o'clock. There are also additional driving bans on certain routes. HGVs >3.5t may only use signposted roads in transit through Luxembourg and may not pass through the city of Luxembourg.
In Montenegro a driving ban is valid for trucks >5 t on the routes Podgorica-Cetinje-Budra, Podgorica-Petrovac-Bar and Podgorica-Kolasin between 15 July and 01 September always on Fridays and Sundays from 15.00 to 20.00 o'clock, as well as on Saturdays from 06.00 to 09.00 o'clock.
The holiday driving bans apply on the following days:
Date | Holiday | Scope of validity |
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January 01, 2021 | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
April 04, 2021 | Easter Monday | Nationwide |
April 05, 2021 | Easter Sunday | Nationwide |
May 01, 2021 | Labor Day | Nationwide |
May 03, 2021 | National Day | Nationwide |
May 23, 2021 | Pentecost | Nationwide |
June 03, 2021 | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
August 15, 2021 | Assumption Day | Nationwide |
November 01, 2021 | All Saints' Day | Nationwide |
November 11, 2021 | Independence Day | Nationwide |
December 25, 2021 | 1st Christmas Day | Nationwide |
December 26, 2021 | 2nd Christmas Day | Nationwide |
The driving bans on days before Sundays and public holidays is not valid on 24 and 31 December.
For vehicles over 12 t gross vehicle weight, driving is prohibited from end of June to end of August 2021 (from the last Friday in June to the last Sunday before the start of the school year (beginning of September)) on all roads: Fridays from 18:00 to 22:00 o'clock, Saturdays from 08:00 to 14:00 o'clock, Sundays from 08:00 to 22:00 o'clock.
Swiss holidays and the respective cantons in which they apply can be found here.
Driving bans for trucks from >7.5 t or >3.5 t with trailer apply on Sundays and public holidays from 00.00 to 22.00 o'clock for class I roads. On class III roads, a permanent driving ban applies for trucks >12 t.
Checkout TrafficBan.com for information on specific days.
As truck driving bans are subject to frequent changes, the information provided here is without guarantee.
Last update: 10.06.2021