Austria: new driving bans for heavy vehicles

Reference legislation
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2/02/2024


On January 25th, the Austrian Ministry for Mobility established traffic restrictions for commercial vehicles over 7.5 tonnes on the A/10 Tauern motorway (Salzburg-Villach), on Fridays and Saturdays, until March 30th, 2024.

In particular, on Fridays the ban will be in force from 1pm to 7pm on the southbound carriageway in the direction of Villach, between the Salzburg junction (A/1-A/10) and the Pongau junction, if the destination is located in Italy or Slovenia or must be reached via Italy or Slovenia; on the northbound carriageway in the direction of Salzburg, between the Rennweg junction and the Golling junction, if the destination is located in Germany or the Czech Republic or must be reached via Germany or the Czech Republic. 

While, on Saturdays the ban will be in force from 7am until the weekend truck ban at 3pm on the southbound carriageway in the direction of Villach between the Salzburg junction (A/1-A/10) and the Pongau junction; on the northbound carriageway in the direction of Salzburg, between the Rennweg junction and the Golling junction. 

However, there are some exceptions to the driving bans on Saturday: the possibility of an empty return to home or to the headquarters of the haulage company, until 10am; journeys carried out exclusively for the purpose of transporting of fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh milk and fresh milk products, fresh meat and fresh meat products, fresh fish and fresh fish products, live fish, eggs, fresh mushrooms, fresh baked goods and confectionery, fresh herbs, potted plants or cut flowers and ready-to-eat food preparations; journeys performed exclusively to transport goods to or from airports or military airfields that are used for civil aviation purposes; journeys involving combined rail-road freight transport.