EU Road Restrictions

Many European countries have imposed road traffic restrictions, which vary from temporary to permanent and affect small areas as well as whole cities, regions, and may even be nationwide. For example, traffic is restricted during school holidays in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Summary of Currently Scheduled Traffic Limitations*

Country	Restriction applies to	Day/Period	Time
BG Bulgaria	All vehicles with a total weight exceeding the 10 t allowance on I-1 between Sofia and Kulata and in some areas between Dragichevo (Vladaya) – Sofia – Knyazhevo Region All vehicles exceeding the 10 ton total weight allowance on I-5 highway between Chernoochene and Kardzhali All vehicles exceeding the 10 ton total weight allowance on I-5 highway between 155,25 km and 184 km (Shipka)	Daily All year	05:30 – 08:50 16:30 – 20:50
DE Germany	Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t total weight allowance, trailers regardless of weight	Sundays and public holidays	00:00 – 22:00
FR France	Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t allowance	Saturdays and days before public holidays Sundays and public holidays	22:00 – 00:00 00:00 – 22:00
GB Great Britain	Vehicles exceeding the 18 t allowance on certain streets within London	Monday – Friday Weekends Sat-Mon	21:00 – 07:00 13:00 – 07:00
IT Italy	Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t allowance June – September October – May	Sundays and public holidays	07:00 – 24:00 08:00 – 22:00
HR Croatia	Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t total weight or 14 meter length allowance	Days before public holidays Public holidays	15:00 – 23:00 14:00 – 23:00
LI Liechtenstein	Vehicles exceeding the 3,5 t allowance Truck with trailer exceeding the 5 t allowance	Sundays and public holiday nights	00:00 – 24:00 22:00 – 05:00
LU Luxemburg	Commercial vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t allowance and combined vehicles Saturdays and days before public holidays to Sundays	Sundays and public holidays In the direction of France In the Direction of Germany	. 21:30 – 21:45 23:30 – 21:45
AT Austria	Trucks without trailers exceeding the 7,5 t allowance With trailers exceeding a total weight of 3,5 t	Saturdays Sundays and public holidays Nighttime restrictions	15:00 – 24:00 00:00 – 22:00 00:00 – 05:00
PL Poland	Exceeding the 12 t total weight allowance	National public holidays Days before public holidays	08:00 – 22:00 18:00 – 22:00
RO Romania	Vehicles exceeding the 3,5 t total weight allowance on E 60 Bucharest – Otopeni – Ploesti Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t total weight allowance on E 60 Ploesti – Brasov	Saturdays, Sundays and national public holidays	06:00 – 22:00 06:00 – 22:00
CH Switzerland	Vehicles exceeding the 3,5 t total weight allowance Semitrailers with total weight exceeding the 5 t allowances Trailers with total weight of 3,5 t or more	Sundays and public holidays Traffic ban at night	00:00 – 24:00 22:00 – 05:00
SK Slovakia	Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t total weight allowance	Sundays and public holidays	00:00 – 24:00
SI Slovenia	Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t total weight and 14 meter length allowance	Sundays and public holidays	08:00 – 21:00
CZ Czech Republic	Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t total weight allowance	Sundays and public holidays	13:00 – 22:00
TR Turkey		Sundays and public holidays	07:00 – 10:00 17:00 – 22:00
UA Ukraine	Vehicles exceeding the 4,5 t total weight allowance only on the route towards Kiev	Daily	07:00 – 20:00
HU Hungary	Vehicles exceeding the 7,5 t total weight allowance July – August September – June	Saturdays Sundays and public holidays Sundays and public holidays	15:00 – 24:00 00:00 – 22:00 22:00 – 22:00

Current information about traffic bans in Germany: https://www.bgl-ev.de/web/fahrerinfos/fahrverbote.htm

Current information about traffic bans in Europe: https://trafficban.com

No general driving ban is currently in Albania, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania,
Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Sweden.

*other restrictions may apply.