Driving bans in Austria: Are motorcycles also affected?

Since mid-June, austria has been subject to weekend driving bans on certain country roads and driving bans on motorways. The aim of these measures is to calm the area off the motorways. What this means for your next Alpine tour you can find out in this article.

The driving bans apply to both cars and trucks and motorcycles, but only on weekends in the period up to 14 September. So if you start your tour on September 15th or are not on the weekend, you have nothing to fear. Everyone else should read this article carefully, otherwise it can be expensive.

As you know, the aim of the measures is to keep traffic on motorways for as long as possible and thus to relieve the surrounding area. According to the Austrian authorities, the problem is modern navigation devices, which in the event of a traffic stop on the motorway indicate bypasses and thus draw traffic from the motorway to the country road. In other words, the touris should not burden the municipalities with unnecessary additional traffic, but should remain on the race track. Anyone who does so will face a fine of 60 euros. Those caught will also be sent back to the motorway.

However, if you have a destination in the area, you can of course leave the motorway to reach this destination. This is of course particularly true for residents who are not affected by the travel bans anyway.

- L9 (Middle Mountain Road) from Hall towards Tulfes
- L38 (roundabout Ampass Houses)
- Driving ban of the L9 (Iglerstraße) and L32 (Aldranserstraße): roundabout Innsbruck-Mitte direction Igls or direction Aldrans
- L38 (Ellbogenerstraße) from Amras roundabout Bleichenweg (roundabout height DEZ), because here exit A12 Innsbruck-Ost
- Driving ban intersection Patscher Straße-Römerstraße in Patsch
- L11 (Völserstraße) Völs roundabout both west and east
- L13 (Sellraintalstraße) height roundabout Kematen (in the area of the safety center)
- Reutte: Driving bans apply to through traffic at exits Reutte Nord and Vils.
- Kufstein: A combination of driving ban and traffic dosing applies here, i.e. only a certain number of vehicles are allowed to drive on certain roads per hour.
- From the direction of Innsbruck, the Kirchbichl exit is closed (mpreis L 211 Unterinntalstraße direction Kufstein) and the municipal road to the hospital at the Kufstein Süd roundabout.