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Low Water: ADAC: Traffic Jams Remain Out Despite Relaxed Truck Driving Ban

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Because of the low water only a few ships can sail on the Rhine, trucks are supposed to help with transport - even on Sundays. First assessments show how this affects traffic.

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Because of the low water only a few ships can sail on the Rhine, trucks are supposed to help with transport - even on Sundays. First assessments show how this affects traffic.

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The Sunday ban was relaxed because of the low water – but the regulation is used only little.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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Rhine ships can hardly drive because of the low water, loosening of the Sunday driving bans for trucks should help the affected industry. However, this is obviously above all a symbol policy.

·Hamburg, Germany
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The lifting of the truck driving ban on Sundays and holidays due to the low water has so far only led to a limited increase in traffic.

·Germany
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In several federal states the Sunday driving ban for trucks was suspended, but this did not lead to a significant increase in truck journeys.

·Germany
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@arbeitsunrecht.de: Freight forwarders face their drivers with broad shoulders and give the opportunity to send drivers to the slopes on Sundays, a cancellation. The driving times are already exhausted, many loading and unloading points are closed on Sundays and the industry suffers from driver shortages. Capacity failures of the dry-off inland waterway transport are not to be replaced by temporary lifting of the Sunday driving ban. The article …

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berliner-sonntagsblatt.de broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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