Weekend 17-18 October: heavy-vehicle driving bans across Europe

This weekend, 17 and 18 October, there is no national public holiday in any country along the usual route for hauliers leaving the Iberian Peninsula. Only the already-known weekend bans for heavy vehicles (over 7.5 tonnes, unless noted otherwise) apply, with no change from last weekend (10-11 October).

Country-by-country summary — Saturday 17 and Sunday 18

Strict bans (Saturday evening to Sunday evening)

France

• Saturday 22:00 to Sunday 22:00, French time, across the whole motorway network.
• Exemptions: perishables, live animals, combined transport, emergencies.

Hungary

• Saturday 22:00 to Sunday 22:00 (from 15:00 in summer). Confirmed on the site’s own Hungary driving-bans page.

Luxembourg

• Saturday from 21:30 (towards France) or 23:30 (towards Germany) to Sunday 21:45.
• Applies to international transit traffic through the Grand Duchy.

Austria

• Saturday 15:00-24:00; Sunday 00:00-22:00.
• A permanent night ban (22:00-05:00) also applies network-wide, even outside the weekend, for vehicles without a low-noise certificate.
• The Brenner is closed to heavy vehicles in this window — detour via Bavaria or Slovenia.

Sunday-only bans

Germany — Sunday 00:00-22:00, network-wide.

Italy — Sunday 09:00-22:00 (winter schedule, in force since 1 October).

Switzerland and Liechtenstein (over 3.5 t) — full-day ban on Sunday (00:00-24:00); a night ban (22:00-05:00) also applies on Saturday.

Czech Republic — Sunday 13:00-22:00.

Slovakia — Sunday 06:00-22:00 (over 7.5 t; over 3.5 t with a trailer or semi-trailer).

Slovenia — Sunday 08:00-22:00.

No general weekend ban

Spain — no weekend ban in the DGT’s general calendar. The DGT flags no extra special measure for this weekend (no bank holiday bridge, no special date in the window).

Portugal — no general weekend ban. Only the permanent restrictions on dangerous goods (ADR) on designated roads remain, including Sunday and holiday windows.

Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands — no specific weekend ban.

For hauliers leaving the Iberian Peninsula

• Towards France: leave on Friday or in the early hours of Monday; cross before 22:00 on Saturday if leaving today.
• Towards Italy via the Brenner: Austria closes the Brenner from 15:00 on Saturday — cross before that time or wait until after 22:00 on Sunday (Italy only reopens at 22:00).
• Towards Hungary: the weekend ban applies to all transit traffic — plan the crossing outside the Saturday 22:00-Sunday 22:00 window.

On the following Monday, 19 October, the German A7’s night closure between Seesen and Rhüden is still in force (see /en/traffic) — not a weekend ban, but it affects anyone crossing the Harz region on those nights.