The police promise that the pressure on the transit trucks to be checked will remain high this year. In the past year, the police recorded more than 36,000 reports.
In 2021, the Tyrolean police again invested a large amount of human and technical resources in controlling heavy traffic (including bus traffic). In 2021, a total of 36,195 advertisements were recorded in heavy traffic. This is an increase compared to the previous year (33,930 reports in 2020). Long list of offenses Most offenses related to disregarding driving and rest times, exceeding weight limits, equipment defects, inadequate load securing, steering, brakes, axles or frame defects , missing EU licenses, etc. Hazardous goods controls In addition to the reports, 6703 penal orders were imposed on heavy traffic drivers (in 2020 there were 7290). As part of the dangerous goods controls, 1,053 offenses had to be punished for violating the dangerous goods regulations (2020: 1,213 offenses). Complaints were reported (the previous year there were 322). Violation of the sectoral driving ban for certain goods was punished 905 times (989 times in the previous year), violation of the Euro-class driving ban 3940 times (1856 times in the previous year). roads, this area will also experience an increase in the intensity of controls by the police this year – especially along the known transit routes,” said Colonel Günther Salzmann, Head of the Tyrol State Traffic Department. The measure of truck dosing on certain days has proven itself very well.
source site-12