Was it the advertiser, or was it the customer's fault?
In Nuremberg there was no getting through at a certain spot - police officers had to intervene.
Advertising is often a matter of taste - but rarely does it call the police onto the scene.
But that is exactly what happened in Nuremberg - several patrols were in use.
Next, the action should stop in Munich, among other places.
Nuremberg - Will this advertisement be remembered?
How urgently are people in the
Corona crisis *
dependent on car gas - or can they no longer afford it so well?
An errant
sales campaign
in
Nuremberg *
throws currently many questions - it has in the
Franconia metropolis *
a
traffic chaos
triggered.
The police had to end the action early on Wednesday.
Nuremberg: advertising campaign escalates - traffic "largely comes to a standstill"
What happened?
A
gas station
in the east of the city had advertised
giving away
fuel for an hour
.
This led to such a large
rush
that the streets around the gas station were almost completely
blocked
.
“The petrol station in Ostendstrasse advertised that it would give customers free fuel between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
At the beginning of the campaign around 1:00 p.m., the traffic came to a largely standstill due to the large crowd in the Ostendstrasse and Cheruskerstrasse areas, "said the message from the
Middle Franconia police station *
.
Traffic notice # Nuremberg
Significant traffic obstructions in the area # Ostendstraße / # Cheruskerstraße.
Due to the high volume of traffic, the "Free gasoline" campaign was ended after consulting the petrol station.
@nuernberg_de @VAG_Linieninfo
Please
drive
around the area.
- Police Middle Franconia (@PolizeiMFR) September 30, 2020
Free refueling causes chaos in Nuremberg: "Several police patrols were necessary"
Traffic jammed in the entire eastern urban area.
Buses and trams could not run as planned.
The
petrol station chain had already advertised in other cities
with
20 liters of
free fuel, often accompanied by traffic obstructions.
“Several patrols from the Nuremberg Traffic Police and the Nuremberg East Police were necessary to regulate the traffic in the affected area.
In order to relieve the situation, the officials decided, after consulting the petrol station operator, to end the campaign early.
The traffic has then largely normalized by around 2:15 pm, "said the police.
Can
Munich
adapt
to such an escalation?
On Thursday, among other things, the Bavarian capital will take part in the advertising campaign.
(dpa / frs)
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital editorial network.
