Would you like to go on vacation or go home relaxed on the motorway?
Often it doesn't work.
So also on Wednesday on long-distance routes in Bavaria and Tyrol.
It wasn't just the rush that was decisive.
Innsbruck / Munich - In view of the falling number of cases, the corona restrictions are gradually falling and tourist traffic is slowly but surely picking up speed: That was particularly noticeable on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
The public's desire for vacation in view of the relaxation in the Free State, about which we will keep you up to date here in the Bayern ticker, were not decisive, but only one of the factors that led to long waiting times and stressed nerves.
There was a mega-volume on the traffic routes between Tyrol and Bavaria.
There were jammed motorways mainly in the southern region of the Free State towards the border crossing.
The backwater hit the A93 and A8 highways coming from Munich in the direction of Salzburg.
Motorways between Bavaria and Tyrol: Mega traffic jam on Wednesday due to truck dosage
On the one hand, the delays are related to the increase in travel traffic on the common routes between Tyrol and Bavaria - as the aftermath of the past Whitsun weekend.
However, the Austrian police were responsible for the main reason: They carried out truck dosing on Wednesday from 5 a.m., as the Rosenheim police station * announced.
It was a block handling procedure with the following intention: to avoid a traffic blackout along the A12 Inntal and A13 Brenner autobahns, on the one hand to protect the environment and the health of the population, as well as to protect traffic safety along the heavily frequented autobahns.
The current measure reached its peak at 10 a.m. when 300 trucks per hour were processed.
As a result, this caused an enormous backlog, which reached its maximum length at around 10:45 a.m. - with a total length of around 34 kilometers.
The entire A93 and about nine kilometers of the A8 coming from Munich were affected *.
In the direction of Salzburg and Kufstein in particular, after-effects were felt for a longer time, as the VPI Rosenheim explains.
The emergency services on the Bavarian side were busy complying with traffic regulations.
Some violations were found - against the overtaking ban, because of driving on the hard shoulder and also a person who turned on the highway and wanted to get to the exit in the opposite direction.
Occasional accidents occurred, but without personal injury.
Mega traffic jams: Tough journeys for thousands of drivers - to be continued
The dosing measure of May 26th in Tyrol has ended, but the next ones are just around the corner: In Austria they will take place on Thursday, May 27th, Monday, May 31st and Tuesday, June 1st.
Here, too, a considerable volume of traffic and congestion can be expected.
The current gasoline prices also act as a deterrent for some citizens.
A factor besides Corona * that could keep some people from long trips by car.
Many people have wanderlust and thirst for travel.
It goes without saying that this also led to slow progress on various routes at Whitsun.
The airport was very busy, traffic jams at the borders with Austria.
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