Traffic chaos at rush hour in Munich: numerous traffic lights failed – the cause is now known

Created: 2022-12-23 05:02

By: Felix Herz

In the course of Thursday evening, the disruption was already over and the traffic lights in Munich were in regular operation.

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Ironically, at the pre-Christmas rush hour, 50 traffic lights failed in the Munich city area.

The police regulated the traffic.

Update from December 22, 10:15 p.m

.: There is now more detailed information about the cause of the traffic light failure in Munich.

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According to a police spokesman, around 20 to 40 officers were also on duty during the afternoon and early evening to regulate traffic.

Traffic lights in Munich switched on again – the cause was a technical defect

Update from December 22, 10 p.m

.: There is more background information about today’s traffic light failure.

According to a police spokesman, the traffic lights went out around 3:30 p.m. and will be back from around 7 p.m.

In addition, the police spokesman said in the evening that there were only about 50 traffic lights that had failed - not more than 200, as had been reported in the meantime.

He was also somewhat vague about the cause: "There seems to have been some technical defect."

Update from December 22, 9:30 p.m

.: According to the Twitter account of the Munich police, the traffic light failure in the city area is now over and the traffic lights are switched on again.

"The traffic lights should all run again," the officials say - a user used the template directly and commented ironically: "Where are they going?"

He ended his tweet with the hashtag "dadjoke" - so the Twitter user should be aware of how shallow the joke was.

The cause of the failure is still unclear.

First report from December 22nd

: Munich – Munich city center was already packed during the day on Thursday, December 22nd.

Two days before Christmas, many people were still trying to buy presents for their loved ones, the shops and the city center were full to bursting.

In the course of the afternoon, the rush-hour traffic was added to the already crowded streets – and at around 5 p.m. of all days in Munich “more than 200 traffic lights” failed, as the police confirmed when asked by

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"More than 200 traffic lights" failed in Munich - throughout the city

In an interview with our editors, the Munich police confirmed that the traffic lights were still off at 5:15 p.m.

In addition, one knows neither how long the failure of the traffic lights will continue nor what the fault is.

According to the police spokesman, this is the responsibility of the public utility company.

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At this point in time, no accidents directly related to the traffic light failure have been registered.

The only thing that is certain is that the disruption will affect the entire city area.

Traffic lights failed from Orleansplatz in the east of Munich to Sendling in the south of Munich.

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"As assessed" - police officers direct the traffic

When asked, the police spokesman confirmed that police officers are currently controlling traffic.

But not everywhere, but “after assessment”.

For example, there are no police officers on small side streets that are not heavily trafficked.

But for example at Orleansplatz, where the entire traffic light system failed.

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