Fines for Trucks that Ignored the Merwedebrug Ban
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The Merwede Bridge closed to freight traffic? They really didn't know, say drivers who were stopped on the A27 on Monday. How is it possible that hundreds of trucks and coaches are still driving over the bridge, even though a ban has been in effect for a month?
Police Drive Back and Forth with Truckers in Their Wake: 500 Euro Fine for Ignoring Truck Ban on A27
A rain of fines on the Merwede Bridge. An estimated dozens of foreign drivers were caught red-handed on Monday morning driving across the ‘forbidden’ bridge near Gorinchem. A truck ban has been in effect there since mid-July, but it is being ignored en masse, particularly by foreign truckers. The police have been carrying out more intensive checks since today and are handing out fines to drivers. “Most of them know they are in the wrong.”
Since mid-last month, freight traffic has been prohibited over the bridge due to weakened steel, but it happened anyway.
In mid-July, a traffic ban for trucks over 3.5 tons GVW came into effect on the Dutch A27 motorway. This ban was introduced near Gorinchem following the discovery of dangerous damage to the 65-year-old Merwedebrug bridge. A week later, the Dutch announced the launch of an electronic enforcement campaign, deploying special cameras on the bridge that automatically recognize violations of the ban and lead to the issuance of €500 fines (described in…
Rijkswaterstaat issued 34 fines on Monday to trucks or coaches driving over the Merwede Bridge. It was the first day that police motorcycle officers conducted checks to enforce the ban on heavy traffic.
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