Police stop defective trucks on Autobahn 3 – safety comes first!

Police stop defective trucks on Autobahn 3 – safety comes first!

Today the police carried out a special inspection for heavy traffic on Autobahn 3 near Passau and discovered some noticeable defects. Loud Frankenpost The inspection focused primarily on the technical condition of the vehicles. The results were alarming.

A truck was immediately taken off the road after an inspection revealed significant defects. The truck's body was completely rusted through, the cargo area was broken and there was a crack in a brake disc. The brake pads were also below the tolerance limit and the trailer had a bent drawbar and defective lights. The driver now has to expect a fine.

Safety risks with vans and car transporters

Another cause for concern was a small van that exceeded its gross vehicle weight limit by around 15 percent. The trailer's overrun brake was also defective, meaning the driver was only allowed to continue driving after it had been reloaded onto a replacement vehicle. A car transporter also drove more cars than permitted and thus exceeded the permitted total height and length.

A heavy transport vehicle was also too high and did not have an exemption, which endangers safety on the roads. There was also no support vehicle, which is required for driving on motorway bridges.

Digital breaches and new regulations

In parallel to these incidents, road safety in Europe is being addressed through new proposals from the European Commission. These proposals aim to revise EU rules on road safety and vehicle registration to meet the challenges posed by new technologies and the increasing number of electric vehicles. How on germany.representation.ec.europa.eu According to reports, the number of traffic deaths and serious injuries should be reduced by 50% by 2030.

The most important changes include regular technical inspections, which should also apply in particular to electric vehicles. Given the outdated vehicles on our roads, this is more than necessary - this problem often leads to safety-relevant defects.

In order to optimize the processing of fines, the Central Fines Office has been using the modern processing software OWi21 since summer 2004. This software-supported solution replaces the old HESOWI software and offers numerous advantages, such as paperless communication and automatic deadline management. All of this helps to reduce bureaucratic effort and simplify the processing of procedures, as shown on rp-kassel.hessen.de can be read.

In the context of increasing traffic safety and new technologies, it remains to be seen how these measures will be implemented in practice and whether they will have a noticeable effect on our traffic landscape.