Night-time and Sunday driving bans, exemptions, permits
Heavy motor vehicles for the carriage of goods must not be driven at night from 22.00 to 05.00 or on Sundays and eight public holidays. The VRV specifies which vehicles are covered, which transports are exempt (as at 1 July 2026) and when permits are granted.
- 40 questions in this topic
- Topic 3 of 18 in the course: Truck & Bus – supplementary theory (C, C1, D, D1)
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From the key facts
- Night-time driving ban 22.00–05.00 (SVG Art. 2 para. 2; VRV Art. 91 para. 2); Sunday driving ban on all Sundays and on New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 1 August, Christmas Day and 26 December (if Christmas Day does not fall on a Monday or Friday).
- Covered (VRV Art. 91 para. 3): heavy motor vehicles over 3500 kg, commercial tractors and industrial motor vehicles, articulated vehicles over 5 t permissible gross combination weight, vehicles with a trailer over 3.5 t.
All key facts, the questions with explanations and the exam simulation are part of the course.
Legal references for this topic
The questions in this topic are based on these provisions:
- VRV Art. 91, 91a, 92, 93
- VTS Art. 7, 9a, 10
- SVG Art. 2