Massive breakdown on the A2: saddle train overloaded and in poor condition!

Massive breakdown on the A2: saddle train overloaded and in poor condition!

Arnoldstein, Österreich - on December 2, 2024, around 10:00 p.m., a 47-year-old Italian driver was checked with his tractor-trailer on the A2 in Carinthia. This served a special transport, the total weight of which was 66.24 tons, which meant 2.6 tons above the permitted maximum weight. According to the information from orf.at , the driver could not have a necessary decision, which made the onward journey impossible. During the check, the officials also found numerous serious technical defects on both the tractor vehicle and the semi -trailer.

In addition, serious manipulations on the crowd were discovered, including driving without a driver card and a total of 71 violations of steering and rest periods. This disregard for the regulations meant that the driver had to pay a security deposit of 12,715 euros that must be paid on Monday. The tractor -trailer, a combination of a tractor and a semitrailer, is clearly overloaded and thus violates the road traffic regulations, which prescribe clear maximum weight limits in Europe. This is illustrated in detail by the general definition of a saddle train in wikipedia , where it is explained that a saddle train consists of a motorized train vehicle and a trailer whose total weight is not allowed to exceed 40 tons.

The significant overload not only represents a risk of traffic safety, but could also lead to further legal consequences for the driver, especially with regard to the frequency of violations. The technology and design of a tractor -trailer allow efficient transportation of goods over long distances, but require strict compliance with legal requirements to ensure traffic safety and environmental protection. In the current case, the driver must now take care of the settlement of the security deposit and to remedy the defined defects before he is allowed to go back to the street.