Media: German police stopped trucks with American howitzers because of the number of violations
BERLIN, January 11. /TASS/. German police stopped on the autobahn in the East, six trucks with the American self-propelled howitzers and a number of violations did not allow them to proceed farther. This was announced January 10, the evening newspaper Bild.
According to her, the Polish freight forwarding company from the Americans got the order for delivery of units such as the M109 in Germany. However, close to the border on the autobahn near the town of Bautzen (Saxony) the column came in sight of law enforcement bodies of Germany.
Auf der #A4 musste gestern ein Transport der durch die Verkehrspolizei Polizeidirektion Görlitz gestoppt werden. Grund: Überladen, zu breit, fehlende Unterlagen und Begleitfahrzeuge. Mehr unter: https://t.co/eBFWq2HTMV *oh pic.twitter.com/p3MInsJUF3
— Polizei Sachsen (@PolizeiSachsen) 10 Jan 2018
Trucks were sent to the Parking lot. Police conducted a check and found that the drivers did not have the necessary transport documents and special permits for transportation of such cargo on the territory of Germany. Besides, he did not conform to size and was too heavy. The guards weighed trailers: each of them was overloaded on average 16 tons.
In addition, this column necessarily had to have escort vehicles. Police also found that some drivers violated the regime of work and rest, spending too much time in transit.
Law enforcement agencies of Germany did not allow the trucks to move forward until then, until the conditions of movement of such columns across the country. Now the incident, which occurred on January 9, engaged in local service traffic fines.
Panzer auf A 4 gestoppt – Polizist erklärt US-Soldat, was bei uns erlaubt ist https://t.co/N6lzS6tKiv
— BILD (@BILD) 10 Jan 2018
Bild published the photo, which, according to the publication, the German police officer with a raised index finger, “explains a us military that is allowed on the roads and autobahns of Germany, and that — no.”