The Bavarian government supports the protests by motorcyclists against temporary driving bans on Sundays and public holidays. With their demonstrations from last weekend, the bikers “would open the doors to the state government in Bavaria, so to speak,” said State Chancellor Florian Herrmann (CSU) after a meeting of the cabinet.
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Last weekend had nationwide Tens of thousands of motorcyclists protested on the streets against driving bans for noise protection reasons. The background is a decision of the Federal Council, which calls on the federal government to enforce corresponding bans – so that motorcycle noise can be reduced in popular excursion areas. The Länderkammer saw “an urgent need for action” to allow speed restrictions and “temporary traffic bans on Sundays and public holidays for reasons of noise protection” for special conflicts.
Transport Minister Scheuer rejects calls for driving bans
State Chancellor Herrmann emphasized that Bavaria had already voted against the ban in the state chamber. At the same time, he announced that the Free State would “exert its influence” in the federal government “to make it clear that Bavaria and bikers belong together and that we do not want to overshoot the mark, with completely exaggerated regulations that are not appropriate to the cause at all “.
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Herrmann hereby indirectly announced resistance from the CSU – both through the deputies represented in the Bundestag and in person of party leader Markus Söder as a member of the coalition committee. Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) had already spoken out against the plan and confirmed that it would reject further tightening and bans on motorcyclists.
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But not only the CSU opposes the Federal Council’s request, the city and municipal association has also spoken out against a possible motorcycle ban on Sundays and public holidays. “The route proposed by the Federal Council with limited motorcycle driving bans on Sundays and public holidays is not the right approach,” said managing director Gerd Landsberg of the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”. In many places, people feel annoyed by traffic noise, and the crash of motorcycles is often perceived as a disruptive factor on weekends. “But better noise protection can also work without such severe restrictions on mobility.”
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The managing director of Landsberg asked Transport Minister Scheuer in the newspaper to call a “round table motorcycle noise” with representatives of local authorities and motorcycle manufacturers. It should also “talk about an adjustment of the noise emission limit values”. Throttling the limit values by two to three decibels alone could the feeling of volume cut in half.
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