Salzburg Madness – 50 kilometers of traffic jam! “There is nothing to get upset”

“It doesn’t help. We have to go through it now. At a certain point we are already coming.” Family March from the Bavarian district of Pfaffenhofen took it with Gallows Humor. In her car she left for Italy in the early morning on Saturday. In the morning, Bayern had only received behind the border on the Walserberg. “We have been on the road for no less than five hours.”

Just like the März family, thousands of other holidaymakers happened on Saturday. Pentecost holidays in the German federal states Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg and in Austria-the traffic on the Tauern Autobahn (A10) broke completely south in the night.

In the morning there were almost 50 kilometers of traffic jams in the Salzburg area, the A10 large construction site between Golling and throwing the location also scored en masse. Drivers had to plan delays of a maximum of five hours between Salzburg-Süd and Kuchl.

Thanks to the weather, drivers kept their nerves
ÖAMTC Congestie adviser Herbert Thaler traveled all day on the A10 with his motorcycle in traffic chaos. “It actually went pretty well. People know what to expect,” is his summary. And: “Thank good it is not so hot, otherwise the situation would certainly be very different,” Thaler emphasizes on the “Kroon”.

Departure locks remained completely ineffective
The downhill barriers imposed by the state of Salzburg again had no effect. Many holiday cars tried to prevent mega-congestion via the A10-Riirer communities, including chaotic scenes! Herbert Hartl, transport entrepreneur from Kuchl, said for example: “Now is a buoyancy. He constantly had to re -plan the routes for his drivers.” We went to Gastein via Pinzgau. “

The situation must be relaxed on Sundays. But the idyll does not last long. Because: Whit Monday starts the wave of return, the students of Austria have to go back to class the next day.