Germany has this rule in effect about trucks on autobahns for Sundays. Basically, from Saturday night, until late Sunday night....tractor trailer rigs have to be 'parked'. They can't be on autobahns unless they have a waiver (usually a rare circumstance).
So this morning, my regional public TV network....HR....came up with a report from this past weekend. Cops did something that they rarely, if ever, do.....they inspected sitting trucks in rest-stops throughout Hessen.
1,200 trucks were inspected. Out of that....190 drivers were found in states of drunkenness. In fact, 79 of them were found to be so drunk....that they were forbidden road access at 10PM on Sunday, which would have been the first chance they'd have to get back onto the autobahn.
If you stand and view the landscape on this long-standing German law....what exactly did anyone think the truckers were doing for this 24-hour period while sitting in a rest-stop? Having tea parties and discussing science topics? Once forced into a twenty-four 'rest'.....they went to booze to get through the 'rest'.
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