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# Slovakia truck driving bans: weekend and holiday rules

25.08.2026 11:27    [Mira Kurhanska](https://nakordoni.eu/en/p/authors)     Editor: [Andrii Kurhanskyi](https://nakordoni.eu/en/p/authors)    IRU (International Road Transport Union)

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Hauliers transiting Slovakia have to work around fixed weekend and public-holiday driving bans for heavy goods vehicles. The restrictions apply on motorways, expressways and first-class roads and cover foreign-registered trucks in exactly the same way as domestic ones.

##### Core rules for heavy vehicles:

- **Sundays and public holidays:** vehicles over 7.5 t and vehicles over 3.5 t with a trailer are kept off the main network.
- **Summer Saturdays:** extra daytime limits apply on the busiest corridors during July and August.
- **Scope:** motorways, expressways and first-class roads; local access roads generally remain usable.

##### Usual exemptions:

- Perishable food, live animals and medical loads
- Combined transport runs to and from rail or intermodal terminals
- Emergency, breakdown, utility, seasonal agricultural and humanitarian transport
- Empty runs directly linked to an exempt journey

###### 🇸🇰 Slovakia:

- Plan the final leg so the truck is parked before the ban window opens — penalties are issued roadside.
- Rest areas near Vysne Nemecke fill up early on Saturday evenings.

###### 🇺🇦 Ukraine:

- Freight moves mainly through [Uzhhorod - Vysne Nemecke](https://nakordoni.eu/en/id/id_24), with Malyi Bereznii - Ubla as the secondary option.
- A queue that builds on Sunday typically clears only on Monday morning.

Check live waiting times before you set off and factor in other seasonal freight limits, such as the [summer heat ban for trucks in Ukraine](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/ukraine_heat_ban).

**Source:** IRU (International Road Transport Union)

**See also:**

- [Slovak National Uprising Anniversary 2026: Truck Driving Ban in…](https://nakordoni.eu/en/news/2026-08-22/truck-ban-slovak-national-uprising-anniversary-sk-2026-08-29)
- [Truck Driving Bans in Europe — Week 23, 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-07](https://nakordoni.eu/en/news/2026-06-01/traffic-bans-week-2026-23)
- [Truck Driving Bans in Germany 2026 — Calendar, times, fines](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/traffic_bans/germany)

### Related Checkpoints

[Uzhhorod — Vyshne-Nemetske](https://nakordoni.eu/en/id/id_24) [Uzhhorod — Vyshne-Nemetske](https://nakordoni.eu/en/id/id_25) [Malyi Bereznii — Ubla](https://nakordoni.eu/en/id/id_22) [Malyi Bereznii — Ubla](https://nakordoni.eu/en/id/id_23)

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