THE "ZIP-FASTENER" PROCESS
REISSVERSCHLUSSVERFAHREN
AUSTRIAN ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION HAS NO RULE FOR THOSE CASES IN WHICH TWO OR MORE UNI-DIRECTIONAL LANES NARROW DOWN TO A SINGLE LANE. THE KFV PROPOSED, AS FAR BACK AS 1971, THAT THE "ZIP-FASTENER" SYSTEM SHOULD APPLY. BY THIS MEANS THE DRIVERS OF BOTH COLUMNS ARE ALTERNATELY ACCORDED PRECEDENCE. THE FEDERAL GERMAN REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC MEASURES DATED 25TH NOVEMBER, 1975, HAVE ALREADY MADE SUCH A RULING, WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN THE LEGAL TEXT IN THE TERMS OF "ZIP-FASTENER". THE PRESS OFFICE OF ARBOE DREW THE ATTENTION OF AUSTRIAN DRIVERS TO THE NEW REGULATIONS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IN ITS CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE 9TH APRIL, 1976, AND REQUESTED THE VOLUNTARY PRACTICE OF THE SYSTEM "ONE FROM THE RIGHT, ONE FROM THE LEFT". THE PRESS OFFICE OF THE GERMAN SAFETY COUNCIL EXPLAINED IN ITS PUBLICATION OF THE 11TH SEPTEMBER, 1976, THAT THERE WAS NO BETTER POSSIBILITY THAN THE ZIP-FASTENER SYSTEM IN CARRIAGEWAY NARROWING SITUATIONS BUT RECOMMENDED DRIVERS TO USE HAND-SIGNALS IN ORDER TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
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Authors:
- BRUELLER, A
- Publication Date: 1977-6
Language
- German
Media Info
- Pagination: S9
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Serial:
- VERKEHRSJURIST ARBOE
- Issue Number: 33/34
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Merging traffic; Traffic lanes; Traffic regulations
- Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
- ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 9009: Decrease; 1772: Driver; 647: Merging traffic; 2827: Traffic lane; 1544: Traffic regulations
- Subject Areas: Law; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01296530
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (KfV)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 5:58AM