Umweltzone for old-timers

Map Editors Community Germany: Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Hi,

i have a question and i can’t find the solution.

its about how to set up for the German Umweltzone when you have a more than 30 year’s old Diesel.

using Waze on Android.

in Germany it’s allowed to drive in some of the Umweltzone’s if you have a oldtimer.

but not all of them.

i can’t figure out what package i need to select in the Waze app.

i was already told i can use Umweltpakette grün.

but little trying around i found that’s not true. using the information on Greenzone.eu waze is now going tru all zones whiteout warning even if is a no diesel zone. and there oldtimer diesels ar not allowed.

is there a difference package that covers oldtimers in Germany?

thanks for helping.

Tom

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Hi Tom,
in short: You need to choose the green badge (“Umweltplakette grün”). German Diesel restrictions aren’t mapped in Waze. Classic cars are exempt from most if not all immissions-related restrictions.

There are only three cities with Diesel vehicle restrictions in Germany. Munich, Stuttgart and Darmstadt. In Munich and Stuttgart Diesel vehicle restrictions apply to the entire Umweltzone but in both cities there are explicit exemptions for classic cars. [1] [2]

In Darmstadt only two short stretches of road are restricted for Diesel vehicles not meeting Euro 6 and for Petrol vehicles with Euro 2 or less. Darmstadt doesn’t explicitly list classic cars as exempt from the restrictions. [3] However as the restriction is based on Section 40 (1) of the Federal Pollution Control Act (BImSchG) classic cars should be exempt by law under Section 2 (3) of the 35th Pollutoin Control Ordinance (35. BImSchV) and the 3rd Appendix to the 35th BImSchV.

That is the same statute that affords exemption in Umweltzonen.

Regarding Waze:
All “Umweltzonen” are mapped with their respective restrictions (requiring a yellow or a green badge).
Diesel restrictions aren’t currently mapped in Waze as there is no reliable way to tell the app what type of fuel the car uses and connect that to the passes system and only a small amount of drivers is affected by the restrictions.

Tim

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Hi Tim,

thanks a lot for your detailed answer.

very helpful.

greetings

Tom