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Report defective traffic signs or traffic lights

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    Defective or improperly functioning traffic signs or traffic equipment can become a danger on the road.

    If you notice a fault or damage, you can report it to the road traffic authority or the road construction authority.

    In the event of acute danger, you can also inform the police or the local authority.

    This may apply, for example:

    • Traffic lights / traffic signal systems
      • Failure
      • Clocking incorrect
      • Individual lights defective
      • Call button defective
      • Signal tone for blind and visually impaired people defective
      • Traffic light pole twisted or crooked
    • Traffic signs or road signs
      • Traffic sign destroyed, soiled or covered with stickers
      • Traffic sign with anti-constitutional symbols
      • Faded traffic sign
      • Traffic sign does not reflect at night
      • Mast twisted or crooked
      • Traffic sign overgrown
    • faulty road markings
    • Defects on
      • the lighting of crosswalks or crosswalks
      • Parking ticket machines
      • Barriers, barrier posts and barrier railings

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