Against the background of the war in Ukraine, no live images of German autobahns are currently published on the Internet.
If you want to use current pictures from Autobahn webcams for a planned car trip, you are currently looking in the tube, because the traffic cameras of the Autobahn GmbH des Bundes are, according to the Federal Ministry of Transport, "due to the current security policy developments in Europe". currently not available. However, we hope to be able to offer the service again soon.
Russia could use information
The "Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung" (HAZ) had previously reported on the shutdown of the webcams on the website of the traffic management center Lower Saxony (VMZ). At the beginning of March, the SWR wrote, citing a spokesman for the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport, that the cameras had not been switched off, only that pictures were no longer published on the Internet. This is a request from the Ministry of Transport. "There are increasing activities by actors relevant to security policy in the street space," the spokesman for the ministry in Stuttgart said verbatim.,
The HAZ suspects military reasons behind the shutdown of the highway webcams. This makes it easier to cover up possible troop movements in the context of the Ukraine crisis via German autobahns. On all operator websites, users are faced with notices that the service is currently unavailable.,
Conclusion
In Germany, the images from Autobahn webcams are no longer transmitted to the Internet. The aim is to cover up the activities of actors relevant to security policy in the street space.
