In the control of diesel bans, affected cities have not yet targeted automated license plate registration. At the beginning of November, the German government had passed a law on the basis of which it was possible to conduct inspections with cameras. The draft will soon be in the Bundestag and Bundesrat.

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One sees such a control practice "from data protection point of view at present as disproportionate", communicated the city Frankfurt on inquiry. A spokesman for the state interior ministry in Baden-Württemberg, which is also responsible for the police in Stuttgart, spoke of constitutional concerns.

Random checks in Hamburg

In Germany, courts are increasingly ordering diesel driving bans for 2019 - most recently in Cologne, Berlin, Stuttgart or Frankfurt. In Hamburg there are already blockages, but they only affect two road sections and not a large area.

In the Hanseatic city police check randomly vehicle papers, an automated license plate registration on a large scale is not planned there. In Berlin too, initially only restrictions on individual roads are planned.