Am i right in thinking around this time of year there is a hgv ban,on the roads between 10pm friday and 10pm sunday
Not in France no. Page back a bit it was recently discussed
But briefly starting this Saturday 19/7/2014
You can drive up to 07.00 hrs on Saturday morning , then must park up until 19.00
You can then drive again from 19.00 up to 23.59 Saturday night
Then again no driving until 22.00 Sunday night as normal
If you are carrying hazardous then it will be 07.00 Saurday morning right up to 00.01 Monday morning
This is every weekend for all of July and August
Italy is I think 08.00 to 16.00 no driving
In Germany we have our normal Holiday driving ban on a lot of motorways at Saturdays from 1 July until 31 August from 7.00 morning up to 20.00 in the evening. Than following the normal driving ban on Sunday from midnight up to 22.00 in the evening.
http://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Anlage/VerkehrUndMobilitaet/Strasse/faltblatt-lkw-fahrverbot-in-der-ferienreisezeit-deutsch-englisch-franzoesisch.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Here are a lot of driving bans from different european countrys