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2026
A45: Two Truck Parking Areas Closed for Over a Year – No End in Sight

EU Kids Act: Child Protection or the Start of Mandatory Digital ID?

6G-Sensing: When the mobile network recognizes you – even without a smartphone

Speed limit 30 in the Sauerland: Where municipalities are retreating and why noise protection needs more than traffic signs

Motorway and Federal Road Closures 2026/2027: Nationwide Overview for Truck Drivers

Lorry ban: Lower Saxony and NRW extend exceptions until end of 2030

Truck Holiday Driving Bans 2026: Reform Approved, Driving Bans Remain in Effect

BKF Continuing Education 2026: What is Actually Changing

Why I am now using visitor statistics on my blog

The Future of Trucks: More Weight, Longer Vehicles, and Finally More Space for Drivers?

Electric Trucks: When the Socket Becomes More Important Than the Driver

Driving License Reform 2027: Will the driving license really become cheaper?

EU Kids Act: Protecting children, controlling adults? What Brussels plans for the internet

Christians Blog has moved: More space for what's still coming

Open Letter to the Federal Ministry of Transport: Combating the Driver Shortage Means Improving Working Conditions
Unloading is one thing – warehouse work is another

Europe's Logistics in Transition: Larger Networks, New Trade Routes, and the End of Paper Freight

How many vacation days do I actually have as a professional truck driver?

20 MAN, 20 SuperPanther: Why Gartner's order of 40 electric trucks is remarkable

If the tour can succeed solely through rule violations, the planning is flawed.

600 truck drivers from Africa: Why I ask the EU Commission uncomfortable questions

Take a break – but properly: what truly counts as a break in the truck driver's daily routine

The doctor does not decide on the driving licence

BKF Advanced Training: Who Covers the Costs – and Is It Tax-Free?

Minimum apprenticeship allowance increases in 2027

2027 comes: What will change for us drivers?

Autonomous Driving: What Do Levels 0 to 5 Mean?

Meta tests a restriction for external links on Facebook

Should breaks be simply deducted? A ruling by the BAG clarifies what doesn't work with working hours

Digital Vehicle Registration Certificate in Freight Forwarding Operations: Can the i-Kfz App Replace the Trailer Register?

From eCMR to Digital Control of Europe – an idea from yesterday suddenly becomes reality tomorrow

1,000 kilometres with the BYD Seal U DM-i – between everyday experience and Facebook comments

IAA Transportation 2026 | Asia on the Advance

IAA TRANSPORTATION 2026: Truck drivers, families, and a lot of new technology

The Layer 8 Problem

Long HGVs and the Byways of German Civil Servantdom

New Android Trojaner ToxicPanda: How to protect yourself

Gamescom: Much seen, but is that really my fair?

New access facilitations for professional truck drivers – but is this really the solution?

Sunday driving ban, COVID-19 and driving times – or: Why one must first sort out the terms in some discussions

Tor Relay – A Small Part of the Free Internet

Low water levels on the Rhine: Why the Sunday driving ban for trucks is once again under discussion

Securely encrypt files with age – The modern alternative to PGP

Cargo theft: Why cargo theft often begins weeks before a trailer disappears

Open Letter: Is the holiday driving ban for trucks still relevant today?

Occupational Health and Safety 2026: One Billion Euro in Bureaucracy Reduction – But at What Cost?

The end of the patchwork? – Truck bans on non-federal holidays are set to be abolished

Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 – What is actually planned and what is currently being debated

And Battlefield runs under Linux

Media Literacy in the Age of TikTok: Why Facts Alone Are No Longer Enough

Phantom Freight Forwarders: When Goods Disappear Completely Legally

The Silent Crisis on Europe's Roads

Euro NCAP: When the underbody protection becomes a weak point

30 Euro discount – and the price of my data

EU clarifies rules for truck tolls – what changes from July 1, 2026

Pay Transparency 2026: Who Can Earn What – And When Does It Become Problematic?

The driver shortage is not a recruitment problem – but the symptom of an industry under pressure

The Dying of Transport Companies

Why the EU wants to make truck driving easier for young people

Emergency braking assistant in trucks: How an innovation became a mandatory system

CAB Air Conditioning in Trucks: A Debate in an Endless Loop

Between wishful thinking and reality: why the transport industry has no simple solutions

Cookie-free blog – is that still possible today?

StVG-Novelle from July 2026: What professional truck drivers really need to know now

My Crystal Ball: The Future of Electric Trucks in Everyday Use

Why the parking card will never be a proper app

Pensions, real wages, energy policy, and economic growth: why everything is interconnected

When trade unions and employers issue the same warning

Migrating a Nextcloud server from a USB NVMe to an internal SATA hard drive – without reinstallation

What would happen if someone attacked our supply chains?

Rest areas - View live on the map where free parking spots are available

Eco-Mov – Truck Parking Spots, Driving Bans & Charging Infrastructure Europe
Why drivers from third countries cannot solve the driver shortage

When the disappearance of drivers goes unnoticed by anyone

Electric mobility in Europe is growing – faster than many think

Electronic Consignment Note (eCMR): What is Actually Changing

Bring your own website into the Fediverse – automatically publish blog posts via GoToSocial

When rest periods only exist on paper – responsibility of the transport chain for driving and rest periods

Phishing, mockery and dangerous overestimation

RV Fit: The underestimated health program of the German Pension Insurance

The Leisenberger Church Ruin – a vanished village in the forest

New Tachopflicht from July 2026

Emergency Brake Assistant LKW: Why it often doesn't brake (Function & Limitations)

An EU-wide collective agreement is proposed – sensible or not?

WhatsApp opens up to third parties – Interoperability remains a work in progress for now

ADDW from 2026: Safety gain or digital driver monitoring?

Create a Matrix Account – Simple Guide for Beginners

Using a Volla Phone for 2 years

Custom Roms

WhatsApp is not only convenient – but also a data protection issue

Romania has it too, just like us.

Fighting Spam with Mozilla's Thunderbird

Change Boot Logo under Linux Mint & LMDE (Plymouth Tutorial)

Labor Law Changes 2026

Annoying topic in winter

Ice Removal Ladder for Trucks – Safely Removing Ice Sheets in Winter

2025
Europe's digital dependence on US Big Tech – why it harms our economy

VPN connection with the home router

Linux on the Smartphone

SSH: SPA (fwknop) + nftables + WireGuard — Two-Part Series for Server & Client
Invisible Control Traps on German Autobahns: Truck Weight Inspection 2026

ET-Radio is back

Charging stations in Europe

How do I always get a current kernel under Debian?

Secure Passwords: Protection Against Hacker Attacks in Digital Daily Life

New requirements for trailers and semi-trailers in freight transport

WinBoat - A Container-Based Windows VM

Accommodation Allowance vs. Subsistence Allowance

Chat control 2.0

Why the Console is Important Under Linux

Changes in the ADR area

Pay according to performance - Is there another way?

A Simple CalDAV and CardDAV Server

The new parking lot in the Duisburg port
Spotify raises prices

Matrix as an RSS Reader

It's Your Own Fault, After All

UEFI Shock - End of Certificates in June 2026

Encrypt your emails finally - Again

New from the EU Bus Radio

30 years, millions of kilometers

Why it is becoming increasingly important to encrypt your emails

Linux is not Windows!

The Messiah Who Never Comes

What are Passkeys? – Explained Simply

Using WhatsApp with a Proxy

How to remove forced apps from my smartphone

My data is mine

Strikes as Truck Drivers

Nextcloud vs. Starlink

The auxiliary air conditioning system must become mandatory

yt-dlp in Script Form

Just organize yourselves once in a while

Break times

Confirmation Bias or in German Bestätigungsfehler

Spam Filters with Spamassassin

BALM Survey

The wheels stand still when I want them to

Documentation is important

Cohesion? - It was never intended anyway

Install Firefox Add-ons

Surveys by institutes and students

Works Council

Noise protection - 30 km/h zones in towns

Rear-end collision

How do I create a bootable USB stick

Is a cargo receipt not required?

IAA Transportation 2022 Part 2

Silent Termination
Ruling of the Federal Labour Court – something for employers?
Termination Part 3 - Termination in case of illness. A story full of misunderstandings
Termination Part 2 - When can I not be terminated, which notice periods must be observed when
Termination Part 1 - How a termination must look to be legally binding

What's wrong with people?

Drivers stick to the speed limits.

Switching from Windows to Linux

Driver shortage? Luring away drivers from the competition

Goodbye Facebook Part 2

Driving in the center of a construction site
Facebook deletes my posts

About Me
2024
Goodbye Facebook

Extension of the 44 Tonnes Regulation in Wood Transport

Expenses, the annoying topic

Installing Windows in a Virtual Environment

The Fairy Tale of the Loading and Unloading Ban

Translate PDF into German

Only 277 days left

Eventually, it's enough

WhatsApp Without the WhatsApp App

Environmental Protection and Safety – Successor to De-minimis Explained

2018
Fake News: No Overnight Stay in the Vehicle Anymore?

67. Commercial Vehicle Show 2018

4 weeks toll on our federal highways

TollCollect is ready

The death of a person
Toll on all roads for trucks

Kneecap arthritis as a occupational disease: Conditions, ruling & chances for BKF

Warehouse staff at discounters

TollCollect with the smartphone

Expansion of truck toll on all federal highways

2016
Truck accident: Who replaces the driver's personal belongings?

BlueParrott Headset Test

Turbo-Retarder Clutch: When Starting and Braking Come Together in One System
Field Test: TomTom Trucker 500 – Proven Concept with Minor Weaknesses

Roof Safety Airbag (RSAB) not mandatory – Bundestag rejects ice sheet solution

Private trips with the truck

Stealing posts is a mess – explaining copyright in the internet
2015
Practical Test: TomTom Trucker 6000 – Four Weeks in Professional Daily Life

Practical Test: Becker transit.6 LMU – Truck Navigation in Everyday Use

Becker transit.6 LMU – Test announced

Change in the high-visibility vest requirement? But not really…

Change in the high-visibility vest requirement

RSAB (Roof Safety Airbag) explained – function, benefits and limitations for trucks

Petition for Truck Ice Sheet Solution – Roof Safety Airbag Mandatory?





















